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Rob Preston (Electronic Ambient)
Downtempo / house artist from Birmingham, UK
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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 Dont 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
Dont 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).
  
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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 2008:
64bit Athlon 3500 (socket 754), 2GB DDR400, ATI X850XT
M-Audio Delta 2496
Cubase SX2 / Reason
160GB worth of VSTi plugins
Roland RD300 Piano
2009:
Same as above, but with Phenom 9550, 4GB OCZ DDR2 @ 1066mhz
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Rob Preston Lists the following Influences
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Many.... Including: Acker Bilk, Air, Barry White, Beastie Boys, Bee Gees, BT, Chicane, Daft Punk, David Bowie, De La Soul, Diana Ross, Erasure, Eurythmics, Gary Numan, Jamiroquai, Jean micheal Jarre, Just Jack, Leftfield, Louie Armstrong, Moby, Motorhead, NWA, Oasis, Pet shop boys, Pink Floyd, Primal Scream, Public Enemy, Queen, Ray Charles, Razorlight, REM, Samuel Barber, Snow Patrol, Stevie Wonder, Studio 54, Supertramp, The Beatles, The Doves, The Feeling, The Prodigy, The Streets, Travis,
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Acoustic
