GMS (also known as the Growling Mad Scientists) are a

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duo which have attained significant popularity, beginning in the early 1990s. Formed by Shajahan Matkin (also known as Riktam) and Joseph Quinteros (also known as Bansi) in the city of

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, located in the west of

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, the duo has attracted a large international fanbase. GMS founded Spun Records in 1999, the first

label in the

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and Ibiza, Spain. In 2008, GMS left Spun Records to further concentrate on their own careers and had created in 2009 a new label to release all of their music from their own various bands called Starbox Music. They have sold over 350,000 copies worldwide. Director

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used GMS tracks in his films '' Man on Fire'', ''

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''. GMS won the Psy-Trance award twice (in 2001 and 2009) at the

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, Spain.

Members

Riktam

Shajahan Matkin (Riktam) was born in 1976 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He met his co-member Bansi in a coffee shop when he was 14 years old. When he was 15, he left school and went to

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where he travelled to

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to experience his first

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parties. After returning to Amsterdam in 1995 from another trip to India, he started making music with his friend Bansi. They created a group called the Growling Mad Scientists (or GMS, as it became known). Now he lives in

, Spain and DJs and produces live shows around the world at various functions.

Bansi

Joseph Quinteros (Bansi) was born in

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in 1976. He played the drums for six years, starting at the age of 11. He also played bass and guitar, since his father was a

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. At 14, he met Riktam and, after going to

together, they founded GMS. He also lived in Ibiza and toured the world on a constant basis. He died on 19 June 2018 at the age of 42 from

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Discography

Albums

;Studio albums * ''Chaos Laboratory'' (1997) * '' The Growly Family'' (1998) * ''GMS vs Systembusters'' (1999) * ''Tri-Ball University'' (2000) * ''The Hitz'' (2000) * '' No Rules'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''The G.M.S. Experiment'' (2021) ;Remix albums * ''Top of The TIPs 94-98'' (TIP Records, 1998) * ''The Remixes'' (Spun, 2003) * ''The Remixes Vol2'' (Starbox, 2009) * ''Tampered Diversity'' (Future Music Records, 2018) ;Compilation albums * ''Genetic Process'' (Spun, 2002) * ''Genetic Process "Part Dose"'' (Spun, 2002) * ''Spunout'' (Spun, 2003) * ''Pressure'' (Spun, 2003) * ''Zero-1'' (Spun, 2003) * ''Hypernova'' (Spun, 2004) * ''XXL'' (Spun, 2004) * ''Remote Viewing'' (Spun, 2005) * ''Zero Gravity'' (Spun, 2005) * ''The Outer Limits'' (Spun, 2005) * ''Spunout in Ibiza'' (Spun, 2007) ; Remixes * Major7 & Vini Vici - "Back Underground" (GMS Remix)

Recognitions

Awards

; Ibiza DJ Awards * 2001 Best International DJ Psychedelic Trance * 2009 Best International DJ Psychedelic Trance

References

External links

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