Gordon Cyrus is a
Swedish musician,
record producer
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,
sound engineer
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, and designer. Cyrus was a member of the rock/pop group
Whale
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along with
Cia Berg and
Henrik Schyffert
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Career
Schyffert was a VJ for MTV Europe
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, and discovered
The Latin Kings. He was a member of the 90's
Swedish hip hop
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scene.
In the early '90s he founded urban music label
Breakin' Bread
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together with Ayodele "DJ Rock Ski" Shekoni, Desmond Foster, Damon "D-Frost" Frost, Daddy Boastin, Leafnuts, Aaron Phiri, Hearin' Aid, Freddie "Red Astaire" Cruger, Ayodele Ajayi Eriksson aka Ayo and Adam Jewelle Baptiste aka ADL.
Cyrus has produced
Addis Black Widow
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, Calypso Rose,
Cheb Mami
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,
China Moses, Shuba-K, Daara J Family,
Jean-Louis Aubert
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Early life
Born in Nantua, Ain, France in 1955 ...
, The Latin Kings,
Whale
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.
Mixed and engineered: Absent Minded, Addis Black Widow, Nils Landgren's Funk Unit, Magnum Coltrane Price, Ikiz, Aline de Lima, and Calypso Rose.
Cyrus has also worked as a music video director and worked with Blacknuss Allstars, soul singer Eric Gadd, The Latin Kings,
Stonefunkers and D-FE.
References
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Living people
Date of birth unknown
Swedish music video directors
Swedish bass guitarists
1966 births