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G.M.S.

Real Name:
Riktam (Shajahan Matkin) & Bansi (Josef Quinteros)
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Also known as the Growling Mad Scientists.
Former members were Sebastian Claro & Jacob/Yakov Biton.

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.
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Discography

Releases:
The Growly Family (CD, Album, Promo)   TIP Records 1998
Top Of The TIPs 94 - 98 (CD, Comp, Mixed)   TIP Records 1998
G.M.S. vs. Systembusters (CD, Album, Dig)   Spun Records 1999
Spunout (CD, Comp, Dig)   Spun Records 2003
Outer Limits (CD, Comp)   Spun Records 2005
Spunout In Ibiza (Comp) (2 versions)   Spun Records ... 2007
Remixes:
Beyond Colour (Comp) (4 versions) Friagram (G.M.S. Refri... TIP Records ... 1998
Code:[604] Goa Mind (Cass, Comp) Midnight Sun (G.M.S. R... Moon Records (2) 2002
Psychedelic MIX Volume 4 (CD, Mixed) Money For Nothing (GMS... Area 51 2003
Wreck Chords (2 versions) Music In U (G.M.S. Rem... Solstice Music International ... 2005
Red Fraction (CD, Maxi + DVD-V) Red Fraction (G.M.S. R... Geneon 2006
Master Groove Circle (2xCD, Album) Suppuration -core- (G.... Geneon 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Beyond Colour (Comp) (4 versions) 1.3 Crumbs TIP Records ... 1998
Electric Rebirth (CD, Promo) 1.3 Crumbs Virgin Megastore 1998
Future Navigators II - The Second Tour (CD, Comp) Cheese Balls MDMA Music Ltd 2000
Fire (CD, Comp) Zak & Kracht Turbo Trance Records 2001
Malfunction (CD) Cheese Balls MDMA Music Ltd 2001
Code:[604] Goa Mind (Cass, Comp) Juice Moon Records (2) 2002
Goa-Head Volume 16 (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Shrek Leguan 2002
Interact (CD, Comp) Whoosh! MDMA Music Ltd 2002
Yellow Sunshine Explosion Vol. 2 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Dig) Woosh Yellow Sunshine Explosion 2002
Zero - 1 (CD, Comp) Animatrix, Flashback Spun Records 2003
Zero - 1 (CD) Animatrix, Flashback Solstice Music International 2003
Indian Spirit Volume Two (2xCD) Final Countdown Yellow Sunshine Explosion 2005
Planetary Nation 002 (CD) Baty Boy Planet B.E.N. Records 2005
Remote Viewing (CD, Comp, Enh) Animatrix (Music Video... Spun Records 2005
Wreck Chords (2 versions) Rounders, No Way, Gun ... Solstice Music International ... 2005
Spun In Motion V.1 (DVD) Animatrix, Rounders, D... Solstice Music International 2006
Spun In Motion V1 (DVD-V) Animatrix, Rounders, D... Spun Records 2006
Psy-Trance Queen (CD, Comp, Ltd, Mixed) Los Dorados (Audio-X R... Wakyo Records 2007
Saturday Psy Fever (2xCD, Comp) Los Dorados (Audio-X R... Yellow Sunshine Explosion 2007
Super Vision II (DVD, PAL) Flesh Of The Gods TIP.World 2007
Temple Of Science (CD, Comp) Shiva Devotion Nice Dreams Music 2007
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