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Anton Barbeau
Psychedelic / Alternative / Other

"like a centipede in a candy jar..."



Birdwood, East
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  11/9/2009
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Member Since2/11/2005
Band Websitewww.antonbarbeau.com
Band MembersAnton Barbeau
InfluencesBeatles, Julian Cope, Faust, Incredible String Band, Eno, Bowie, Robyn Hitchcock, XTC, Ivor Cutler, Bob Dylan, Gary Numan, Os Mutantes, the Wicker Man, Monty Python, Kate Bush, Amon Duul II, Philip K. Dick, Joan Armatrading, Roy Harper, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Luc Picard, Jan Svankmajer, the Mutton Birds, the Bevis Frond, the Loud Family
Record LabelShifty Disco, Pink Hedgehog, 125 Records, Volvox
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 10 2009 8:00P
Cambridge Creates Benefit @ CB2 Cambridge
Nov 18 2009 8:00P
Beehive w/Schnauser Swindon
Nov 27 2009 8:00P
Intersoup Berlin
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
Madame Claude Berlin
Dec 3 2009 8:00P
The Living Room Cambridge
Dec 13 2009 8:00P
KVMR 89.5fm, Notes From Underground Nevada City
Dec 18 2009 8:00P
Luigi’s w/Bag of Kittens and Ant and tba Sacramento
Dec 23 2009 6:00P
R5 Records - in-store Sacramento
Dec 24 2009 8:00P
Luna’s (TBC) - Xmas eve show Sacramento
Jan 2 2010 8:00P
Old Ironsides TBC w/Bag of Kittens Sacramento, California
Jan 7 2010 10:00P
KDVS 90.3fm- Live in Studio A (TBC) Davis
Jan 9 2010 8:00P
Fox and Goose Sacramento
Mar 19 2010 8:00P
The Music House Norwich

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   About Anton Barbeau
SPIN Magazine, August 09 - "The 100 Greatest Bands You've (probably) Never Heard". "More than two decades after pop-savvy acid-eaters like John Lennon and Syd Barrett cracked the cosmic egg, this Sacramento songwriter slithered forth with a pure distillation of lyrical jabberwocky, brain-burrowiing melody and mystical psych-guitar fuzz."

"Anton Barbeau represents the Sacramento chapter of that nameless coterie of enduringly reliable, acid-tinged singer-songwriters that includes XTC's Andy Partridge, Robyn Hitchcock, Julian Cope and the Bevis Frond's Nick Saloman. His new album bathes beautifully constructed, thoughtfully arranged songs in a fading psychedelic sunshine, and it would be many casual consumers' album of the year if only they got to hear it. Four stars." -Stewart Lee, Sunday Times

"Prolific, pretentious, precocious, intelligent, quirky, nasal, amusing, annoying to some, pop genius to others, and never ever boring -- this, my friends, is the cumulative description of northern California's musical auteur Anton Barbeau." -PopMatters

"The man in question is Anton Barbeau, cult hero and left-field maverick from Sacramento, California. Mind you, calling him a 'singer/songwriter' is a bit like calling Jimi Hendrix a 'strummer.' His songs are fervid, swarming, tangential and often humorous, but possessed of a compelling inner logic." -Dorset Echo

"He's a bit of a genius and I think we need to adopt him as one of our own. This is brilliant music." -BBC Radio, Oxford

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANTON BARBEAU

With but a few years remaining until 2012, Anton Barbeau has been busier than ever, spreading his "pre-apocalyptic psychedelic pop" far and wide. California-born, but currently residing in Cambridge, England, Barbeau has toured the UK from tip to tail, and has confused and amused audiences from Istanbul to Berlin with his mind-bending stage-show and auto-neurotic humour. He's supported a crazy range of other artists, from Martin Carthy to Mono, Robyn Hitchcock to Robin Williamson, and is as awkwardly comfy in a smoke-and-feedback drenched village farmhouse as he is in a Paris piano bar.

As a songwriter/recording artist, Barbeau is remarkably prolific. His 2009 release, Plastic Guitar, is his 6th since 2006, and features a variety of styles, from 60's-vibed classic pop to laptop bleep-bop and electro-kraut grooves. While Barbeau's previous album, The Automatic Door, took the dark themes of global warming, fundamentalism and romantic breakdown and painted them in bright colours with sunny harmonies and folky pop backing, the songs on Plastic Guitar lay bare our hero's anxieties. The album is rich with guest appearances, Kimberley Rew of the Soft Boys, Gabe and Greg from CAKE, Woodstock legend Barry "the Fish" Melton and the lads from Stornoway all contributing to the mix.

Barbeau has collaborated with the Bevis Frond on King of Missouri and with the Loud Family on What If It Works? Sharron Kraus, Oxford's queen of dark-folk appears on Anton's psychedelic masterwork, In The Village Of The Apple Sun, an album Harp magazine called "Barbeau's Sgt. Pepper," and which ended up on USA Today's "Best of 2007" list.

Bringing it all back home, in Sacramento, a 23-hour Anton-a-thon was held in his honor with over 20 performers covering Anton songs, and the sleep-deprived star performing sets with members of his various backing bands. An unusual scene - but perhaps not for a man whose two first gigs were as a teenage magician and as Jesus in the school play

Barbeau is beginning work on his next album, The Psychedelic Mynde Of Moses and has finished writing/producing Bag of Kittens, the debut disk for California gal Allyson Seconds. All this while he continues relentlessly touring tea shops and stone circles in the UK. Oh, and yes, Adrienne Barbeau IS his cousin!


