User:Chillcuts/The grooveblaster

The Grooveblaster is the performing name of Gerry Belsha, an American music producer, remixer, and songwriter originally from Milwaukee but now based in Raleigh, NC. He has remixed artists including Loey Nelson, Georges Deligny, Steely Dan, Charles Mingus, Dionne Warwick, Francoise Hardy, Feist, and Bettie Serveet. Additionally, he has collaborated with vocalists including Laura Harley, Yasi Baby! of Pacha Massive, Anji Bee of Lovespirals, and Daca. he has a daughter. The Grooveblaster is living proof that the end justifies the means. Whether it's going head-to- head on the ones and twos with collaborators, riding the pause button on an old analog 4-track to create a fly loop with the human factor, or keying in the ill echo chamber chill, the Grooveblaster makes 'tricknology' work.

With the ears of a fan and the reflexes of a musician (the Grooveblaster began his musical career as a bassist), the Grooveblaster colors way outside the lines set by the parochial, the genre fixated and the weak-minded, but he knows the rules so when he breaks 'em it's on. His rhythms and melodies are rooted in cosmopolitan pop and downtempo grooves, so it's hard to tell where 'song' ends and 'version' begins, where message ends and music begins, where agony ends and ecstasy kicks in

Discography

 * Look in the Mirror and Dig Yourself (2006)
 * Cities, Streets and Bebop Nights (2008)