“One of the vital pieces in the jigsaw puzzle of 90s British rock music. Pat Gilbert, Mojo magazine
While his own name has yet to grace an album front cover, for more than a twenty years Gem Archer hasbeen a key contributor to some of the UKs highest profile guitar bands, beginning with Oasis in 2000, BeadyEye in 2009 and the touring version of Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds since 2015.
Before all that there was Heavy Stereo, caught up in the mid 90s music maelstrom where their only albumDj Voodoo took its place alongside Paul Wellers Stanley Road, The Charlatans Telling Stories, SuperFurry Animals Fuzzy Logic, Supergrasss I Should Coco, The Boo Radleys Giant Steps, Rides Carnival OfLight and, of course, Definitely Maybe and (Whats The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis. It is easy tounderstand why any album could get overlooked in such exalted company
Dj Voodoo and the four singlesSleep Freak, Smiler, Chinese Burn and Mouse In A Hole all displayGems deeply held affection for old school rocknroll values. In 1994/95, the outside world came into syncwith his fondness for The Jam, Sly Stone, Hendrix, The Beatles, the Stones, The Small Faces, Motown, Stax ,glam rock, punk rock and all other points on the compass of rocknroll cool, which coalesced into whatbecame known as Britpop. And while those influences are in Dj Voodoo for all to hear, the album is farfrom derivative; this is a collection of well constructed pop songs that still retain their swagger and zest.
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