User:Lolgee/Lol Gellor

Lol Gellor is known in a variety of roles originally as a musician with The Speedometors then as a producer of Desmond Dekker (Stiff Records) album Black and Dekker. He worked with a range of musicians on the album such as Davy Payne (Ian  Drury and The Blockheads), the legendary Jackie Mittoo, various members of The Rumour, Robbie Macintosh ('The Pretenders) and a range of session players associated with the late 70's and early 80's London recording scene. Amongst a number of lesser known acts he produced was a Roland Gift (later of the Fine Young Cannibals)featured ska band The Akrylykz. He also worked as a programmer and musician with a range of artists and musicians including Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight Runners)and Sarah Cracknell (St Etienne). He was one half of the cult duo Hieronymous Bosch with Kieron Hunter, a band that supported and headlined at a number of London venues in the mid 1980's sometimes gigging at more than one venue a night. He played drums and performed live for Faye Rochelle's album "reflections" released in 2003 and on the Koan release "prana and drum" with Martin Lee Stephenson, released on D.O.R.

As a film and video maker he was involved in all areas of production and was heavily involved in the direction/production of low budget pop promos, particularly for the the Asian Market. In particular his collaboration with award winning musician/composer Kuljit Bhamra also lead to contributions to Bhamras' Burning at Melting Point album which features a range of East West collaborations with musicians and performers of note. He edited two feature films "Two Bad Mice" and "In a Blue Room" for the director Mike Hakata.

As a campaigner for Community Radio in the UK, both as an individual and as a council member of the Community Media Association Gellor as CEO of Sound Vision Trust, home to the highly regarded Sound Radio, was at the forefront of the movement that saw the successful introduction of the Community Radio Order 2004 as an enabling addition to the Communications Bill 2003. Sound Radio ceased operation in 2007. At it's peak Sound Radio broadcast in over 28 languages across the weekly schedule and at the time was regarded as one of the most functionally diverse community projects in the world. In recent years his involvement as a community development practitioner has lead to recognition as an expert in Community Development (Social Cohesion, Community Media and associated areas) He has appeared as a platform speaker at Westminster Media Forum events and has appeared on local, national and international radio and television on a number of subjects.

He maintains an interest in research and development around digital platforms and social networking in the context of community media and social enterprise. He has launched a number of digital on line platforms, and is developing a number of arts and music based projects locally and internationally. He continues to teach and act as a consultant to a range of community media projects. He presented a regular radio programme on Betar Bangla, an East London community radio station from 2011 to 2017.

He is a member of the Radioactive team involved in delivering a range of media, music and radio projects worldwide. He currently delivers training and production projects in an incarceration setting.