garybemore

GARY BEMORE IS A YOUNG FRENCH-BORN CLASSICAL PIANIST, MUSIC PRODUCER AND DJ LIVING IN BALI. FROM HIS MANY YEARS OF PLAYING CLASSICAL PIANO, TO HIM NOW EMERGING IN THE ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC WORLD OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR, GARY SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME IN THE STUDIO PRODUCING A BLEND OF ETHNIC ASIATIC SOUNDS WITH HOUSE MUSIC.

BEMORE RELEASED HIS DEBUT E.P ON TOTEM TRAXX IN OCTOBER 2011, ENTITLED FLEX (BALI). THE E.P INCLUDES THE TITLE-TRACK 'FLEX (BALI)' CONTAINING A PROGRESSIVE BASELINE, AN ELECTRO LEAD SYNTH AND A HECTIC VOCAL SAMPLE. REPRESENTING MORE OF HIS ETHNIC INFLUENCES, THE TRACK 'BARONG' FEATURES AFRICAN PERCUSSION, BALINESE KECAK SAMPLES AND MELODY RECORDED ON A GAMELAN, A TRADITIONAL BALINESE INSTRUMENT.

IN DECEMBER 2011, BEMORE RELEASED ANOTHER E.P ON GRAMS RECORDS, HIS OWN LABEL IMPRINT, THE E.P FEATURED 'TOPENG' ANOTHER HEAVILY ETHNIC INFLUENCED SONG THAT COMBINES MOROCCAN DABURKAS AND CONGOS, AND THE MAIN MELODY ON A JAVANESE ANGKLUNG. SINCE, BEMORE