Also known as the
Growling Mad Scientists.
The psytrance group Growling Mad Scientists (living in
Ibiza formore than 10 years) regularly tour the world and have sold over
300,
000 albums on over
150 releases.
G.M.S. began when Riktam and
Bansi met in high school at age 14 in
Amsterdam. Both were passionate about electronic music, so the duo chose to leave school and seek their education in the club scene.
Even though they were too young to legally enter a nightclub, Riktam and Bansi began spinning at clubs in Amsterdam. On most occasions, they had to be whisked into the building's side door to avoid scrutiny by the authorities. While in the DJ booth, they'd often receive double takes from clubbers who caught a glimpse of the two teenagers. This was the early '90s and Amsterdam's club/rave scene was in its infancy, and genres like Gabber dominated the fledgling culture. Two years later, Riktam and Bansi traveled to Goa and experienced a musical epiphany. It was in
Goa, India they started playing
Goa trance. In Goa, Riktam and Bansi DJ'ed at some of the wildest, most memorable parties of their young lives, which also brought them to gigs around
Europe.
When Riktam and Bansi returned to Amsterdam, one of their friends had purchased some recording equipment. They started their production career and called themself G.M.S. After a few early
singles, G.M.S. released their debut
album (
Chaos Laboratory) on
Alien News in
1997, which was recorded with former member
Sebastian Claro, who left the group after a two-year stint. In 1997, Riktam and Bansi moved to
Ibiza, Spain. In
2000, Riktam and Bansi formed
Spun Records with partner
Seth Hoffman. In 2004, Hollywood took note of G.M.S. by licensing G.M.S. tracks for the movie
Man On Fire starring
Denzel Washington. Their tracks are also used on various sports channels and they have performed all over the world
- published: 28 Jun 2010
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