A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Acid Mix)

A Guy Called Gerald is the stage name for the musician, record producer and DJ Gerald Simpson (born 16 February 1967, Moss Side, Manchester, England).
He is perhaps best known for his early work in the Manchester acid house scene in the late 1980s and the track "Voodoo Ray". At that time, he specialised in techno music produced using equipment such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesiser and the TR-808 drum machine.

The result of heading back into his bedroom studio was "Voodoo Ray", played first at the Hacienda in 1988 and then the underground clubs and entering the UK charts a year later. It was one of the first acid house tracks produced in the UK, and released on a small Merseyside independent label (Rham! Records) based in Liscard, Wallasey.
This was a time when musicians believed they needed to be signed to a major record company to have a hit but without the backing of the major label marketing machine and spurred on by the acid house fever sweeping the club scene, "Voodoo Ray" entered the UK charts in 1989 rising to number 12.
It was also the best selling independently released single of that year...Dr Love

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[Gnottason]

@TutorialsInPS Cheers, this track stood out even in the days when the name 'Acid House' meant both House or Techno and didnt consider them different.

It still gets this now Arthritic old git moving! (my heads nodding even now as I type and listen).

[TutorialsInPS]

@Gnottason Such a great comment, i wasn't around when this tune was made but the way everything works together makes this one of my all time faves, such a timeless track.

[Gnottason]

He made this (the original tune) age 20/21? that almost makes him Acid/D&B/Dance musics Mozart. Genius for his age to make have made such original and foresighted music.

Ive loved this tune sinse it came out, brilliant.

Hope you read this one day Gerald.

Well done lad.