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Jimmy Drew

Jimmy Drew
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Nov 2 2009 11:26 PM

Hi Guy's ,Just Stopping By To Wish You A Great Week Ahead. Thank's For The Music & For The Friendship. Sincerly Jimmy Drew
valis

valis



Oct 21 2009 8:06 PM

'ere! Right, why not pop back into that studio-like place and do what you said you would, eh? Now. At least before Swindon! (Does anyone ever get to leave there?)
Dharma Bums

Dharma Bums



Oct 19 2009 10:31 AM

Hello Anton, many thanx and greetings from Dharma Bums to you!!!http://www.dharmabums.eu


Grupetto

Grupetto



Oct 6 2009 9:03 PM

La la la la la!

Give me the name of this song if you're strong.

Cheers.
international jetsetters

international jetsetters



Oct 5 2009 6:41 PM

Good review in The Sunday Times a couple of weeks ago> Link here in case you didn't see it:

JosepMagic

Josep Magic



Sep 30 2009 9:54 AM

Hi!!

Fantastic night in the Wheatsheaf Oxford.

Thanks you.

jm

Pop Assistants

Pop Assistants



Sep 27 2009 11:32 AM



Pop Assistants presents:

        1st. October live @
 Bang Bang Club

      
Television Personalities (UK)  + Northern Potrait (DK)
                   +
The Groovy Cellar (GER)

             
Start Sharp: 20:00 h ! Early Show !

Tickets:  VVK: 12€ + Fee -
KOKA 36  AK:  16€







Dial F for FRANKENSTEIN

Dial F for FRANKENSTEIN



Sep 24 2009 11:05 AM

No Chair Music

No Chair Music



Sep 24 2009 11:05 AM

Nice version of crux. Man never would have guessed that direction.
No Chair Music

No Chair Music



Sep 24 2009 11:05 AM

Nice version of Crux my frond!
No Chair Music

No Chair Music



Sep 24 2009 11:05 AM

Control Freak!
Radio Sam (NEUE SONGS ONLINE!!!)

Radio Sam (NEUE SONGS ONLINE!!!)



Sep 24 2009 11:05 AM

Hi Anton,
It was fun to play with you yesterday at Pony Bar in Hamburg.
We had a lot of fun and enjoyed your performance very much.
See you next time and have a good tour... hope everything goes well.

Cheers,
Christoph (Leadsinger of Radio Sam)
xrfarflight

xrfarflight



Sep 13 2009 3:10 PM

Hello!
we'd love to show you a new xrfarflight-video, shot by two friends of ours on a roof in hamburg, june 09 - 
take a look if you like...
all the best, xrfarflight

Mike Scott (ex-Phinius Gage)

Mike Scott (ex-Phinius Gage)



Sep 10 2009 10:41 PM





SRT

Sound Recording Technology



Sep 2 2009 11:30 AM

Great stuff, shame will be away on 11th as would like to have seen you play live local to us. Oh well next time! Say hello to Simon.  Best Wishes Karen x
Ahau Votan

Ahau Votan



Aug 24 2009 8:36 PM

I used to see you every week. Now I find it's been years... sniffle.
NEOTOPIA ☆

NEOTOPIA ☆



Aug 20 2009 9:41 AM

You're looking busy! And sounding fantastic!!

Respect.
Doug Cash

Doug Cash



Aug 19 2009 9:56 AM

I saw Anton perform Magazine Street at Dragos in 1990.
Head Gardener

Head Gardener



Aug 9 2009 10:03 PM

Spiggie

Spiggie



Aug 6 2009 12:04 PM

Bag of Kittens is already firmly on the wish list! But meanwhile what about your version of TML? Is that lurking anywhere and able to be acquired perchance? xx
Spiggie

Spiggie



Aug 5 2009 3:00 PM

Just stopping by to let you know I am obsessed with the Ties Your Laces song! When, where, how can I get a recording pleeeeeease? xx
Wayne

Wayne



Aug 5 2009 9:15 AM

Hello everyone, I just wanted to forward a bulletin sent out recently by writer Rachel Leibrock to all of you music lovers who reside (or used to reside) in the Sacramento area. She's working on a piece for the Sacramento News & Review that will involve favorite local songs, and I think Anton deserves to be recognized for all of the great pop tunes he's given us over the years. Of course, it's ultimately up to you what you choose to go with, but please try to resist the temptation to cite that one by Steel Breeze as a favorite, alright?
 
Hey everyone - I want to know what your favorite Sacramento pop songs are - you can go back as far as the 60s ....

drop me a line: rachel.leibrock@gmail.com with the song and why you love it...

thanks!
Rachel
Cein Smythe

Kian Smith



Aug 1 2009 11:07 AM

Sacramento misses you!
-from those kids...
Angel LaCanfora

Angel LaCanfora



Jul 29 2009 12:29 PM

Hi Anton,
Thanks for the add. Seems we hail from the same musical alley in terms of our influences. Needless to say, I really dig your sound!
Angel
Wax Lyrical

Wax Lyrical



Jul 26 2009 11:29 AM

Hey Anton ,

Thanks for adding us and checking out the Wax Lyrical pages,

I’ve just add some new dates to my gig listings if you or any of your musical friends would like to perform with us then please let me know, we also have some early open spots each week if you just fancy dropping in one Sunday ?!


Mr Owl
Wax Lyrical



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