Pascal Gabriel
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Pascal Gabriel was born in Namur, Belgium in 1961 (circa).
His musical career began in 1977 aka Gaby Siclet in Namur in the punk rock band The Razors (bass guitar and backup vocals). He left Belgium for London in the late 1970s and worked as a freelance sound engineer in various studios, earning a reputation for innovative remixes for artists like Marc Almond (formerly of the duo Soft Cell) and Yello.
Toward the end of the 1980s, Gabriel was a producer and co-writer for S'Express and Bomb the Bass -- two of the first sample-heavy dancefloor artisans of that era. He claimed number one UK singles with the S'Express track "Theme from S'Express" and Bomb the Bass' "Beat Dis."
Following the success of S'Express and Bomb the Bass, Gabriel embarked on a series of projects, mixing, producing and writing with a variety of artists, from Erasure to Debbie Harry from Blondie.
In the '90s, Gabriel moved away from beats and breaks and into the pop music world, co-producing the track "Regret" for New Order. He also collaborated with EMF, Inspiral Carpets and Kitchens of Distinction. In 1997 he formed the band Peach (known as "Peach Union" in the US due to an American band already utilizing the name). In 1995. with the former Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy works on his brilliant fifth solo album "Cascade", presenting himself as an ultimately mature, sophisticated and multi-dimensional production master.
In 1999, Gabriel met an unsigned singer named Dido, for whom with he wrote several songs. "No Angel" and "Here With Me" appeared on Dido's multi-million selling debut album No Angel.
In 2002, Gabriel began writing with and producing tracks for Australia's Kylie Minogue, including "Your Love" for her Fever album, "Tightrope" (a Fever bonus track and b-side) and various other unreleased tracks called "No Better Love" (which leaked online in 2003), "Heavenly", "So High" and "Tripping Me Up" & "I'm Sorry" (which were demos for the Body Language album in 2003). Since then, he has collaborated with other popular artists including Natalie Imbruglia, Rachel Stevens, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and newcomer Alexis Strum.
[edit] Production credits
- Dido - co-wrote "Here With Me" and "I'm No Angel" from 1999's No Angel.
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Co-wrote "Dear Jimmy", from 2006's Popjustice: 100% Solid Pop Music compilation.
- Kylie Minogue - Co-wrote "Your Love" and "Tightrope" from 2001's Fever, as well as unreleased tracks "Heavenly", "No Better Love", "So High", "I'm Sorry" and "Trippin' Me Up".
- Rachel Stevens - Co-wrote "So Good" and "I Will Be There" from 2005's Come And Get It.
