Unlocked: A Guy Called Gerald

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A GUY CALLED GERALD
A Guy Called Gerald is 30+ years of dance music incarnate.

He is one of a few special producers who entered dance when it was jackin’ and has never let up. He released the first UK acid house record with Voodoo Ray in 1988 and achieved the rare feat of having not one but two dance tracks in the UK charts at the same time with Pacific State. He formed 808 State with a drum machine, a 303, 2 Roland SH101s and two other humans.

Over the course of his career Gerald has collaborated with everyone from Frankie Knuckles and Goldie to Derrick May and Herbie Hancock. His remix credits are equally impressive with reworks in his back catalogue for David Bowie, Lamb, Stone Roses, Can, Tricky and Roman Flügel as well as having toured with the likes of Tricky, New Order, Happy Mondays and Bebel Gilberto.

“My sole reason to produce electronic dance music is for dancing, it always has been. I am an underground electronic black music producer — an experimentalist. At the time, I started making music that was considered acid house but I’ve always considered my music to be experimental electronic music. For the last 30 years, I’ve made my own style of music. I don’t have any knowledge of anyone else’s music. I only know my own music.” A Guy Called Gerald

TONY CANNON: FROM 1988 TO THE PRESENT DAY - KEEPING IT LIVE AND AUTHENTIC.

Tony Cannon is a British DJ, recording artist and label boss residing at SoulDeep Inc. Records (UK), DJ International Records (Chicago), Open House Recording's (Chicago), Kingdom Digital Recordings (Chicago), Edit Records (UK) and Electric Sheep Recordings (UK).

Tony has worked along side the likes of Harry Dennis, ESP, Stering Void and more recently Merwyn Virgo Four. The list goes on! Not forgetting 'Two 4House' & 'Lost Planet' Productions with Dave Taylor (SoulDeep Inc). Tony's first “run in” with house music and DJing appointment was at Blackburn's iconic Cest la Vie night club working with Blackburn DJ and promoter Ronnie Brown. Soon after Tony started a partnership again with long time friend Dave Taylor and in 1989 they warmed the the crowd up with there tantalizing style of acid house, hip house & U.S garage for the likes of A Guy Called Gerald, 808 State The Inspiral Carpets, The New Fast Automatic Daffodils and Love Decade.

They also appeared on Steve Barker’s Radio Lancashire show On The Wire with 808 State. After playing some of the first now world famous Blackburn warehouse parties Tony became resident DJ at Blackburn's equally iconic Minstrels Wine Bar treating the crowd to a fine helping of house music every Saturday night. In 1990 Tony again teamed up with Dave to play along side Marshall Jefferson and Alan Russell for a one off night of house music in Blackburn. After many guest spots around the north of England Tony was given the opportunity to work in Spain at a time locals where; crying out for house music.

Plus DJ NICK ALMOND