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prominent journalist who shall go unnamed * wrote: “ Beast sounds like what you might hear at the last cabaret on the road to hell.” And you wonder, “is the kitchen there opened late?”
Probably for an eternity.
And if there was a juke box in this supposed cabaret on the outskirts of the Devil’s hang, would our music be in it? And if our music was in it, would it be classified under alternative, electro, hip hop, trip-rock or just ‘go to hell music’?
It’s hard to tell you what we do. ...when we first started doing it we had no idea either. Count it in, see what happens. Slightly amused, massively inspired and very curious, we kept searching and then locked and loaded this CD.
What’s the backstory? Well, we live in Montreal. Betty Bonifassi sang on the Oscar nominated soundtrack, Triplettes of Bellville…. sang at the Oscars actually. Betty also sang on the hit DJ Champion album “Chill ‘em all” which she toured to sell outs everywhere. Jean-Phi Goncalves has written, produced and played drums for Araine Moffat, Pierre Lapointe, Jean Pierre Ferland, Lauryn Hill and many others. He is a founding member of Montreal’s Plaster.
The Beast CD dropped Nov. 18 in Canada, March 3 in the States. Before the metaphysical release of the album, the first single, Mr. Hurricane was picked up by iTunes in an unprecedented simultaneous international release ….more than 375,000 people downloaded it in North America alone. Thank you, thank you, and thank you too.
Since then we have been reading some very kind words:
“One of the most strikingly original and swaggeringly bad-ass Canadian albums to rear its head in recent memory.” Ben Rayner – Toronto Star
Beast s'apprête à faire des vagues dans la mer pop à l'aube de la parution de son premier album. Enfin, la bête est lâchée! Stéphane Martel, Voir
*Robert Everett-Green – The Globe & Mail
Just passing through to say "HI!” Sending you respect,
peace and love. Hope all is well and that you’re having a great week? Keep
rockin’ ... it's the only thing that matters!
Hey BEAST! Just want to stop by to say thanks for being friends! Keep me in mind if you need any mastering done. All of the info is on my page and feel free to email me anytime. Only $25 per song and $100 for an EP, mix-tape, or full CD! Thanks!! Jim Wavelength MD
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You guys seriously need to come to Australia! It's so difficult to find your album here and it shouldn't be; it's fantastic!! Would be so good to see you live (forget Sydney; just come to Brisbane :P). Thanks for the music!
HEY BEAST, j'éspère que ca va toujours, et que ça tourne; merci encore pour ce concert à paris, vous nous avez fait décoller ! Passez le bonjour à ma Betty. Thanks Peace - keep grooving ! ELIOTT from the Roots Fellows
Salut à Beast et aux fans! C’est le 17 juin prochain que Beast fera résonner le centre-ville de Montréal dans le cadre du Festival Mode et Design de Montréal. Au plaisir de vous y voir et de vous croiser tout au long des festivités (17 et 20 juin). De la fashion et de la musique comme on en aime. www.festivalmodedesign.com www.myspace.com/sensationmode
