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Last Updated: 27 December, 2019

1 December: Bosconi Gang Band - "Big Mob At Manifattura Tabacchi" (featuring a collaboration with A Guy Called Gerald on two tracks) - out 15th January 2020
Bosconi Gang Band - "Big Mob At Manifattura Tabacchi" (featuring a collaboration with A Guy Called Gerald on two tracks) - out 15th January 2020

A new EP by Bosconi Gang Band, entitled "Big Mob At Manifattura Tabacchi" will be released on 15th January 2020. The EP will feature two tracks featuring a collaboration with Gerald: "150 Snappy" and "180 Blowing".

Artist: Bosconi Gang Band
Title: Big Mob At Manifattura Tabacchi
Cat: BoscoGang0

Tracks

A1 130 Tuning
A2 138 Gang Up 04:15
A3 138 Swinging

B1 150 Snappy (Gerald on Reason)
B2 180 Blowing (Gerald on Reason)

B3 110 Offhand

Details:

Manifattura Tabacchi is a former cigar and cigarette production site that is having a renaissance thanks to an innovative urban regeneration project. Back in June, the Bosconi Records crew rocked up there for a live hardware jam session featuring an array of musicians from the label including Fabio Della Torre on the mixer and Dukwa, Ennio Colaci, Herva, Mass Prod, Rufus, The Clover on the instruments with the special participation of A Guy Called Gerald. Now comes the record with the exceptional results all pressed to wax.
The selected tracks follow the order of execution which has naturally developed in a crescendo from 130 to 180 BPM, and then closes by slowing down with a take at 110BPM.
Opening up the EP is ‘130 - Tuning’, which is cosmic house music with freeform jazz synth lines that take you into the next dimension. ‘138 - Gang Up' is harder hitting, with punchy drums and lithe sci-fi synth lines darting in all directions.

‘138 - Swinging’ explores a broken beat style with spinning hi hats and intergalactic funk of the highest order. ‘150 - Snappy’ then picks up pace with corrugated drum lines and twanging guitars freaking you out, and ‘180 - Blowing’ is a hyper-driven experiment with old school dusty jungle beats and gloopy synths while ‘110 - Offhand’ is a deeper, more thoughtful track with whispered vocals and a dreamy vibe.

This is adventurous electronic music that goes well off grid, plays with strange temps, weird textures and occult moods and is utterly original as a result.

Credits:

All Tracks Performed by:
Andrea “G key” Giachetti - Bass
Antonio Pecori - Moog Minimoog, Elektron Octatrack
Ennio Colaci - Akai MPC 1000, Akai MFC42
Fabio Corcos - Mixer Behringer X32
Gerald Simpson - Reason (tracks B1, B2)
Hervé Atsé Corti - Akai MPC 1000
Marco D’Aquino - Roland TR-8S, Juno 106 (tracks A1, A2, A3, B3)
Martino Marini - Clavia Nord Rack 2, Roland SP303, Catart, Roli Blocks
Niccoló Daniel Rufo - Yamaha DX 200, Akai MPC 1000, Yamaha TG33
Stefano Meucci - Juno 106

Recorded Live at Manifattura Tabacchi Firenze

Arranged, Mixed and Additional Production by Fabio Corcos at Bosconi Records Studio
Additional Mixing by Antonio Pecori
Mastered by Niccolò Caldini at Tea Room Mastering
Illustration Work by Mister Thoms
Graphic Design by Chiara Sinatti
Executive Production by Fabio Corcos in collaboration with Manifattura Tabacchi

Worldwide distribution Syncrophone
Published By Bosconi / Westbury Music Publishing
(P) & (C) Bosconi Records 2020

You can buy the track from Bandcamp here.

1 March: DJ Pierre Presents - Acid 88 Volume 3 (Record Store Day 2019)
DJ Pierre - Acid 88 Volume 3 - Record Store Day 2019 - feat. A Guy Called Gerald

A Guy Called Gerald is featured on a Record Store Day 2019 (Saturday 13th April 2019) release by DJ Pierre called "Acid 88 Volume 3".

"A double LP of 1 Black + 1 White vinyl of 12 killer acid trax selected by legendary pioneer DJ Pierre featuring Mark Archer, A Guy Called Gerald, K Alexi, Lauren Flax, Hiroko Yamamura & many more"

Gerald's track is called "Inter Funk", with the full tracklisting (spread across 2 x 12" singles) being:

A1.MARX ARCHER - JACK THE BOX
A2.LAUREN FLAX - THE ACID FLEX
A3.ACIDULANT - ATTACK OF THE 303
B1.A GUY CALLED GERALD - INTER FUNK
B2.ALIMKA - EVERYTHING IN TIME
B3.JAQUARIUS - GILLE ET JOHN
C1.K'ALEXI SHELBY & TONY LOVELESS - RAT TRAP
C2.TYPE-303 - TR (RHYTHM)
C3.HIROKO YAMAMURA - ANGLES
D1.MUNTER LOMBARD - UNLOCKED
D2.ALI BERGER - WAVE SUBARCTIC
D3.BEYUN - NITE TRIPPIN

3 February: Adam Grace - "Torso (feat. A Guy Called Gerald)" - out now
Adam Grace - "Torso (feat. A Guy Called Gerald)"

A new track by Adam Grace, "Torso (feat. A Guy Called Gerald)", features (obviously!) A Guy Called Gerald.

Taken from Adam Grace's new digital album, "Polymathematics", the album was released on 3rd February 2019.

You can buy the track from Adam's Bandcamp here.

28 January: Freaky Dancing The Complete Collection Book - Published February
Freaky Dancing - The Complete Collection

Freaky Dancing was handed out at the legendary Manchester club.

A new anthology collecting the short-lived Hacienda fanzine Freaky Dancing will be published by TQ, The Quietus reports.

Produced between July 1989 and August 1990, the fanzine was initially handed out in the queue for free, before being sold around Manchester for a modest 50p.

Although only eleven issues were published, the fanzine has assumed cult status for its role in documenting a turbulent 12 months in both the evolution of acid house and the club it called home.

Factory Records boss Tony Wilson apparently called it “the most important piece of journalism I’ve read in the last twenty years.”

Compiled by Paul ‘Fish Kid’ Gill and Ste Pickford, Freaky Dancing: The Complete Collection features a new foreword by A Guy Called Gerald, with a launch event in Manchester planned for 2nd March.

Freaky Dancing: The Complete Collection will be published on 21st February.

January: A Guy Called Gerald RinseFM Radio Shows
A Guy Called Gerald - RinseFM Shows

Gerald has a permanent residency on Rinse FM on Fridays - Soundcloud links after each date (after they become available):