Gabe Smith Pop Culture Icon Genre; Electronic, Drum & Bass, Jazz, Dubstep, House/Trance Experimental and Hip Hop, Ambient synths, sights and sounds pounding wobble bass tracks. Influences: Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Matisyahu Gabe Smith Pop Culture Icon reaches out to the electronic music scene with fresh zeal. Influenced by the house/trance mixes of Chicago's Bad Boy Bill and Richard Humpty Vision and DJ Shadow.Gabe Smith Pop Culture Icon reaches into Pink Floyd past and comes up the all original compositions combined with psychedelic visuals to reach the masses of electro/house people. Gabe Smith Pop Culture Icon's knowledge of the electronic music is well beyond his years. Incorporating art music with newer experimental styles creating intriguing, compelling tracks, Gabe's devotion to his art led to this musical hybrid. Using beat machines, keyboards, midi secquiencers and synthesizers which developed into digital recording arranged by composing unique electronic instrumental fusion. Gabe Smith Pop Culture Icon developed his vinyl skills and played beats with hip hop artist Bobby Bishop, Hope records artist Mingo and Scott Free out of Atlanta. He has played at Rock the Block and Reach the Beach in Boston's North Shore area along with many summer block parties and summer fests through out New England. Opening set for The Wrecking and the Not for Sale Campaign... Played three years at" The Soul Fest", Gunstock Mountian in New Hampshire. A few sets at the Middle East "down stairs", Cambridge,MA. Late nights at UNH Durham, NH and U- Mass Lowell college radio stations.Gabe Smith Pop Culture Icon spends the majority of his time at his home recording studio in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Gabe Smith Pop Culture Icon graduated with a major in Graphic Design & Communications. In high school he won the Gutenberg award for International Graphic Designs. He has used his graphic art skills in his visual performances incorporating music with corresponding videos. Gabe also enjoys painting and began showing his early works in local art shows and sales from his paintings helped local libraries purchase computers and educational supplies He is also involved with charitable organizations such as the Gafney Library Save the Art Foundation. and the" Not for Sale", which is a group that works to end child slavery through out the world. He has also worked with the Walk For Water campaign that provides clean drinking water to the nations. Gabe Smith Pop Culture Icon's use of non-traditional instruments and theatrical visual performances to inspire and create music. This young artist takes an unorthodox approach to the production of music and fascinates his audiences both musically and visually. EDM / IDM Musician, Television Personality, Filmmaker, All around pretty ok guy in small doses.