Gordon Cyrus

Gordon Cyrus
Born 1966
Sweden
Genres Rock, hip hop, reggae, soul, funk, afro punk
Occupation(s) Musician
Years active 1990-present
Associated acts Whale Happy Alright

Gordon Cyrus is an American Swedish performer, record producer, sound engineer, and designer. Cyrus is best known as a member of the rock/pop group Whale along with Cia Berg and Henrik Schyffert, and for having discovered The Latin Kings.[1][2] He was heavily involved in the 90' Swedish hip hop scene.[3][4]

In the early '90s he founded urban music label Breakin' Bread together with Ayodele "DJ Rock Ski" Shekoni, Desmond Foster, Damon "D-Frost" Frost, Daddy Boastin, Leafnuts, Aaron Phiri, Hearin' Aid, Freddie "Red Astaire" Cruger, Ayodele Ajayi Eriksson aka Ayo and Adam Jewelle Baptiste aka ADL.

Gordon ' g ' Cyrus has musically produced, amongst others, the following artists: Addis Black Widow, Calypso Rose, Cheb Mami, China Moses, Shuba-K, Daara J Family, Jean-Louis Aubert, The Latin Kings, Whale.

Mixed and engineered: Absent Minded Addis Black Widow, Nils Landgren's Funk Unit, Magnum Coltrane Price, Ikiz, Aline de Lima, Calypso Rose...

Cyrus has also worked as a music video director and worked with Swedish artists such as Blacknuss Allstars, soul singer Eric Gadd, The Latin Kings, Stonefunkers and D-FE.

He currently based between Stockholm and Paris and has founded an audiovisual production company L.U.V = luscious urban visualization. The company works in graphic & web design, music production, film making and design. Clients: 2WS by Yamakasi, AIR Paris, Amusements Industries, Bausch & Lomb, Cacharel, David and Victoria Beckham, Diesel, EMI, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Grand Marnier, H&M, Havaianas, IKEA, Jimmy, Kate Moss, Kenzo, Korres, Kylie Minogue, Lexus, MasterCard, Nike, Pepsi, Scream Park Paris, Toyota, TRACE TV, Smirnoff, Volvo, Virgin Records, VW, among its clients.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Latin Kings Page". Home7.swipnet.se. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  2. ↑ "Darling - Latin Kings". Darling.se. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  3. ↑ "Majestic Flow: TIMEBOMB". Majesticflow.blogspot.com. 2007-11-10. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  4. ↑ "Majestic Flow: Addis Black Widow - Innocent". Majesticflow.blogspot.com. 2008-01-17. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  5. ↑ "LUV|ab luscious universal visualization". Moreluv.net. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
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