GMS (music group)

GMS

GMS (also known as the Growling Mad Scientists) is a Dutch psychedelic trance duo which has attained significant popularity from the early 1990s to the present time (2010). Formed by Shajahan Matkin (also known as Riktam) and Joseph Quinteros (also known as Bansi) in the city of Amsterdam, located in the west of The Netherlands, the duo has attracted a large international fanbase. GMS founded Spun Records in 1999, the first psychedelic trance label in the United States and Ibiza, Spain.

In 2008, GMS left Spun Records to further concentrate on their own careers and had created in 2009 a new label to release all of their music from their own various bands called Starbox Music.

They have sold over 350.000 copies worldwide.

GMS won the Psy-Trance award twice (in 2001 and 2009) at the DJ Awards in Ibiza, Spain.

Members

Riktam

Shajahan Matkin (Riktam) was born in 1976 in Amsterdam Holland. He met his co-member Bansi in a coffee shop when he was 14 years old. When he was 15 he left school and went to India where he travelled to Goa to experience his first trance parties. After returning to Amsterdam in 1995 from another trip to India, he started making music with his friend Bansi. They created a group called the Growling Mad Scientists or GMS as it became known. Now he lives in Ibiza, Spain and DJs and produces live shows around the world at various functions.

Bansi

Joseph Quinteros (Bansi) who was born in Barcelona in 1976. He played the drums for 6 years, starting at the age of 11. He also played bass and guitar, since his father was a musician. At 14 he met Riktam and after going to Goa together they founded GMS. He also now lives in Ibiza and tours the world on a constant basis.

Discography

Albums

• Chaos Laboratory (Hadshot Haheizar, 1997)
• The Growly Family (TIP Records, 1998)
• GMS Vs. Systembusters (Spun Records, 1999)
• Tri-Ball University (TIP, 2000)
• The Hitz (TIP, 2000)
• No Rules (Spirit Zone Records, 2002)
• The Remixes (Spun, 2003)
• Emergency Broadcast System (Spun, 2005)
• Chaos Laboratory (Avatar Records, 2006) (Re-Release)
• The Remixes Vol2 (Starbox, 2009)

Compilations

• Genetic Process (Spun, 2002)
• Genetic Process "Part Dose" (Spun, 2002)
• Spunout (Spun, 2003)
• Pressure (Spun, 2003)
• Zero-1 (Spun, 2003)
• Hypernova (Spun, 2004)
• XXL (Spun, 2004)
• Remote Viewing (Spun, 2005)
• Zero Gravity (Spun, 2005)
• The Outer Limits (Spun, 2005)
• Spunout in Ibiza (Spun, 2007)

Recognitions

Awards

Ibiza DJ Awards

• 2001 Best International DJ Psychedelic Trance
• 2009 Best International DJ Psychedelic Trance

External links

• Growling Mad Scientists at Official Site
• GMS at MySpace
• Starbox at Starbox - Music Label
• GMS at Fan Club