A Guy Called Gerald

Quick Facts

Full Name	A Guy Called Gerald
Occupation	Record Producer
Date Of Birth	Feb 16, 1967(1967-02-16)
Age	57
Birthplace	Moss Side
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Moss Side
Horoscope	Aquarius

A Guy Called Gerald Biography

A Guy Called Gerald is one of the most popular and richest Record Producer who was born on February 16, 1967 in Moss Side, Moss Side, United Kingdom. Gerald Simpson (born 16 February 1967), better known as A Guy Called Gerald, is a British DJ, record producer and musician. He was an early member of 808 State, and later achieved success as a solo artist. He is best known for his early work in the Manchester acid house scene in the late 1980s and the track “Voodoo Ray”. His style developed during the early 1990s, and his 1995 album Black Secret Technology would become a “much-touted candidate for ‘best jungle album ever.’

Inspired, Simpson began experimenting with tape editing and drum machines and the regular jams in the attic of his house led to forming the Scratchbeat Masters. Using cut up beats, samples and turntables they would challenge other bands and their sound systems. They released a 12″ single called “Wax On The Melt”, a collaboration between a number of crews and Graham Massey and Martin Price together with whom he would later form 808 State. Their first album, Newbuild, was released in 1988, but he soon left the group to concentrate on his solo work.

In 1991, after CBS / Sony released Automanikk, he started his own label, Juice Box Records, releasing a string of 12″ singles – the seeds of what became known as jungle and later drum and bass. The first singles were compiled and released on his third album 28 Gun Bad Boy (1992). In 1995, his next album, Black Secret Technology was released. A remastered version was re-issued in June 2008.

Reynolds also stated in a Melody Maker article in October 1994, about Simpson’s Juice Box-era music, “Gerald’s tracks take the jungle mesh of polyrhythms, cross-rhythms and counter-rhythms to new levels of insane detail.” Gerald’s Black Secret Technology LP was released in 1995 and reached the UK Albums Chart at number 64, including contributions from Goldie and Finley Quaye, In 1998, the label closed, with Simpson relocating to New York.

The result of heading back into his bedroom studio was “Voodoo Ray”, played first at the Hacienda in 1988, and then the underground clubs before entering the UK Singles Chart a year later. It was the first acid house track produced in the UK, and released on a small Merseyside independent label (Rham! Records) based in Wallasey. “Voodoo Ray” entered the UK chart in 1989 rising to number 12.

A Guy Called Gerald Net Worth

A Guy Called Gerald is one of the richest Record Producer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, A Guy Called Gerald 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He absorbed jazz fusion and electro funk at clubs, youth clubs and shebeens such as Legends, St.Alfonso’s, British Legion and the Reno in Manchester, where the dancefloor in the early 1980s inspired him to study contemporary dance. Manchester was a hotbed of dance music with black club nights open every night of the week and Simpson spent his time joining in the vibe. Around 1983 with electro booming and early hip hop, breakdancing and b-boy culture making its way from the US, he left dance college to immerse himself in electronic music production. At this time music from Detroit and Chicago – from producers such as Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson was being played by Stu Allen on Piccadilly Radio and imported directly into Manchester’s specialist record shops.

“The entire track was performed by Gerald live (in the Big Room at Real World Studio) from two laptops captured into a Pro Tools HD system. Audio resolution was high throughout this project with a 24 bit resolution and a 96kHz sampling rate maintained from creation through to capturing the performance. A few additional sounds made it onto this album that were taken from 1986 – sampled from a vinyl release and incorporated into this composition.”

Juice Box Records was an independent record label in the United Kingdom, based at Riverside Studios in West London. It was established by Simpson in 1991, after he left SME Records, and closed in 1998. It took its name from the sound system that Simpson operated with MC Tunes. The label provided an outlet for seven years for Simpson’s work, with thirty three titles released under various other pseudonyms such as The K.G.B. and Ricky Rouge, and collaborations between Simpson and artists including Lisa May, DJ Tamsin, Goldie (as ‘The 2 G’s’), and Finley Quaye.

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In 2013, the album “Silent Spread Sound Spectrum” album was released on the Society of Sound – a subscription based music retail project by Bowers & Wilkins audio equipment company. Subscribers receive two albums per month curated by Peter Gabriel and the London Symphony Orchestra.

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A Ranked on the list of most popular Record Producer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. A Guy Called Gerald celebrates birthday on February 16 of every year.

Greg Wilson, an influential Northern UK DJ and music writer explains on his blog: “A Guy Called Gerald provides the perfect analogy for what happened in Manchester. Most people would assume that he went to The Haçienda, heard this incredible House music for the first time, had an epiphany, and then went home and set to work on the era defining single ‘Voodoo Ray’ (which he wrote with Foot Patrol in mind, visualising how they might dance to it). The reality, of course, is that Gerald and his contemporaries were those very kids from Hulme and Moss Side, who brought House music into The Haçienda in the first place. Gerald had already been on the black scene for many years, dancing to Jazz- Funk, then Electro, before starting out with the Scratch Beatmasters as a Hip Hop DJ (MC Tunes rapping). ‘Voodoo Ray’ isn’t an orthodox House track, but a culmination of his influences – The Haçienda providing the perfect setting in which to unleash this quintessential British dance track. Inadvertently bestowing Gerald with his name was Stu Allan – prior to ‘Voodoo Ray’, on playing a track he’d been given on tape by a local newcomer, he told his Piccadilly listeners that it was by a guy called Gerald from Hulme.”

Top Facts about A Guy Called Gerald

1. Gerald Simpson is a British musician and producer.
2. He was born on February 16, 1967 in Manchester, England.
3. Simpson is considered one of the pioneers of acid house music.
4. His most famous track is “Voodoo Ray” released in 1988.
5. He has released over 20 albums and EPs throughout his career.
6. Simpson has collaborated with artists such as Goldie and David Bowie.
7. In 2010, he received an Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the AIM Independent Music Awards.
8. He has been active in the music industry since the mid-1980s.
9. Simpson’s musical style includes elements of techno, house, and jungle music.
10. He continues to perform live shows around the world today.