Roland Boutique A Guy Called Gerald interview
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2016
- A Guy called Gerald, the TR-909 and the new TR-09 Roland Boutique.
Making electronic music since the mid ‘80s gives A Guy called Gerald a certain perspective on the industry.
We spoke to the genre-busting producer on his first encounters with the original TR-909 and TB-303, how they helped him get started with his music, and what he thinks of the latest additions to Roland Boutique family, especially the TR-09 and TB-03.
You’ll also find out that 808 State’s ‘Pacific State’ was originally called something completely different…
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The guys a legend in my eyes loved this style of music and how it came about from the very start. Fantastic to see it all being re invented again and giving others a chance to buy and learn these machines at now a reasonable price 😉
A top geezer and humble. Very diplomatic with the808 state “Pacific” references too. Been a fan of his since 88/89 and remember buying Hot Lemonade, which was so way ahead of its time.
“Specific Hate”...now there’s a tune. Would love an afternoon in a studio with this legend to learn some tips and tricks.
been lucky enough to spend a few afternoons and more late late nights jamming with him... sound, music...ideas... it's just like an endless flow, effortless (in the best way) and ever changing. Many times I tried to capture something in particular but it had gone through several changes by the time I hit record. Def some of the best studio sessions and times I've ever had...
saw him live in Amsterdam and he killed it - the BassLine from the TB-03 was sooooooo good
how GENUINLY EXCITED is Gerald here!!
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Like a kid in a sweet shop.
Such a humble fella and a true ledge. Has always evolved and innovated.
Legend! He's taking me done memory lane talking about Ice T (used a lot of 303 on that first album) and Mantronix (I used to love those graffiti covers by Gemini for Needle to the Groove and Just Ice's first album).
Not only a humble guy, but crazy talented musician 👏🏻
great video guys
Cool guy!
The legend himself!
Legend
I worked next door in Western Jean Co. At the time Gerald!
Are they filming in turnmills lightlounge looks a bit like it ?
909/303 Advice from A Guy Called Gerald? Yes, pretty please! Provide the number!
Ha I thought the same thing. I'ld bet if you dm him he'd chop it up. Really is a nice dude. Worked at McD's! crazy
Mantronix- needle to the groove is the cover you mentioned..
It’s Back to the old school by Just Ice has a picture of mantronik with a 909 under his arm
Just ice & Mantronik - Back to the old school album cover '85.
But yeah, it's the same B-Boy, Graf artist & style.
Those pots look really teeny-tiny on the 909
Hot Lemonade
What's this track ?
i love a guy called gerald the only thing he got wrong there is you can swing the 808 using the time signitures !!! i used all these in the early 80s these boutiques are amazing yet again people complaining you dont know what your talking about of course theyve added a few things but trust me they are exact people keep doing these comparisons and not tweaking them right then wonder why there off and go there not the same trust me thay are remember they are miniature that tr 09 trust as soon as you press play .........its the 909 trust me !!!!
I wonder what radio station/ programme hes talking about at 3mins
Stu Allen I'd imagine.
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This guy is a legend and I respect everything he says. However, I personally don't find the behavior of the TB-03 to be quite right. There is some imperfect character of the real 303 that is not present to my ears.
Digiphex Electronics it isn't. its off by quite a bit.. but so are all of the 303s between each other. tb03 is a huge disappointment in my eyes considering what they could have done, with that said i enjoy mine and i like its squeaky clean sound.
I think the Avalon is the best clone I have heard so far. It actually uses full-sized components and the TB circuit board. I got one thinking I would try it out and then sell on eBay but I still have it because it is very very close to an original TB I sold long ago.
I have 2 avalons xD, they are legit amazing and better than the real deal
And then along came Behringer......
But..... the accents doesn't work right. Put three in a row and they should increase in intensity but they don't.
Nahhh I'll by the beringer rd
It WASNT the 808 or the 303 that pushed dance music - it was the 909. If you had every dance record made from 1989-2000 you will find the vast majority of tracks used the 909 - probably upwards of 98%. The 303 was hardly used aside from a year where the market was saturated with Acid House and promptly died a death as did the 303 frenzy - and the 808 was used sparingly across the scene. The reason the 808 has this reverence is pure hype which has come from the Americans - who got in to dance a decade later than Europe (for the most part) so they don;t know the history, they are repeating hype. Same with the 303. but there is less reverence for the 909 despite it being the drum machine that jettisoned/launched the dance music scene.
I feel the history of dance music has been totally warped by agenda driven liars. Wanna know why dance music, a massively successful genre and movement, decades after it began never receives any Kudos? Its because dance music was launched by working classes, particularly in the UK and the middle class/Guardianista, the po faced music press etc despise the working classes and will never ever give them respect. It was a real movement that spanned the globe and the chattering classes never started it so they dont want to speak highly of it. I often feel I would like to start a campaign to fund the creation of a documentary that tells the truth about how this movement began. It was a movement that obliterated the 4 year flower power movement and the punk scene both of which were middle class fabrications hence why you will never stop hearing about those blips that changed nothing.
The 303 and 808 were used all over the place, in multiple genres. I get what you're saying about the dance music though, it was only when 90s pop music started incorporating its sounds did America really seem to catch on. I'm in America and have found all sorts of treasures from around the world thanks to the internet, must have been rough back in the stoned ages for young and budding stoner hipsters. Would also be interested in that documentary :)
Yes I agree they were used a lot. I'm really just pointing out that it was the 909 which was the absolute King for the majority of dance releases. It really was the catalyst that geled it together. It all came around when multitimbral samplers got within the average dudes price range like the Akai S100, Roland S750/70 etc. With one of those, a couple of synths, a mixer, couple of FX boxes and a Dat machine (midi studio) we could make record quality in our homes - and we did. So, really I would have to say that it was samplers that spawned the beginning of the dance scene because without them it would not have happened. When I got my S750 I sat there and thought I can sound like anything I want with this sampler. It was an amazing and inspiring feeling and it is exactly what I did. Not going to say who I am btw....:)
Every producer I knew back then would say it was the sampler that made it possible and I agree with that 100%. Few of us owned a 909, 303 or 808 or any of the now clasic analogs. In fact analog buzzwords didn't come in to it at all. But we all had the samples (I did own a 909 btw.) I had a sampler and when I got a 909 that was it, it all fell in to place and records flowed from my bedroom.... I remember all this like it was yesterday and its quite sad to see the real story of how it all came about ignored and the history rewritten with all the usual names and attention seekers taking credit. It was a genuine working class movement.
Apologies for the ramble.
Check out: "this is not chicago house"
This comment is the biggest pile of horse shit I've ever read. Do you even know who Larry Heard is?
Wow, so much to unpick. You talk about dance music as if it began in the UK in 1989 without any influence from America, because in your words “they got into it a decade later than Europe (for the most part) so they don’t know the history”.
Really, commenting on a video of Gerald Simpson AKA A Guy Called Gerald whose seminal 1988 hit is heavily influenced from the American house scene, driven by Trax Records which influenced Manchesters Hacienda before taking over the UK, German and Ibiza scenes thereafter.
I mean the rest is history, but your assertion that America was behind the times is laughable when they pioneered the movement that became dance music in all its forms. The UK took that basic idea and songwriting and elevated it into something much, much better, but the US still had its underground house & garage scenes throughout the 90’s which again spread overseas evolving into something different. Is that not Dance music then? Who even says “dance music” anyway, apart from my nan or some cheesy 90’s dance music compilation CD?
You obviously know your gear, but attempting to pass yourself off as a producer from the scene, citing no artists, labels, tracks or influences other than reeling off gear names. Maybe you took too much acid?
Legend