DJ Gabe Sroda, or GS, Shake That Tune Recording Agreement

DJ and producer Gabe Sroda, known to his fans as GS, has just jumped to Berlin, Germany, to sign a record deal with Virgin Records under the Universal Music Group.

East Bowling DJ hit song Shake That has reached the number one slot on SoundCloud's UK top dance records charts.

It's behind the performance ahead of his first festival set at Bass Fest at the new Testbed venue in Leeds.

Gabe Sroda, known to his fans as GS, is portrayed during his performance (Image: lxrenshaw) Born into a family consisting of Ravemad's mother and DJ, Gabe, a record-breaking dad, described entering the music industry as “inevitable.”

“You have to go back to about 10 years,” said the 19-year-old DJ.

“I was doing the performing arts and acting. I was always on stage. I was a normal teenager and I was suffering a bit. Lockdown hit, I couldn't go anywhere and picked up some decks for around £100.

“I started learning on those decks. My dad was a DJ in the 90s. I was posting mixes online. I put the music out there. We came out of lockdown.

Gabe Sroda, GS, rave reviews with his audience (Image: lxrenshaw) A former student at Dixon City Academy, who once played at Alhan Brushautar in Bradford, said he wanted to bring his 90s home and bring rave music to the future with a modern twist.

“My dad used to buy and sell records, so I always had records,” Gabe said.

“At one point, he had 40,000 records. I could look through the collection and see what I wanted. I'm using old records.

“My mother, she's a massive labor, which was kind of inevitable.

“It's almost an escape.

“What I like about house music is that if you get it right, you can recycle old sounds, but you can combine old sounds with new sounds and match them to new sounds. You can create something timeless.

“Back in the 90s, they were sampling things from the 60s and 70s.”

Gabe Sroda, a photo known to his fans as GS (Image: lxrenshaw) His ticoku account is not only where he builds his fanbase, but where he swept the car community.

As an automotive enthusiast, he jokes with fans of the automotive culture that makes “car music.”

They are part of the reason his original track, Shake That, became so popular.

“This is the first time I've made anything from scratch,” Gabe said. “I came across that vocal and edited a little bassline. I made an eight-second loop with Tiktok. It took off. It was almost made as a joke.”

Looking forward to the future, he said, “I have to dream big. The sky is at its limit.”