A brief history:

Rob Preston, a UK based producer since 1994, experienced success between 1997-2000 (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).

Since 2006, he has been working on a new back-catalogue in the run-up to the release of his debut (and long overdue!) album “Passengers” – an eclectic and unique mix of pop, dance, hip-hop and ambient tracks to suit any mood. The album is to be released through the newly-created independent label: China Red Media (UK).

Past Releases:

Pink Bomb (12") - Quad Communications - 1997
Indica (12") - Quad Communications - 1998
Indica (CD, Maxi) - Quad Communications - 1998
Aftershock (12") - Quad Communications - 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

Press:

>>Out now<<

                             
 
    

Available in MP3 / CD format from:

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01/06/08:

Stocks are currently in transit to our physical/digital distributor, a final release date will be available soon - which will enable us to complete the links to the above sites. This should take approximately 4 -8 weeks, thanks for your patience in this matter.

Reviews:

What about us

"Although the name is new to me, the music certainly told a much older tale. Here is a musician who has been around polishing up his craft for some considerable time, even the merest drive-by of a listen will confirm that. When I read on his page that he started making online music in 1992, I recognised a fellow tracker. A lot of musicians (including yours truly) cut their musical teeth in this fledgling online music scene, many of which are now rightly famed. What it instilled in us - more than anything else - is an inordinate attention to detail. Listen, when most of the music you made was in code, you HAD to pay attention to the little details.

What About Us is a perfect example of that discipline paying off in the long run.

A pop track that raises influences such as ELO, Howard Jones and others, What About Us is about as close as you are going to get (in an unsigned sense) to the real deal, it's so commercial it should be wearing a shirt and tie. With it's knowing wink at the 1980's electro-pop scene, What About Us is the kind of track you take up and treasure. Class production, excellent performances and one of the strongest pop songs you are likely to hear on Soundclick or anywhere else. Absolutely first class.

MUST HAVE Pop"

Steve Gilmore Reviews (soundclick & mp3unsigned)

Technology Tree:

1990 – 1991:
Atari ST
Quartet sequencer

1992 – 1993:
Amiga A500
Soundtracker
Octamed
MusicX
Yamaha DX27 Synth
Alesis SR8 Drum machine
Fostex 4 track tape deck
Roland Juno 6

1994 – 1995:
Atari STe
Cubase 3.1
Novation Basstation
Yamaha DX27
Akai S01 Sampler
Alesis Quadraverb

1996 – 2000:
Atari ST (expanded to 32 midi channels) + 1mb of memory (wow!)
Cubase 3.1
Akai s2000 sampler
Akai s5000 sampler
Alesis Quadraverb
Behringer autocom
Roland RD300 digital piano
Yamaha TG300
Roland Super JV 1080
Roland MC303

2006 – Now:
64bit Athlon 3500 (socket 754), 2GB DDR400, ATI X850XT
M-Audio Delta 2496
Cubase SX2 / Reason
160GB worth of VSTi plugins
Roland RD300 Piano