GERRY HECTIC | FLY | ///CONTRIBUTORS

Gerry Hectic's roots are in 1970s Birmingham. He has also lived in Bournemouth, Balham SW17 but mostly, Walthamstow E17. With a short career as club DJ over before it started (see Hoe Street Cinema), the boy Hectic forgot the Soho nite club scene and headed for the anonymity of real ale Pubs and East London CAMRA. Excessive drinking and smoking replaced the punk, reggae and samba-jazz of his youth. Things didn't look up until he met Mrs. Hectic. The pair settled down in East London and produced two daughters.

Much later, after becoming a vegetarian and having quit smoking, we now find Hectic on the broadband of modern music with a newfound enthusiasm to catch up on missed years. Picking up from the metaphysical days when DJs Paul Murphy and Gilles Peterson left him to carry their 12"s and dusty LPs to Dingwalls and the Electric Ballroom in Camden, he's now dedicated himself to finding the perfect beat for the 'Jazz Room' of life. Each week he reports on what he has uncovered for 3hedz in The Gerry Hectic Review. Fly has been kind enough to host some of his longer electronic scratchings.

Stay peaceful, keep creative.

Gerry,

Please can you tell me where you got the tour dates from on the Azymuth Gigs?

i don’t see any of the gigs on the venues sites.

I am so disapointed, because I saw them last year in Bristol and they were amazing. Does this mean I have to wait another year to see Azymuth!

Can you find out what went on and email me.

Thanks

Ian, news of the forthcoming European tour is due soon + an exclusive interview with Ivan Conti on www.flyglobalmusic.com [I hope]. Stay tuned. Peace
You can see Craig Criag in Bristol this Thursday whilst your waiting!

Hi Gerry,

You wrote an article about the live record and Dvd of Djamel Laroussi in 2005. Did you receive the new CD “3 Marabouts” that we sent to Fly Global Music on April 18th?(we didn’t mention any name)

Thanks a lot for your answer.

Doride

Hi Gerry, I read you article about Nick Luscombe moving to Resonancefm - just for the record we reach as far as zone 6, sometimes further! This is due to a fundraising drive that afforded a spanking new ariel, all paid off well. Listen to us on your way to Stanstead!
104.4fm!
Ciao,
Fari

yo gerry,

i’d like to get that new al haca ep over to you, mebs along with some others we promote. what’s your email?

lates

philipp

check: (go to stars->12”s, those are the ones i’m taking care of)

Hello Gerry,

As a long-ago former player in the Soul Survivors, I request that you contact me ASAP at steve@sl-prokeys.com.

I would like to correct several errors and oversights regarding your review, as well as the personal interaction within the SS group, dating back to 1968.

I appreciate your attention to this, and feel certain you would want accurate facts displayed on your site.

Thank you for your attention to accurate, truthful detail.

Best,
Steve “Sandy” Leigh

former Soul Survivor keyboard player
former Stax Records staff keyboard player
former Ike and Tina Turner Revue keyboard player

…… and considerably more than I care to list at this moment.

Hey Gerry,

just discovered this brilliant online magazine while lookin for something different.

first : big respect & props for this 1 class music mag. will bookmark it for sure!

second: what do i have to do to get a party/event/gig announced on here?

let me know,
its about the first ever live appearance of the 9-piece Quantic Soul Orchestra in Frankfurt on Easter Sunday, 23rd March (exclusive Germany gig)
promoted by Jan Hagenkoetter/INFRACom! and soulsearching with myself, Michael Ruetten.

lookin forward to hearing from you,

peace,

Michael

would like to thank you for the great review you wrote on my compilation Supperclub “Jealousy”.
Great to see a review of someone who not just took over the press docs. but realy made an effort of listening and reviewing like it should…

I really appreciate it!!!

thanks,

Alan Luna.