Pascal Gabriel
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Pascal Gabriel | |
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| Also known as | Stubbleman |
| Born | 15 December 1956 |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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| Website | www |
Pascal Gabriel (born 15 December 1956) is a Belgian-born musician based in London, England and Paris, France.
Background
Pascal Gabriel's musical career began in 1977 in the
Toward the end of the 1980s, Gabriel was producer and co-writer for
."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, including Claudia Brücken (formerly of Propaganda), Wire, and Debbie Harry from Blondie.
In the 1990s, he moved into indie and pop music, collaborating with EMF, Inspiral Carpets, Kitchens of Distinction, Billy Mackenzie and Siouxsie Sioux's second group The Creatures.
From 1996 to 1998 he wrote, produced and performed with the Mute Records-signed band Peach (known as "Peach Union" in the U.S.). Their song "On My Own" was featured prominently in the film Sliding Doors.[3]
Gabriel subsequently wrote and produced with a host of popular artists, including the then unsigned singer
He collaborated extensively with
Around the same time he co-wrote "Tune Into My Heart" on
He co-wrote several tracks with Will Young for his 2011 UK number one album
After writing several tracks with The Temper Trap for their Thick as Thieves album in 2015, he produced Australian songstress Emma Louise's 2016 album Supercry.
In 2018, Gabriel developed a solo project, 'Stubbleman'. A return to his electronic and ambient roots, it combines a cinematic mixture of found sounds and field recordings with modular synthesizers and live piano. Stubbleman's debut album, Mountains and Plains, inspired by a road trip across the US, was released on Marc Hollander's cult Belgian indie label Crammed Discs in April 2019,[5] to positive reviews in the UK,[6] and internationally.[7]
His live shows in November at the From the Source festival at Warwick Arts Centre and the Purcell Room in London's SouthBank Centre, as part of the EFJ London Jazz Festival,[8] involved extensive use of self-made automatons: glockenspiels, vibraphones and xylophones.
On 5 June 2020, he released an EP, The Blackbird Tapes,
Selected production credits
- Theme from S'Express".
- No Angel.[10]
- Kylie Minogue - Co-wrote "Your Love" and "Tightrope" from 2001's Fever.
- Bebel Gilberto - Co-wrote and produced Ceu Distante from 2004's Bebel Gilberto album.
- Rachel Stevens - Co-wrote So Good and "I Will Be There" from 2005's Come And Get It.
- Freeform Five - Co-wrote "No More Conversations" (2005).
- Kittin Is High" and "Grace".
- Dot Allison - Co-wrote "Cry" from her 2009 album Room 7½.
- Marina and the Diamonds - co-wrote and produced "Shampain", "Girls", "Rootless", and the unreleased track "Sinful" from her 2010 album The Family Jewels.
- Goldfrapp - Additional Production on "Rocket", "Believer", "Dreaming", "Head First" and "I Wanna Life" from their 2010 album Head First.
- Kylie Minogue - Co-wrote and co-produced "Can't Beat the Feeling" from her 2010 album Aphrodite
- Will Young - Co-wrote "Losing Myself" and "Happy Now" from his 2011 album Echoes.
- Ladyhawke - Co-wrote and produced several songs for 2008's Ladyhawke, including the singles "Dusk Till Dawn", "My Delirium" and "Magic". Also co-wrote, produced and mixed all songs for her 2012 album Anxiety.[4]
- Little Boots - Co-wrote "Tune into my Heart" from her album Hands (2009).
- V V Brown - Co-wrote and produced "The Apple" from her 2013 album Samson & Delilah.
- The Temper Trap - Co-wrote singles "Thick as Thieves" and "Alive" as well as three other songs from their album Thick as Thieves (2016).
- Emma Louise - Produced her album Supercry (2016).
- Stubbleman- Composed, performed and produced the album Mountains and Plains (2019).
- Stubbleman- Composed, performed and produced the EP The Blackbird Tapes (2020).
References
- ^ "Early Cassette Culture - Touch". Touch33.net. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Sliding Doors (1998) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Behind the scenes clip of Ladyhawke making new album 'Anxiety'". Nme.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Helfet, Gabriela (27 March 2019). "Crammed Discs announces debut album by Pascal Gabriel alias Stubbleman". Thevinylfactory.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Spencer, Neil (14 April 2019). "Stubbleman: Mountains and Plains review – a low-key charmer". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Conaton, Chris (22 May 2019). "Stubbleman Presents a Post-Rock Road Trip with 'Mountains and Plains'". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Street, Sam (28 November 2019). "A dazzling mechanical musical travelogue entrances at the Southbank". Jazzwise.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Smith, Mat (3 June 2020). "The Birdman Of Islington: Stubbleman – The Blackbird Tapes". 429harrowroad.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Sound on Sound Article: Recording Dido's 'Here With Me' Archived 25 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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