gROUSe

gROUSe is San Francisco based musician producer Ronan Carroll. It is an outlet for his electronic, dub and ambient influenced productions

While playing bass and guitar in many bands through the 80\s and 90\s a love for electronic music was rekindled with the onset of the British acid house scene in the late 80\s.

In particular dance-rock acts like Happy Mondays and Stone Roses made an impression.

After moving to San Francisco and meeting and playing with dozens of musicians Carroll started listening to more and more dub influenced downtempo and trip-hop.

In 2001 Carroll started putting together Locust Studios in his home and composing beats.

With the help of guest musicians, like talented vocalist Aoife Hand and trumpter Brian Switzer, tracks for a full album were put together.

"We Want To Be Loved", a set of 12 dowtempo, dark, spacey electronic tunes was released on Carroll\s own Babyfly Records in April 2005.