Lemmiwinks Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 This just in from Trancentral: RIP Bansi! It is with great sadness we found out that Joseph Bansi Quinteros of G.M.S has passed away this morning in Amsterdam. Bansi was diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago, battled the illness, kept on making music and even performing around the world. Our condolences to his family and friends. He will be greatly missed. His musical legacy is huge and it will stay with us - post your favourite track from one of his many projects (GMS, 1200 Micrograms, 3 of Life and many others) so we can remember him by his music. RIP dude... you will forever be remembered on Festival dacefloors around the World... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Sad to hear, condolences to his friends and family. I quite enjoyed this track .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.F.Orb Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Such a sad year, first hux flux, now bansi... My condolences to his family. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Zorba - The Rush without any doubt! And also... GMS - Jaws, what a monster tune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goa constrictor Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Damn. He was massively influential on the scene. From the full-on bassline to the fabled GMS Song Generator, they produced hit after hit. I wasn't a big GMS fan, but I definitely love a few of their remixes and collaborations and their Riktam and Bansi project tended to be more of my liking. They definitely know how to make something banging and could bring the power. Played one of their collaborations this past weekend. RIP Bansi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Themaniac Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 RIP Bansi.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 RIP Love them or hate them GMS were one of the most infuential group in psy history by being the godfathers of Full On. Since Anoebis mentioned Jaws I'll add this classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recursion loop Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Oh, shit ... RIP I'm not really familiar with the GMS' discography but this track is totally awesome, even despite the melody is not their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydmt Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Went to some cool parties with these dudes around 98/99/2000 in Japan. Absolute carnage when they played, have never see a dance floor go totally mental quite like they did and I haven't seen any other artist do that since.They really suited the Japanese mentality at that time for psy trance. Never dug their music when they left TIP around 2000 though but their catalogue from Chaos lab through to Growly family was pretty cool. . RIP dude for the great times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draeke Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I remember seeing gms a couple of time live and the first was in the late 90s, i could never forget the energy and the power they had. Then I saw them in recent times (well, mid 00s) and it was very different music, yet the energy was incredible and everyone, in both occasions, was on fire on the dancefloor, exactly like psydmt describes, it seemed everyone was in sync with their creations. At any rates, his best tracks are many and i always really liked the track "The Last Block" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUioMyX7MTk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technosomy Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 seems just like yesterday a young spaniard and dutchman exploding on to the scene, with their wacky experimental style hard to believe bansi was younger than myself def lead the life he wanted much respect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Wanted to add my voice to those expressing their condolences. Yes, after some time there was a point where there was almost too much GMS around. But they were quite influential, made their mark on the scene and it is sad to see Bansi leaving our planet so young. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaza Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 ^^^^ Some years ago the guy who runs Ektoplazm (I think?) enlightened me to something very obvious but quite powerful I had missed. GMS weren't the issue. GMS clones were. GMS did their thing. They were fresh, they cared, they innovated, and people loved them. The fact everyone followed it, typically without innovation of note, is not their fault. It's easy to hate on GMS as that's the root of it. But really - to hate on innovation is absolutely wrong, esp given where we've ended up some years later - so I often find myself talking to people about re-framing their view on this a little. I never got in to GMS. Infected Mushroom were my 'classic common entry point' to psy. GMS tunes were not too big at parties I went to when young so it never caught me. By the time I got around to them I knew so much modern psy that they didn't grab me. I may not even have listened to Jaws since properly devoting myself to goa a few years ago - it's a beast. I once saw Riktam do a GMS set that was largely pop remixes, super super disheartening to see thousands choose bed at 4am at an otherwise pumping party. I wrote about it once on here some years ago. I am told that Bansi played more pumping, normal (if still accessible bordering on cheesy) sets when he was the one on stage. A pity he's gone then. Curious to see what happens with Riktam and Bansi now. I hope he was not the driving force behind that project, I quite like some of their tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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