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G Sharp

Gilian Baracs - pianist :: keyboardist :: producer :: composer :: arranger

About Me


Gilian Baracs (aka Giel, G Sharp, kernkopje, Nucleus, Babaritz, Guy Low, Giles Barks, or just G#) is a musician based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Giel is professionally active as a session pianist/keyboardist, bandleader, arrangeer, songwriter and producer in various styles of music.
G# is part of the production duo The Vitamines , whose MySpace is still under construction ;)
Giel is owner of a recording studio on the border of Amsterdam, where he writes, produces and records his music.
Giel has made music with people such as Lange Frans & Baas B, Di-rect, The Neptunes, Brace, Gordon, Do, Jim de Groot, Johnny Engels, Peter Beense, Roy Hargrove, Lois Lane, Extince, Ninthe, Martin Zand Scholten, Roland Zeldenrust, Laurens Priem, Saskia Laroo, Lennie St. Luce, Wicked Jazz Sounds, Elize, Hans Dulfer, Mr. Wix, Raffaela Herbert, Nippy Noya, Ziggi, John Clayton, Lils Mackintosh, De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, Quinten Rutgers, Niels Hoppe and many others.
Check out these websites for more info:
http://www.nucleus-music.com/
http://www.baracs.com/
Avid fan of:
- Great music and the ones that create(d) it: Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Earth Wind & Fire, Chucho Valdes & Irakere, The Beatles, The Brecker Brothers, Chick Corea, Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemans, Frank Sinatra and so many others.
- The scientific method and the people that advocate it: Carl Sagan, Stephen J. Gould, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Richard Dawkins, Michael Schermer, Henri Poincare, Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking and so many others.
- Humour, as conceived by funny people: John Cleese, Groucho Marx, Simon Carmiggelt, Godfried Bomans, Kees van Kooten, Charles Chaplin and so many others.
Dislikes:
- Small french cars
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Music:

WORKING ON GETTING SOME MUSIC ONLINE. IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE CHECK OUT THESE VIDEO'S :)

Playing with the WJS band, live @ radio 3FM (caveat: intro talk is in dutch ;) We're performing 'Love it All', from the forthcoming studio album, due somewhere in the autumn of 2008. )

WJS band live @ The Sugar Factory, Amsterdam - Track's name is 'Three Elements', in tribute to EW&F, one of the greatest bands in the world!

Popular dutch singer Gordon performing his 2006 single 'Als Je Maar Gelukkig Bent' ('Just Be Happy'), on a basketball court.