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Charlie Beresford

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On the waking edge by Fourth Page
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On the waking edge by Fourth Page
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Released: Oct 20, 2011
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General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Experimental / Jazz

    Location Knighton, Un

    Profile Views: 33253

    Last Login: 4/18/2013

    Member Since 3/6/2006

    Website charlieberesford.tumblr.com

    Record Label Leo, Forwind, brightfield

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Now based in the Welsh Marches in the UK, musician/producer/artist Charlie Beresford spent his formative years in Coventry, the Detroit of the UK. (The city brought the world 'The Specials' and Sir Frank Whittle, the father of jet propulsion). Having started his creative life in Fine Art (training as a painter and printmaker in the early 90s at the then Falmouth School of Art and Design), the methods of visual art continue to haunt the way the music is made. Just as likely to be influenced by the noises of industry and traffic as by the music of James McMillan, Charlie's music is a dark, down tempo animal: more beauty than beast. Voice, acoustic guitar, strings, reeds and electronics all intertwine in defiance of being given a genre title. European underground site Funprox described it as blending 'elements of folk and haunting, contemplative pop into a brooding sonic mixture', whilst Christopher Dane Frick said Charlie's music 'paints a slow, bleak, yet somehow beautiful sonic picture, using coarse brushes and organic earthy tones.' In the last decade he has worked on numerous albums spanning most genres from large choral works to intimate folk records by artists such as June Tabor, Ian McMillan Orchestra, Sister Rotunda, Joel Harries, Gillie Nicholls, CBS…etc Alongside this, he has created numerous scores for short films and engineered for the likes of the BBC, Smooth Operations, Topic Records and Soundtree. Charlie Beresford is also a member of Fourth Page with Carloyn Hume, Peter Marsh, and Paul May and Abdon Liberty with Paul May, and Duke Garwood. He also performs with Mark Emerson in the project Five Turnings and is currently working on a multimedia project with long term collaborator Tim Harries.

  • Members

    Charlie Beresford: vocals/guitar/khaen Tim Harries: double bass/ piano,/spinet/percussion Mark Emerson: violin/viola/accordion/piano

  • Influences

    James MacMillan, Steve Martland, early New Model Army, Ray Bradbury, Edvard Munch, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Die Brücke in general, Sephardic Romances, Eastern European folk music, Astor Piazzolla, Faith no More, Benjamin Britten, Leonard Baskin, Stravinsky, Mark Hollis, Mike Osbourne, Steve Reich, Tool, Schnittke, Kate Bush, Bobby Previte, any noise that interests the ears, traffic noise, rivers flowing, machinery....etc

  • Sounds Like

    ......If ever a visual artist and technically astounding guitarist were to collide it would be here. Intense, fragile – this could stop anybody in their tracks."Sheffield Telegraph...." .... manages to sound comforting and sinister at once, a sure sign of genius. .".. musicemissions.com.... "Charlie Beresford blends elements of folk and haunting, contemplating pop into a brooding sonic mixture. Its unplugged beauty at its best. Not only Beresford voice, but also the way he sings is truly fascinating and compelling.".. funprox.com... "the variety of little episodes populating this album is remarkable ......." (Gianfri) ..Darklife ezine .....'this is as close to a work of genius as you will find in this day and age" ..Whisperin and Hollering.... "Small emotional pieces with big effect......a real pearl" ..Terrorverlag Germany... "He shrugs off comparisons and attacks the under belly of soulful pop........haunting melodies and dashing downtrodden tempos." ..smother.net....

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