Pascal Gabriel is a Belgian musician. His musical career began in 1977 in the punk rock band The Razors. He left Belgium for London in the late 1970s and worked as a freelance sound engineer in various studios, earning a reputation for innovative remixes for artists like Marc Almond (formerly of the duo Soft Cell) and Yello. Toward the end of the 1980s, Gabriel was a producer and co-writer for S'Express and Bomb the Bass -- two of the first sample-heavy dancefloor artisans of that era.

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  • Pascal Gabriel is a Belgian musician. His musical career began in 1977 in the punk rock band The Razors. He left Belgium for London in the late 1970s and worked as a freelance sound engineer in various studios, earning a reputation for innovative remixes for artists like Marc Almond (formerly of the duo Soft Cell) and Yello. Toward the end of the 1980s, Gabriel was a producer and co-writer for S'Express and Bomb the Bass -- two of the first sample-heavy dancefloor artisans of that era. He claimed a number one UK single with the S'Express track "Theme from S'Express" and a number two with Bomb the Bass' "Beat Dis. " 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, Erasure, and Debbie Harry from Blondie. In the '90s, Gabriel moved away from beats and breaks and into the pop music world, co-producing the track "Regret" for New Order. He also collaborated with EMF, Inspiral Carpets and Kitchens of Distinction. In 1997 he formed the band Peach (known as "Peach Union" in the U.S. due to an American band already utilizing the name). In 1999, Gabriel met an unsigned singer named Dido, for whom with he wrote several songs. "I'm No Angel" and "Here with Me" appeared on Dido's multi-million selling debut album No Angel. In 2002, Gabriel began writing with and producing tracks for Australia's Kylie Minogue, including "Your Love" for her Fever album, "Tightrope" (a Fever bonus track and b-side) and various other unreleased tracks called "No Better Love" (which leaked online in 2003), "Heavenly", "So High" and "Tripping Me Up" and "I'm Sorry" (which were demos for the Body Language album that leaked onto the internet in 2006). Since then, he has collaborated with other popular artists including Natalie Imbruglia, Rachel Stevens and Bebel Gilberto He has recently co-written and produced several tracks for Sophie Ellis-Bextor's album Trip the Light Fantastic, co-wrote & produced electro artist Miss Kittin's new solo album 'BatBoxxx', and several tracks on New Zealand's rising star Ladyhawke's debut album.
  • Pascal Gabriel est un musicien belge. Sa carrière musicale débute en 1977 avec le groupe de punk rock The Razors. Il a quitté la Belgique à la fin des années 1970 pour s'installer à Londres en tant qu'ingénieur du son travailleur indépendant dans de multiples studios. Il se fait connaître grâce à des remixes innovants pour des artistes comme Marc Almond et Yello. Vers la fin des années 1980, il produit et co-écrit pour S'Express et Bomb the Bass (deux des plus grands artisans de l'échantillonnage de l'époque). Pascal Gabriel revendique des succès comme le titre numéro un en Angleterre Theme from S'Express de S'Express, ou encore le numéro deux Beat Dis' de Bomb the Bass. Devant le succès de S'Express et Bomb the Bass, il s'implique alors dans une série de projets pour mixer, produire et écrire avec une variété d'artistes, tels que Claudia Brücken, Erasure, et Debbie Harry. Dans les années 1990, Pascal Gabriel change de registre pour passer du beats and breaks à la pop anglaise, co-produisant par exemple le titre Regret de New Order. Il collabore également avec EMF, Inspiral Carpets et Kitchens of Distinction.
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  • Pascal Gabriel is a Belgian musician. His musical career began in 1977 in the punk rock band The Razors. He left Belgium for London in the late 1970s and worked as a freelance sound engineer in various studios, earning a reputation for innovative remixes for artists like Marc Almond (formerly of the duo Soft Cell) and Yello. Toward the end of the 1980s, Gabriel was a producer and co-writer for S'Express and Bomb the Bass -- two of the first sample-heavy dancefloor artisans of that era.
  • Pascal Gabriel est un musicien belge. Sa carrière musicale débute en 1977 avec le groupe de punk rock The Razors. Il a quitté la Belgique à la fin des années 1970 pour s'installer à Londres en tant qu'ingénieur du son travailleur indépendant dans de multiples studios. Il se fait connaître grâce à des remixes innovants pour des artistes comme Marc Almond et Yello.
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