David McLean
GUITAR
PIANO
SYNTHS
TENOR SAXOPHONE
VOCALS
Rob Beckwith
DRUMS
VOCALS
TRUMPET
FORMER MEMBERS:
Joel Murray
Beanie Bhebhe
Influences
Musicians we adore: Swans, Fugazi, Neurosis, Supersilent, Ativin, Miles Davis Electric Period (1969-1975), Electric Masada, Labradford, Svarte Greiner, Earth, Om, Mastodon, Dead Can Dance, Arvo Part, Alfred Schnitkke, Lycia, Jon Hassell, Arve Henriksen, Slint, Shora, Sunn O))), Ascend, Guapo, Goblin, Deathprod, Tim Hecker, Growing, Stars of the Lid, Willam Basinski, Deathspell Omega, Corrupted, Fushitshusha, Rodan, Boris, Grails, Sterling, Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses, Ghost, Esoteric, Isis, Mare, The Melvins, Bohren und der Club of Gore, Valentin Silvestrov, Steve Reich, Don Caballero (Old School), Capricorns, leviathan/Lirker of Chalice, Burzum, Converge, Can, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Mars Volta/Omar Rodriguez, King Crimson, Gong, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, John Zorn, Pharaoh Sanders, Zu, Sun Ra, Naked City, John Cage, Morton Feldman, ECM Records, Southern Records, Southern Lord Records, Touch and Go Records, Tzadik Records, Type Records, 12k Records
Sounds Like
Clandestine Riffage, Darkened Electric Improvisation, Astral Ambience
As told in the metrical Dindshenchas, Boann created the River Boyne. Though forbidden to by her husband, Nechtan, Boann approached the magical well of Segais (also known as the Well of Wisdom), which was surrounded by hazel trees. Nuts from the hazels were known to fall into the well, where they were eaten by the speckled salmon (who, along with hazel nuts, also embody and represent wisdom).
Boann challenged the power of the well by walking around it counter-clockwise; this caused the waters to surge up violently and rush down to the sea, creating the River Boyne. In this catastrophe, she was swept along in the rushing waters, and lost an arm, leg and eye, and ultimately her life, in the flood.
THE BOANN TRIO (formally Boanthrope) was formed in late 07, from the ashes of seminal Bletchley/Milton Keynes based bands Chi Champions, Modus Vivendi and Dark Hadou, primarily as an attempt to introduce improvisation into the realm of avant-garde metal. As of summer 08, the band became a fully operational unit and began to shift from the original improvised sound into a more tightly constructed, multi layered compositional form, drawing on a range of influences as diverse as Free-Jazz, Doom, The Avant-Garde and Minimalism, Ambient and World music and Spiritual Prog. The Boann Trios debut recording under their former moniker "Boanthrope" was recorded with Paul Ford in 2009, containing glimmers of choral vocals and chants, free-jazz saxophone, classical tinged pianos, Vangelis-esque synths, thunderous drums and dirge guitars across four slabs of psychedelic heavyosity. The album (artwork by Lewis McLean) is available now at the shows or through this site, just drop us an e-mail.
Recently the band has slimmed down to a three piece, the sound is instantly more immediate, more angular and more concentrated. With a new focus on brass, woodwind and keys, the band hope to shift their sound into something altogether unique. We will be playing in this incarnation for the forseeable future and plan to enter the studio with Paul Ford once again in 2010 to produce a new record.
We have had the pleasure of playing with: Mono, Dalek, Baroness, Charles Hayward, A Storm Of Light, Minsk, Esoteric, Earthless, Pontiak, Manatees, Take A Worm For A Walk Week, Action Beat, The Mirimar Disaster, Mountains Became Machines, Our Man In The Bronze Age, Hired Muscle, Fordamage, Hot Bone amongst others....
Yeah man, i saw that on your page, nice one for getting that. Didnt realise Rose was on it too, i'll defo have to get down for that stellar lineup! Thats a Wotgodforgot one yeah? We're playing with KONG next month for Ciaran, top bloke!
I DONT LOVE YOU....IM 'IN LOVE' WITH YOU. Can we do a 4 track split cd together, to sell at both our bands shows? I got some more ambient stuff prepared, 2 tracks each, we so should. Get Lewy Mc to drum up some artwork, something elegant, and get Paul to produce it. Wah gwaan with that?? GET MEH GET MEH !xx
BOANTHROPE FOREVEEEEEER. SUCK ON MY...... you know the rest .Not going away this weekend now, so gonna rep my crew at the pitz, next show, its ON! i need it , we need it x
ool man i look forward to hearing it. yeh same as. this is our first show in over a year and were only avin our first practice 2moz lol. been abit lazy with the whole thing tbh lol
