Gary Go

Gary Go
Birth nameGary Baker
OriginLondon, United Kingdom
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • synth
  • guitar
  • computer
Labels
Websitegarygo.ink

Gary Baker, known professionally as Gary Go, is a British songwriter, producer, composer and media artist. He has written and produced songs performed by artists including Rihanna, Robbie Williams, Steve Angello, Benny Benassi, Skrillex, Gryffin, Take That, Celeste, Majid Jordan, John Summit, Aloe Blacc, Matoma, Sara Bareilles, Chiiild, Milky Chance, The Knocks, Ruby Rose, Borgore, The 2 Bears, Party Pupils, Kylie, Ronan Keating, Morgxn, Simply Red, Katharine McPhee, Joseph Arthur, Thomas Azier, Carina Round, Laleh, Anthony Ramos, The Kolors and Juliette Lewis.

Overview

His debut artist album Of Youth/Of Beauty spawned the international hit single "Wonderful". Upon the album's release, Lady Gaga referred to Gary Go as "my favourite new artist this year" after performing a rendition of "Just Dance", inspired by his cover of the song.[1] Gaga then invited Go to join her on her European tour.[2] Tours with MIKA and Snow Patrol followed.

Gary Go went on to collaborate with electro DJ/producer Benny Benassi, writing and performing three consecutive #1 club records ("Close to Me", "Control" and "Cinema"). "Cinema", rose rapidly to No. 1 on the US Billboard and UK Club charts and received a Grammy Award for the remix by electronic music producer Skrillex. "Cinema" is widely recognised as a seminal dance record, included in Billboard's "Best Dance Songs of the Decade" [3] and "Top EDM Love Songs of All Time"[4] retrospectives. Artist and producer Kanye West referred to it as "one of the greatest works of art ever made".[5]

As a solo artist, Go went on to release Now Was Once the Future (2012),[6] a videotape and original soundtrack, and Love Lost Freedom Found (2020), a live museum exhibit and accompanying soundtrack album,[7] inspired by the Museum of Broken Relationships. Earmilk referred to the album as a "visceral narrative that explores the cavernous depths of human relationships."[8]

Gary Go composed the original scores for two feature films by German filmmaker Simon Verhoeven; the hit cultural comedy Wilkommen bei den Hartmanns[9] and the cyber-horror Friend Request (included in Metal Hammer's "Ten Horror Soundtracks to Scare Your Pants Off!" feature).[10]

Innovation

Gary Go has gained publicity and media attention for his use of technology and social media tools. He was the first artist to use Twitter as a tool for collaborative songwriting [11] and an early adopter of integrating the iPhone into studio and live applications.[12]

Works

Artist discography

  • 2020 || "Love Lost Freedom Found" (album/exhibit)
  • 2018 || "Cinema - Acoustic" (single)
  • 2015 || "Crying Sound" (audiovisual)
  • 2014 || "Through the Walls" (audiovisual)
  • 2012 || "Now Was Once the Future" (audiovisual EP)
  • 2009 || "Of Youth/Of Beauty" (album)
  • 2009 || "Wonderful" (single)
  • 2005 || "The Diary of Rodney Harvey" (EP)
  • 2005 || "So So..." (EP)

Songwriter discography

(π Also producer) (∆ Also featured vocalist)

Composer

  • 2023 || Panta Rhei | パンタ・レイ − 世界が存在する限り || Digital Media || Composer & Live Performance
  • 2020 || U R OK || Digital Media Series || Composer
  • 2016 || Wilkommen bei den Hartmanns || Feature || Composer
  • 2016 || Friend Request || Feature || Composer
  • 2011 || Männerherzen 2 || Feature || Additional Score
  • 2007 || Reflections Of A Skyline || Short || Composer

Print

  • 2011 || My First Twook || Illustrated book of Gary Go's tweets (illustrations by Flo Chaplin) || Author

References

  1. ^ [1] Skope Magazine "Lady Gaga Is Crazy For Gary Go"
  2. ^ [2] Popdirt "Gary Go on tour with Lady Gaga"
  3. ^ [3] Billboard Magazine: Best Dance Songs Of The Decade
  4. ^ [4] Billboard Magazine: Top EDM Love Songs of All Time
  5. ^ [5] Relentless Beats: Cinema & the almighty Kanye West
  6. ^ [6] GrimyGoods: Hot New Music, NWOTF Review
  7. ^ [7] DailyStar: Pop supremo talks life-affirming new album
  8. ^ [8] Earmilk: LOVE LOST FREEDOM FOUND
  9. ^ [9] The Guardian: Refugee comedy is German box office sensation
  10. ^ [10] Metal Hammer: Ten Horror Soundtracks To Scare Your Pants Off!
  11. ^ [11] The Guardian: 140 Letters at a time
  12. ^ [12] Mashable: Top 10 iPhone performances
  13. ^ [13] Variety: Classic Heist Score
  14. ^ [14] NetflixLife: Green Eggs & Ham - The Second Serving
  15. ^ [15] Headline Planet: Pop Radio's Most Added Song
  16. ^ [16] We Rave You: Galantis funk with Cinema
  17. ^ [17] Clash Magazine: Little Runaway 'A Crisis of Faith'