Artist description Progressive/melodic Trance is probably the best way to describe bellypan's sound, but his influences come from a variety of sources and eras. Some tracks are more down beat for example, and are more chilled/after hours sounding. All have a basis in Trance though as listening will reveal. The common link thoughout is melody and QUALITY production. No sparse distorted breaks here... this is full, intricate, orchestrated music for the thinker, as well as the clubber.

Music Style Progressive/Trance

Musical Influences Beatles/The Jam/Depeche Mode/B.T./Leftfield/Oakenfold/Sasha

Similar Artists B.T./Oakenfold/Sasha

Artist History bellypan's musical education started early - 'Growing up in my family, everyone was doing something to do with music'. His parents were heavily involved in Opera, while his elder brother would punish him with 70s Punk. 'I grew up being very aware of song structure and form', bellypan says, 'I continually broke music up into it's Parts and anaylised how it all fitted together'. After his first keyboard purchase at aged 15, that was it. Bellypan continued to perfect his playing and programming skills until joing his brother in London aged 21 to form SWING. 'We were a kind of Indie/Dance outfit', bellypan explains. 'My brother would bring the guitar and Rock side to the group, and I would bring the House piano and samples'. The band gigged for four years around London, picked up Management along the way and even recorded a single. Due to various 'financial' and 'personnel' problems, the single was never released and the group disbanded. Bellypan then consentrated on his solo work recording his own material and developing his sound. A seminal record for bellypan was in 1995 when he heard BT's - Loving You More. 'I Just stopped what I was doing and looked at the radio with an open mouth' he says 'I could not beleive it. It hit every button I could think of and I knew that was my future'. Several demos and re-mixes for friends bands followed and in 2000 formed Allergic Recordings as launch pad for his music and other project too. This brings you pretty much up to date.

Group Members bellypan

Instruments Apple G4, Propelerhead Reason, Ableton Live, Steinberg Cubase VST, EMU E5000. Oberheim Matrix 1000, Behringer Eurodesk. E-mail me for more details if interested.

Location Middlesex, London - United Kingdom

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