He also achieved solo success with his 1988 hit single "Voodoo Ray", which became a touchstone of Manchester's acid house scene and reached No.

[5] Simpson was principally influenced by dancers such as Foot Patrol and the Jazz Defektors, regulars in the North of England black club scene.

[6][7][8] Around 1983 with electro booming and early hip hop, breakdancing and b-boy culture from Detroit and Chicago – from producers such as Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson was being played by Stu Allan on Piccadilly Radio and imported directly into Manchester's specialist record shops.

[citation needed] Inspired, Simpson began experimenting with tape editing and drum machines and the regular jams in the attic of his house led to forming the Scratchbeat Masters.

They released a 12" single called "Wax on the Melt",[10] a collaboration between a number of crews and Graham Massey and Martin Price together with whom he would later form 808 State.

[9] The result of heading back into his bedroom studio was "Voodoo Ray", played first at the Hacienda in 1988,[6] and then the underground clubs before entering the UK Singles Chart a year later.

[12] He was subsequently allowed to leave his Sony contract after the label refused to release his intended follow-up album High Life, Low Profile.

[18] The early singles on the label were compiled on the LP 28 Gun Bad Boy, of which Simon Reynolds of Melody Maker stated in a review of the album, "If there was a blueprint for what would transform rave into jungle/techno, then this is it.".

Reynolds also stated in a Melody Maker article in October 1994, about Simpson's Juice Box-era music, "Gerald's tracks take the jungle mesh of polyrhythms, cross-rhythms and counter-rhythms to new levels of insane detail.

"[19] Gerald's Black Secret Technology LP was released in 1995 and reached the UK Albums Chart at number 64,[11] including contributions from Goldie and Finley Quaye,[18][20] In 1998, the label closed, with Simpson relocating to New York.

"The entire track was performed by Gerald live (in the Big Room at Real World Studios) from two laptops captured into a Pro Tools HD system.

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