Gordon Mulrain is a British session musician and music producer.
Music career
Gordon Mulrain (aka Innerheart) has been a performing musician since 12 years of age, in the studio and on the stage. He joined UK reggae outfit Jah Warriors as
bass
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player and toured with
Lee Perry,
Mikey Dread and
Aswad
Aswad are a British reggae group, noted for adding strong R&B and soul influences to the reggae sound. They have been performing since the mid-1970s, having released a total of 21 albums. Their UK hit singles include the number one "Don't Tur ...
. After 2 studio albums and 5 singles the band split.
Mulrain joined
Desmond Dekker and the Aces and performed bass on several tracks later released on compilation albums. As part of the Aces he toured around the UK, Europe and US until the sudden death of Dekker in May 2006. During his time on the road Mulrain also performed with many other artists including
Dawn Penn
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...
,
Mark Morrison, Darien Prophecy,
Errol Dunkley
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Biography
Dunkley's recording career began in 1965, when he was 14, with "Gypsy" (a duet with Roy Shir ...
,
, YT and
Mad Professor.
In the studio he produces various types of music under the name Lost Toys, mixing his programming skills with live drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and percussion to give an authentic sound.
In 2004 Gordon teamed up with
Nat Clarkson and together they formed the production name of NJC & Innerheart. Together they co-wrote the majority of the debut album ''Straight Outta Britain'' for British reggae & dancehall artist YT. As well as artist development they produced a number of albums together whilst composing music for the media, seeing their compositions used on various advertising campaigns in the UK, US, Southern Hemisphere and many parts of Europe. In 2008 NJC and Innerheart signed an album of reworked instrumentals to German publishing giant
Sonoton
Sonoton Music claims to be the world's largest independently owned Production Music Library. Formed 1965 by Rotheide and Gerhard Narholz in Munich (Germany), the company owns the copyrights of over 130,000 compositions and musical recordings of al ...
.
During 2006 Mulrain wrote and produced the debut album ''Natural Vibes'' for British reggae artist Darien Prophecy.
In 2007 Mulrain and Clarkson founded Ambiel Music as a record label for their own productions. Ambiel was initially set up as a publishing company by Mulrain with Frances Shelley in 2006.
Aliases and pseudonyms
* Innerheart
* The Innerheart Band
* NJC & Innerheart
* Lost Toys
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Straight Outta Britain'' (2006, Hiptones/Sativa) Role: Producer, musician. Artist album of YT – Retail CD and Digital downloads
* ''Natural Vibes'' (2007, Sativa Records/Ambiel Music) Role: Producer, musician. Artist album of Darien Prophecy – Retail CD and Digital downloads
References
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English bass guitarists
English male guitarists
British male bass guitarists
English drummers
British male drummers
English rhythm and blues musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)