Gary Hunter

Member Since:

November 06, 2006

Members:

Skin Deep (1989-1990) With Ray Naughton - Skin Deep (1990-1991) With Matthew Adcock - Skin Deep (1991-1998) Solo - The Definition Of Sound (Name I work under for my Sample based music) - Gary Hunter (Solo for synth based work)

Record Label:

unsigned

Influences:

My early synth stuff is heavily influenced by OMD and Erasure. The sample based music is basically influenced by anything trance related, other sampled music like hip hop & chilled stuff I have recorded is n't influenced by anybody really.

I am currently working on an ambient/soundtrack album. I got the idea to do this after listening to music by Moby & John Foxx.

Sounds Like:

The work I did in the late 80's and early 90's definitely has an OMD sound to it, more so, there early stuff circa there early albums. My trance music is, I would say, a bit like euro trance and dance music which comes from places such as Holland, Germany and Belguim.

Official Homepage:

Official Homepage For Gary Hunter

My official Homepage has comprehensive information about all my music, including information on a number of CD's that I have recorded which have n't been made available previously, mainly in the Lounge/Chill Out genre. There are free MP3 downloads of these albums which are well worth listening to and will certainly come as a surprise for those people who have followed my music.

In addition there is quite a lot of background information about my music making and also details of the instruments I use. Also you will find photo's and exclusive demo's of new material on their that will not be available anywhere else! So if you have n't checked out the new site just click on the link above to visit it.

Information:

I'm 48 and have had a very keen interest in music for many years. Synthesizers have fascinated since I first heard them on records by Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, OMD, Ultravox, The Human League and Depeche Mode. It was in the late 80's when I decided to write my own songs.

I formed a studio band with a good friend of mine Ray Naughton and things clicked into place very quickly and we wrote and recorded around 20 songs in a similar style to OMD & Erasure (Vince Clarke has been a big influence with my Synthpop music probably, the biggest influence of all). They were very raw recordings made on a cheap Amstrad 4 track recorder.

From there I progressed on to using an Atari computer and sequencer software packages alongside a Drum Machine. I recorded more electronic pop material and also some video soundtrack music.

I wanted to develop my skills in creating music utilising computers and have recorded about 8 or 9 CDs of material using Samples, Drum Loops and Drum Machines. The music in this field covers Dance, Trance, Chill-out & Hip Hop styles. This side of my work has been recorded under the name The Definition Of Sound. It is a collection of material I am very proud of.

I have over the last 2 or 3 years returned to Synthesizers and re-recorded a lot of the material I did with Ray to a much higher standard and in addition I have written numerous new songs and done some cover versions. One cover version I have done is a track of OMD's called "Of All The Things We've Made". This was included on an american release tribute album called "We Love You 2". I am very proud that my version of the song was worthy of inclusion on the CD.

I am currently working on a new electronic album called "The Grey Room" which is influenced by the early music of John Foxx and Gary Numan.

Another project I am working on is an electronic Chill-Out album called "The Garden Of Surreal Dreams". 15 songs have been written and recorded in demo form for this project which will be worked on following the completion of the album "The Grey Room".

Moby has been the inspiration behind the Chill-Out album music.

I have created 2 brand new websites especially for these 2 albums:

The Grey Room Microsite

The Garden Of Surreal Dreams Microsite

Over the last couple of years I have recorded numerous cover versions of classic electronic tracks from the likes of Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Blancmange & Gary Numan plus a host of other artists. I am finishing off a Dub Mix album of 6 of the cover versions I have recorded which includes, the Blancmange track "Living On The Ceiling", Gary Numan's "Cars", Depeche Mode's "John The Revelator", Yazoo's "Bad Connection", The Human League's "The Sound Of The Crowd" and Joy division's "She's Lost Control". The album features my own dub arrangements of the songs.

Please note that the copyright on the music on this site is owned by Big Noise Music.

Additional Music Web Pages:

The Definition Of Sound Official Homepage

Myspace Page For The Definition Of Sound

I have a dedicated Myspace page and Official Homepage for my Dance/Trance/Lounge & Chill Out music as I work under the name "The Definition Of Sound" for this side of my music. You can visit those pages via the links above

In addition to my Official Web Page and Myspace Pages, I have other exclusive songs available to listen to at:

www.soundclick.com/garyhunter

Simply click on music in the profile box and then click the small play button on the right hand side of the song picture. Choose Lo-fi if you have a modem connection and click Hi-fi if you have broadband.

www.youtube.com/garyhunter

I now have my video's online at YouTube.com as well as on this page. So if you have any problems playing the video's on this page you can access them at YouTube by clicking on the link above.

Erasure Remixes By Gary Hunter On Erasure's Official Homepage

I have 4 remixes available now of the Erasure track "Here I Go Impossible Again" on Erasure's official homepage, which you can listen to, by clicking on the link above. Simply scroll down to the song "Here I Go Impossible Again" and you will see my remixes. To play simply click on the media player button or real player button on the right hand side of my mix.

www.icompositions.com/artists/garyhunter/

I have a Web Page on icompositions network. This is an excellent place for unsigned music artists and I highly recommend you check them out.
You can view my page by clicking on the link above.