New Music Friday! Andrew Gayter 052711
For over a decade I’ve loved finding and supporting new talent, the latest find I have to share with you came from visiting a one man exhibit at a local gallery, There I run into a multi-media artist whose creative is selling for hundreds of dollars and…he’s just 17… I get into a conversation with him and he tells me he also creates music too. The artist is Andrew Gayter.. Imagine if we knewhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif David Byrne at 17 and you get an idea of this guy.
He sends me his music and overall I was pretty impressed. I decided to feature some of his tracks for you to check out over the holiday weekend as part of New Music Friday.
You can visit andrewgayter.com and check out the full tracks reviewed at his soundcloud site (http://soundcloud.com/agayter11">here) where you can check out the creative process as Gayter formulates and builds his music, which he writes, sings and performs.
Through his music you will find a range of styles from anthemic electronic synth like No regrets to the driving beat of Blue Pill which takes early Emerson Lake and Palmer synthesizer expertise into a 21st Century composition to Grandpa Town which has a Chill kind of vibe that you could hear playing in the Delano on South Beach. Gayter song the Corrupters marries Daft Punk to Christiano Spiller with anew style use of beats that brings a great fresh sound to well done effect and song parts.
Height of Man is one of my favs and it will be one of your too if you are a fan of New Order, more music in this style could spell a hit for Gayter in the future.
For those of us who grew up with the creativity of Kraftwerk his music takes that creativity and rhythm and soundscapes for the 21st century.
As I mentioned at the start of the review, something about Gayter reminds me of David Byrne, from his creative quirky videos to a music style that has a pop sense with nod to newer music styles including dub step and grime step. Maybe Gayter will follow the path of Byrne and assemble some fellow creatives when he goes off college to create a band that leave a mark on this generation as the Talking Heads did nearly forty years ago! I like the music, Hope you do too. Let me know; leave me a comment here or at Facebook.
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Brits 2011 And The Winner's Are.....
British Male Solo Artist
WINNER - Plan B
Paul Weller
Mark Ronson
Robert Plant
Tinie Tempah
British Female Solo Artist
WINNER - Laura Marling
Ellie Goulding
Cheryl Cole
Paloma Faith
Rumer Warner
British Breakthrough Act
WINNER - Tinie Tempah
Mumford & Sons
Rumer
Ellie Goulding
The XX
British Group
WINNER - Take That
Gorillaz
Mumford & Sons
Biffy Clyro
The XX
British Single
WINNER - Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
Cheryl Cole - Parachute
Florence & The Machine - You've Got The Love
Matt Cardle - When We Collide
Olly Murs - Please Don’t Let Me Go
Plan B - She Said
Scouting For Girls - This Ain’t A Love Song
Taio Cruz - Dynamite
Alexandra Burke ft Pitbull - All Night Long
The Wanted - All Time Low
MasterCard British Album Of The Year
WINNER - Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Plan B - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
Take That - Progress
Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy
The XX - XX
International Male Solo Artist
WINNER - Cee Lo Green
Bruce Springsteen
David Guetta
Eminem
Kanye West
International Female Solo Artist
WINNER - Rihanna
Katy Perry
Kylie Minogue
Alicia Keys
Robyn
International Breakthrough Act
WINNER - Justin Bieber
Glee Cast
Bruno Mars
The National
The Temper Trap
International Group
WINNER - Arcade Fire
Black Eyed Peas
Kings Of Leon
The Script
Vampire Weekend
International Album
WINNER - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
Eminem - Recovery
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Critics’ Choice
WINNER - Jessie J
James Blake
The Vaccines
