James Rays Gangwar

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Without Conscience 04:09 Tools
Cadillac Coming 04:38 Tools
Hardwar 04:57 Tools
Rev Rev Lowrider 08:19 Tools
Badlands 02:54 Tools
Heart Surgery 04:57 Tools
35 Thousand Times 04:31 Tools
Destination Assassination 04:08 Tools
Santa Susana 04:20 Tools
Bad Gin 03:42 Tools
Coo Ca Choo 03:50 Tools
Another Million Dollars 03:41 Tools
Sinner 04:19 Tools
Fuelled Up 06:11 Tools
Third Generation 05:08 Tools
Take It 03:44 Tools
Cobalt Blue 05:14 Tools
Psychodalek 05:23 Tools
Blue Lover 04:47 Tools
Luxury 05:30 Tools
Strange 04:40 Tools
Edie 06:37 Tools
Moses Gun 03:41 Tools
Am I Receiving 06:30 Tools
Chemical Erection 04:00 Tools
Metalloid 03:55 Tools
Voodoo Skin 05:17 Tools
Ridge 05:10 Tools
Coo Cha Choo 03:50 Tools
The Downblade 07:04 Tools
Fuel (short) 04:18 Tools
Fuel (long) 09:58 Tools
Azrael 03:32 Tools
Hell, Blonde, Chiara 03:04 Tools
Dust Boat 04:30 Tools
fuel 04:30 Tools
Texas 05:30 Tools
Edie Sedgwick 06:20 Tools
Mexico Sundown Blues 09:03 Tools
Lowdown 09:03 Tools
Hell Blond Chiara 09:03 Tools
Mountain Voices (Remix) 09:03 Tools
Hell Blonde Chiara 09:03 Tools
Fuel - Live 09:03 Tools
A Strange Kind Of Stranger 09:03 Tools
Mountain Voices 09:03 Tools
Rev Rev Lowrider - Live 09:03 Tools
Cold Blood And Murder 03:49 Tools
A Strange Kind of Assassin - Live 03:49 Tools
Cobalt Blu 09:03 Tools
Moses Gun (D!V!S!#9 Flowmix) 09:03 Tools
Instrumental (Demo) 09:03 Tools
Cold Blood And Murder (Demo) 09:03 Tools
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James Ray formed James Ray’s Gangwar with Damon Vingoe (bass/keyboards) Travis Earl (guitars) John Bainbridge (guitars). Gangwar are a very strong team, which shares the writing, producing and performing duties. Beginning to gig in late 1989, Melody Maker described hearing them live as “like discovering sex for the first time”. The band created sounds that cross the decades, consistently offering something new and exciting. From Dios Esta De Nuestro Lado in 1992, and Third Generation 1993, Gangwar reached a peak with the truly outstanding Psychodalek album in 1996, characterised by steady, up-tempo dance rhythms and an infectious subterranean structure to the music. The relentless beats arrest the senses and grab the attention with guitars riff that assault as they ride, and aggressive, unsettling vocals. The lyrics reflect Ray’s concerns with social and political matters and regularly involve Christian iconography, samples, Americana kitsch and European social decay. The result is a crazy worldview, capturing stills of life on the verge of a new millennium. The gothic heritage is visible and its convergence with synth-based eighties sounds and nineties techno and trance forms a complex, intoxicating sound that has been described as “technogoth”, “electrogoth” and “new age techno”. Whilst working in Gangwar, James Ray has also produced two solo albums under the name MK Ultra. This is This and Beluga Pop, both on Merciful Release Records. He has written novels and screenplays, most notably “Psychodalek” which goes hand in hand with the album of the same name. Both works explore the theme of schizophrenia and reflect Ray’s versatility and focus within the creative process. When asked about his opinion on trance music he responded by stating Trance is modern goth without the horror. It is this ability to broach boundaries, see connections and meld the diversities of life into something new and whole, that makes James Ray a creative artist of some note. When “Psychodalek” was released Melody Maker dubbed Mr Ray “one of the coolest curmudgeons” in the rock business, a title which is arrogantly worn by the man behind the music. Ray has described himself as an “Electroassassin” and a “Cyberchrist”, but his canny observations of the contemporary music scene make it possible to bypass his arrogance and reach for the products of his eccentric but astute mind. Gangwar are no more. Their output is still available internationally. James Ray continues with his involvement in 25men. PS: see also: James Ray and The Performance Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.