Downtempo / house artist from Birmingham, UK
Go Postal
I'm suprised there aren't comments on this great journey you have created! Your new fan, Rich
A brief history:
Rob Preston, a UK based producer since 1994, experienced success between 1997-2000 (co founder and engineer of the group “Pink Bomb”) with the tracks: Indica, Aftershock and Pink Bomb (Quad Communications / Global Underground). Remixes included projects for Perfecto (Tilt – I dream), Heat/Polydor (Moonman – Don’t be afraid), Bonzai UK (Return of the native – Da After) and Ishq Records (Bally Sagoo -Hai Hai).
Other publishing deals included licensing for Playstation games and compilation albums (Ministry of sound, Trance Nation, Global Underground etc) with national and international radio play. Currently he is working on a follow-up album to Passengers... not sure how long its gonna take, so watch this space!
Past Releases: Pink Bomb (12") - Quad Communications - 1997 My Spirit (12”, Single, remix) – Prefecto - 1997 Indica (12") - Quad Communications - 1998 Don’t be Afraid (12”/CD, Single, remix) – Heat/Polydor - 1998 Indica (CD, Maxi) - Quad Communications - 1998 Aftershock (12") - Quad Communications - 1999 Da After (12”, single, remix) – Bonzai UK - 1999 Aftershock EP (CD, EP) - Quad Communications - 1999 Indica (Remixes) (12") - Quad Communications - 2000 Iracus (12") - Quad Communications - 2000 Iracus (CD, Single) - Quad Communications - 2000 Hai Hai (CD, Single) – Ishq records – 2001 Passengers (CD/MP3, Album) - China red media 2008
Pink Bomb (12") - Quad Communications - 1997 My Spirit (12”, Single, remix) – Prefecto - 1997
Indica (12") - Quad Communications - 1998 Don’t be Afraid (12”/CD, Single, remix) – Heat/Polydor - 1998
Indica (CD, Maxi) - Quad Communications - 1998 Aftershock (12") - Quad Communications - 1999 Da After (12”, single, remix) – Bonzai UK - 1999
Aftershock EP (CD, EP) - Quad Communications - 1999 Indica (Remixes) (12") - Quad Communications - 2000 Iracus (12") - Quad Communications - 2000 Iracus (CD, Single) - Quad Communications - 2000
Hai Hai (CD, Single) – Ishq records – 2001
Passengers (CD/MP3, Album) - China red media 2008
Available in MP3 / CD format from:
:Link now active, Click to buy!!
06/06/08: "Hold on" has made it as a hot pick in the reader demo section in the July edition of FUTURE MUSIC magazine (1/2 page spread), also featured on the cover disc =P 28/06/08: ALBUM OUT NOW!!! Just received confirmation that Passengers is now ready for CD/MP3 sales from CDbaby (link active).
"Hold on" has made it as a hot pick in the reader demo section in the July edition of FUTURE MUSIC magazine (1/2 page spread), also featured on the cover disc =P
28/06/08:
ALBUM OUT NOW!!! Just received confirmation that Passengers is now ready for CD/MP3 sales from CDbaby (link active).
Technology Tree:
1990 – 1991:Atari STQuartet sequencer1992 – 1993: Amiga A500SoundtrackerOctamedMusicXYamaha DX27 SynthAlesis SR8 Drum machineFostex 4 track tape deckRoland Juno 61994 – 1995: Atari STe Cubase 3.1 Novation BasstationYamaha DX27Akai S01 SamplerAlesis Quadraverb1996 – 2000:Atari ST (expanded to 32 midi channels) + 1mb of memory (wow!)Cubase 3.1Akai s2000 samplerAkai s5000 samplerAlesis QuadraverbBehringer autocomRoland RD300 digital pianoYamaha TG300Roland Super JV 1080Roland MC303
2006 – 2008:64bit Athlon 3500 (socket 754), 2GB DDR400, ATI X850XTM-Audio Delta 2496Cubase SX2 / Reason160GB worth of VSTi plugins Roland RD300 Piano
2009:Same as above, but with Phenom 9550, 4GB OCZ DDR2 @ 1066mhz