GB (Gifted & Blessed)

GB (Gifted & Blessed) may be the main moniker of Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker, a Los Angeles-based electronic musician who also works in a multitude of styles which range from downtempo neo-soul to deep home to ambient/new age group. Inspired by developments in technology aswell as cultural customs and spirituality, he identifies his are “technoindigenous research.” He utilizes a thorough assortment of analog synthesizers and drum devices for his live shows and recordings, and he also performs DJ units primarily comprising his personal unreleased or uncommon materials. He’s also known for his acclaimed Gifted and Blessed Radio system on Los Angeles-based online radio train station Dublab. Reyes-Whittaker started generating music as GB during his past due teenagers. His debut full-length, Soundtrack for Sunrise, a outrageous excursion into damaged beat and acidity jazz featuring visitor performances by Steve Spacek and Airto Moreira, premiered by American label Sound in Color in 2004. Following album’s discharge, Reyes-Whittaker spent many years learning analog synthesis and MIDI structure. He began his very own Gifted & Blessed label close to the end from the 10 years, and released a self-titled EP beneath the name Julian Abelar that showcased his abstract, religious method of beatmaking. Then became extremely prolific, releasing even more rhythmic, danceable 12″ EPs aswell as experimental produces like the digital record Healing Shades: Inverted Hearing. He also started launching music under many aliases and aspect projects, like the Abstract Eyes (on Eglo Information), the Reflektor (on Kyle Hall’s Crazy Oats), as well as the Steoples (a duo who created a self-titled vocal-driven EP on Gifted & Blessed). In 2013, GB released his second correct full-length, Within These Devices, which centered on materials made through his analog synthesizer research. He then started another alias, Frankie Reyes, which paid tribute to his Puerto Rican traditions. In 2016, he added to Leaving Information’ Modern MODERN series using the Emotional Topography cassette.