Clive Gates (born 11 March 1956,

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) is a British musician who was the

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and

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player of the

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New Musik New Musik were an English synthpop group active from 1977 to 1982. Led by Tony Mansfield, they achieved success in 1980 with the top 20 single " Living by Numbers" which was followed up with the top 40 hits "This World of Water", "Sanctuary" ...

from 1979 until 1982, replacing original member

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who left to form the

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. Gates remained as a member of the New Musik until they split up. Gates is a classically trained

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. He knew

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in 1972, performing with him in a T. Rex and

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oriented band called Reeman Zeegus. He also played

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's 1987

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, ''XXX'', and for

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on the album ''

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'' (1989) and on

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's ''Puntos Cardinales'' album (1997).

Instruments

* Wurlitzer, Mini-Korg 700S synthesizer (pre-New Musik) * Logan String synthesizer (pre-New Musik) * Prophet 5 synthesizer * Mini-Korg 700S synthesizer

References

1956 births Living people English keyboardists English new wave musicians People from Westminster British synth-pop new wave musicians {{UK-keyboardist-stub