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Rupert "Gypsy" Bent III
Producer, Multi-Instrumentalist,
Writer/Composer

RUPERT "GYPSY" BENT III

GYPSY MUSIC, CEO, Producer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Writer / Composer
and ON QUE PRODUCTIONS, Partner, Technical Director

Rupert Bent is a Grammy nominated musician, songwriter, producer and engineer. GYPSY MUSIC, owned and operated by Rupert “Gypsy” Bent, has been offering artistes and audiences consistently top quality production and an alternative to the traditional Jamaican music genres since 1991.

ON QUE PRODUCTIONS is a video and audio production company in Kingston, Jamaica, owned and operated by Rupert Bent (Technical Director) and Ian Gibson (Managing Director). On Que Productions has the Caribbean's only 48-track mobile digital recording studio, with live digital recording credits including the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, Reggae Sumfest, the French production “Think Reggae”.

After having toured, performed, produced, engineered, and written for countless artistes worldwide, Bent designed and personally built the Gypsy Music Recording Studio - a state of the art Nuendo 3 production facility capable of 5.1 audio post production and post sync for music, video and film. Post-production work for video and audio projects is done in the Gypsy Music Recording studio - a fully equipped MIDI, and Digital Audio production facility, where Bent also creates and produces music for recording artistes, as well as, radio and television jingles and documentary soundtracks. Bent is also the Bass Guitarist for international recording Artiste, Sean Paul.

 

Additional Producing & Songwriting

  • Co-Wrote and Produced the song “Time Goes On” on the re-release of Sean Paul’s 2006 Album, ‘The Trinity’.

  • Co-wrote and Co-Produced the Polygram-Mercury hit song "Forbidden Love" performed by Third World on the 'Serious Business' album.

  • Co-Produced, Co-Wrote, Performed and Co-Engineered on the Grammy nominated Third World album, 'Generation Coming'.

  • Worked alongside Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare in production and recording of East-West (France) Records Artiste, Viktor Lazlo, at the Compass Point Studio in Nassau, Bahamas.

  • Co-wrote, Produced, Engineered and released under the Gypsy Music label, the hit singles, "You So Fine" (2001), by Jana Bent, “No Regrets” by Jana Bent and Bounty Killer, as well as Jana’s debut album, 'Chase The Sun', which was named Album of the Year for 1999 by the Observer Newspaper, and her second album, “Shadow Girl”, which is currently being distributed in Europe and has earned her a International Publishing Administration deal.

  • Scored the major Musical Theatre Production "Arawak Gold".

  • Co-wrote the song "Beautiful Friday" for Capitol Records' singer, Andru Donalds.

  • Produced and Recorded music for Sean Paul; Damian Marley; Third World's album, 'Live It Up': "Magnet and Steel" and "Spare Me The Blues"; Jimmy Cliff: "Rebel in Me"; Gregory Isaacs: "Rumours"; Burning Spear; Toots Hibbert; J.C. Lodge; Thriller U; Mile High; The Itals; Junior Tucker; Lovindeer; Mystic Revealers; Richie Stephens; Thriller U; Sabre; Prezident Brown and many others.

Performing Experience

  • Touring with International Recording Artiste Sean Paul playing Bass Guitar, since December 2003

  • Toured with Third World from 1997-2001, playing lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion and singing backing vocals. Also toured with this band between February 1989 and November 1990.

  • Performed with Santana, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Cliff, Black Uhuru, Toots Hibbert, Judy Mowatt, Tiger, J.C. Lodge, Richie Stephens, Della Manley, and countless others.

  • Toured Reggae Sunsplash 1993 (N. America) with Freddie McGregor, Marcia Griffiths and Mystic Revealers; North America with Dennis Brown; the Caribbean with Marcia Griffiths; Japan with Julian Marley and the Uprising Band, as multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist.

  • Performed on several shows with the artistes on his label, Gypsy Music.

  • Performed as multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist on every Reggae Sunsplash (Jamaica) between the years 1986-1992 inclusive and Reggae Sumfest 1992, '97, '99-2000. Has toured Europe, U.S.A. (1987) with the Mighty Diamonds playing keyboards.

  • Toured the Caribbean and U.S.A. (1988) with his own band 'Frenz', performing on guitar, keyboards and backing vocals, backing artistes including Shabba Ranks, Lt. Stitchie; Admiral Bailey; Cocoa Tea; Lovindeer; Pinchers; Jack Radics; Sanchez; and Ken Boothe. Toured Europe in 1990 with Junior Tucker playing guitar, keyboards and backing vocals.

 

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