Grandmaster Gareth

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The Party Sounds Of Grandmaster Gareth album cover
The Party Sounds Of Grandmaster Gareth album cover

Grandmaster Gareth aka Gareth Jones is a musician from Birmingham, UK. He is the singer, leader and a founding member of Misty's Big Adventure.

Gareth also records as a solo artist, producing 60 second tracks known as Minute Melodies comprised of keyboards, toys, household implements, "weird electronic things" and samples of found speech and audio. These were released on an album in 2003 along with a John Peel session. A second album, The Party Sounds Of Grandmaster Gareth was released in 2006 on SL Records.

His influences include 30's Screwy Jazz, Space Age Pop, Sixties Psychedelia, Krautrock, Sly and the Family Stone, Moondog, Early Hip-Hop, Joe Meek, Aphex Twin, Outsider Music and Gabba. He frequently cites Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain as his favourite film.

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[edit] EP

Title Year Label
Grandmaster Gareth's Monster Melody 2003 self released

[edit] Albums

Title Year Label
Grandmaster Gareth Presents... An Introduction To Minute Melodies 2003 Awkward Records
The Party Sounds Of Grandmaster Gareth 2006 SL Records

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