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Speedy, Albert Gruber

Studio & Live Engineer, Singer, Guitarist

About Me


Albert Günther Gruber was born on September 4th of 1981 as the son of Günther Gruber and Eva-Maria Gruber in Zell am See, Austria.
At the age of five Albert started studying music at the musical school of Zell am See, mainly playing classical standards on the flute and the accordion.
During the high school (technical high school) he started playing the guitar and singing in different bands and projects. In 1998 he started working as a DJ, sound engineer and musician for different bands (Sweet Loraine etc.) that performed in bars and clubs around the area of his hometown. During this time he also co-founded the band JC GREY with Lothar Eysn to perform in different venues in Zell am See and Salzburg.
Around that time he also met Stephane Deriau-Reine who should become a very close friend and a mentor for his future. He also forced him to start his studies at the SAE-Institue in Vienna and to fully concentrate on music. Albert and Stephane also played sometimes together in the same band during the winter seasons of 2005 and 2006 in Austria. Albert performed about 100 gigs per year all over Austria and Germany that time.
In 2005 Albert completed the SAE Diploma Course in Vienna and since April 2006 he attends the Degree Programm in London.
Through his contacts to Light of the World “Speedy” started working in the studio with "Nick Blundell" in Hampton/London on various projects as well as being the live engineer for “The Fusion Project”, “Light of the World”, “Circulus” and others.
During spring 2007 Speedy was on tour with soul-legend Alexander O'Neal for about 10 weeks working as a technician for both the support and the main act. This was a great experience for him and also gave him a great possibility to gain more contacts in the british and american music scene.
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After the tour Albert started working on several productions for Stephane Deriau-Reine's and Benoit Michalon's "Studio Chateauneuf" in Bordeaux, France. This gives him the opportunity to work with top-class musicians including Philippe Chayeb, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Mel Gaynor, Jean-Marie Ecay, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, Cindy Blackman, T.M. Stevens and many more.
After finishing Lawrence Collins' album 'Superman is Dead' Speedy and Stephane Deriau moved on to a new place and new studio after some major differences at the earlier Premises. At the moment the team is focused on the recordings and arrangements of Steph's solo album and Albert is also acting as the technical supervisor for the upcoming promotion tour.
He also plays in several live-music projects with various musicians doing both covers and originals.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/5/2006
Band Website: albertgruber.com
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Some new Photos

And this is the new video for Another Sky which we shot in spain.



Influences:
I basically take every kind of music as an influence. I like to take bits of different kinds of music and stick them together. Here's a list of my favourite Bands, Artists and Engineers in no particular order.Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, David Bowie, The Who, Prince, Lenny Kravitz, Korn, Tool, Dream Theater, Foo Fighters, Muse, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Massive Attack, Alicia Keys, Seal, Jamiroquai, Gorillaz, Brand New Heavies, Simple Minds, Light of the World, Joe Zawinul, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Tower of Power, Live, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, The Zutons, Jet, The Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Ocean Colour Scene, Placebo, Toto, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Diana Krall, The Plain White T's, The Thirst, Faithless, Carl Coxx, Alanis Morissette, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, My Bloody Valentine,
Quincy Jones, Bob Clearmountain, Bruce Swedien, Ulf Kruckenberg, Mike Elizondo, Dr.Dre, Jacob Hellner and many many more...list is going to be edited...

Here's some impressions from the Alexander O'Neal Tour 2007 'Back to Basics'


Sounds Like:

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

A big hello from the Austrian alps

hey guys,sorry it's been so long since my last blog...haven't really had time to sit down and write...we've got a very busy season so far...playing between 3 and 5 days per week plus i'm Dj-ing some n...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:38:00 PST

Finishing the recording of Mayna and preparing for the winter...

hey everyone,sorry, it's been a while since my last appearance here...been really busy...right now i'm working at Studio Chateauneuf in Langon/France on the Debut Album of world music-group "Mayna". w...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:52:00 PST

H O L I D A Y S ! ! !

Ahhhh, finally....i'm going on holidays...gonna leave bordeaux in a couple of minutes for berlin to see andrea, and after that we'll find some last minute holidays to the south (egypt, marocco or tune...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:11:00 PST

Poland here we come...

Hey guys,finally it's time for the first concert of D-RIO and it will happen in Poland at the Drum- & Percussionfestival in Opole. A cool festival with some big stars from all over the world.we leavin...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:22:00 PST

’Superman is Dead’ by Lawrence Collins

Hey guys,finally, the album 'Superman is Dead' is finished and the master is handed over to Lawrence Collins. As a little taster i put one of the songs on my myspace. Of course i requested authorizati...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:12:00 PST

we are kickin again!!!

Hey Guys,so, finally after some very stressful weeks with all kinds of surprises Steph and me have got a new place for ourselves. sometimes it's really a funny business. but anyhow, we've got a cool n...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:00:00 PST

off to London...

hey guys,just wanted to let you know that i'm gonna take a couple of days off here and going to london...i miss the city...and also need a couple of days off...it's gonna be good ;-)so if you're aroun...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:58:00 PST

Update...

hey guys,how's it going? hope life's treating you all good...i'm still very busy in the studio recording and mixing. at the moment we're doing overdubs for lawrence collins with various musicians. Las...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:44:00 PST

My first Solo Gig

hey guys,so finally we started giggin...actually i played alone last night. i was supposed to join Stephane Deriau's Solo gig at the 'Le Drakkar' but unfortunately Steph ate something bad the night be...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:05:00 PST

...a bit lonely sometimes...

hey guys,how's it going?so far france has been really cool...we have great work in the studio. very creative period for my own compositions as well...it's all going good. and I also started another li...
Posted by Speedy, Albert Gruber on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:13:00 PST