Kevin Gorman - Chemistry Lock

December 23, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases |

Kevin Gorman has recently completed the debut album, “Chemistry Lock”. His first single for Gigolo was ‘DMX’, released in November 2006. As well as being a Gigolo, Kevin is part of Madrid’s Net 28 crew alongside Alex Under, Damian Schwartz and Tadeo. He has had 2 releases for Alex’s CMYK label, his ‘Nota Azul’ EP and a remix of Damian Schwartz’s Verde Confeti. His own label Mikrowave was formed in 2006 and as well as his own output has included music from Alex Under, Agaric, Marc Ashken, Mihalis Safras, Mark Broom and Phil Kieran. Kevin now exclusively gigs with his laptop and MIDI gear. This allows him to experiment and improvise live, performing different edits of his own music every time. Recent performances have included at Fabric in London, Berlin’s Watergate club and Nitsa in Barcelona.

In 2006, Kevin made a bootleg remix of the R & S classic ‘Vamp’ by Outlander. This was eventually made official and appears on the Gigolo 10 compilation released in April 2007. Kevin’s musical influences are diverse but he takes most inspiration from the raw, groove led music of Chicago, New York and Detroit. Artists like Green Velvet, Todd Terry, Carl Craig, Jeff Mills, Rob Hood, Mad Mike, Boo Williams, DJ Sneak, Derrick May, Masters At Work and Kevin Saunderson. Also, influential European producers include Joris Voorn, Redshape, Steve Rachmad, Laurent Garnier, Ian O’Brien, Alex Under.

Kevin has recorded under various aliases, and at various times worked in the music industry as promoter, graphic designer, teacher and photographer. Using the name ‘Cheech’ he remixed Tony Thomas for ‘Bugged’ (2003) and had his first track ‘Rocksteady’ (2002) re-released on Distinctiv’ in 2004. Cheech has appeared on compilations including James Lavelle’s Global Underground, Y4K, Ministry and others.

Kevin is based in his Manchester studio, and is originally from Chester, England.

Tracklisting:

01. DMX
02. Build On Sam
03. Chemistry Lock
04. Voxbox
05. Brother
06. Lazer
07. Slang
08. Orange
09. Disekt
10. Program City
11. DMX Remake
12. Guardian
13. Repeat Rock

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