Michael Gray
As one half of Full Intention, Michael's solo career has carved hit's with 'The weekend' and 'Border Line'
Michael Gray is one of the most respected and talented artists on the global Dance Music scene. Accomplished in every sphere of the industry, Michael has enjoyed extensive success alongside Jon Pearn as remix duo Full Intention and more recently has seen his solo productions generate major damage across dance floors worldwide.
Full Intention first gained recognition in 1995 with their massive production ‘I Love America’. The following year Full Intention created further waves with their remix of Duke ‘So In Love With You’ and subsequently went on to become one of the world’s most celebrated and prolific production teams.
Nominated for a Grammy in 2004 for their remix on George Michael’s ‘Amazing’, Full Intention have a staggering discography which includes a sequence of massive productions such as ‘Everybody Loves The Sunshine’, ‘Once In A Lifetime’ and ‘I’ll Be Waiting’. Full Intention additionally put their remix touch to tracks by Shena, Dajae, Dina Vass, Bob Sinclar, Mood 2 Swing, Junior Jack, Brandy, Powerhouse, Ultra Nate, Jennifer Lopez, MAW and Frankie Knuckles. In 2006, the pair released a tenth anniversary triple-CD compilation featuring their most successful productions and remixes. ‘Connected – 10 Years Of Full Intention’ was released on Defected and topped the UK album dance chart for several weeks.
Concentrating on solo projects since 2004, Michael’s productions have regularly received support from the likes of Pete Tong, Judge Jules, Roger Sanchez, David Morales and Erick Morillo. This support and his widespread success is testament to Michael’s enduring yet innovative vision. As a solo artist, Michael has enjoyed worldwide chart success with ‘The Weekend’ and ‘Borderline’. ‘The Weekend’, an infectious feel-good record featuring the vocal talent of Shena, was one of the biggest crossover hits of 2004 and reached #7 on the UK charts before topping the Australian ARIA club charts and featuring on a number of commercials for the BBC. Michael unleashed the follow up single ‘Borderline’ in 2006; it quickly became another club anthem and debuted at #12 when it was released.
As a DJ, Michael Gray has been at the pinnacle of the trade for many years. Whether it is solo or DJing as part of Full Intention, Michael is famous for his flawless mixing, exquisite timing and upfront sets throughout the world. Michael has toured globally many times throughout his career and has rocked some of the world’s most discerning dance floors such as Space (Ibiza), Cocoon (Frankfurt), The End (London) and Sankeys (Manchester). Michael has most recently been selective in deciding his tour schedule due to studio commitments, so be sure to catch one of his DJ sets soon.
Michael has not rested on his success since then, with his second single ‘Borderline’ (released July 2006) being embraced by both clubland and daytime radio, reaching number 12 in the UK charts, the weeks highest new entry. His debut album “Analog is on” will be released late 2007 – He has also produced and co written an album for Luciana (Portobella) on Island Records and is finishing producing and co writing for new act ‘Koolwah’ with his first single “Fashion” on Toolroom Records and went to no.1 in the beatport chart!. He has also written and produced for ‘new girl on the block’ Laura Kidd with her first single “Automatic” released on Eye Industries. Michael also has his own record label – Neon wave with a forthcoming EP Michael Gray presents People from Mars “Just can’t sleep”/ “Tubetracker”. He has also signed his single Robot Man “Ready for this” now with a full vocal to Phonetic for release this Summer. Lastly Michael has just Remixed Danism “Strike” for release on MN2S Recordings.
Michael has also just remixed The Priors – ‘What you need’ and finished his new single ‘You got me Twisted’ forthcoming on Eye Industries with woman of the moment Tara McDonald on vocals, he has collaborations with Richard Dinsdale, Paul Harris, and the Shapeshifters as well as working with Jon Pearn on the first new Full Intention track in about 5 years! Also due for summer release is his collaboration with Danism & Lisa Millet ‘Say Yes’.
