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Genre: Electronica / Progressive / Psychedelic
Location London, UK
Profile Views: 54984
Last Login: 5/18/2011
Member Since 2/28/2006
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRvbGxib3kuY28udWs=
Record Label Static Caravan Recordings/Front & Follow
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
...... ..A new collaborative EP is out now on ..Front & Follow... Called "The Sum and the Difference", it is a joint effort with ..Sone Institute .. where the two different styles clash and meld to beguiling effect... ..It's already garnering great reviews at ..Fluid Radio.., ..Boomkat.., ..Futuresequence.., ..Norman's.., etc. but it's a limnited mini CD release so get it quick! It is also available as a download but you don't get the beautiful bespoke packaging which includes a fab pull-out poster... ..You can hear the record online at Front & Follow and hear us play "Play For Today" live on ..Jonny Mugwump's Resonamce 104 FM show... There's also a remix that Roman (of Sone Institute) made of California from the Beard of Bees album available for free on ..The Wire's.. website too... .. -
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Influences
“This record seems to be about the sea and Englishness”.... ..Dollboy is Oliver Cherer, an English artist who makes quiet, reflective semi-organic music, a hybrid of analog electronic sounds, innovative soundprocessing and percussive acoustic instrumentation... ....A Beard of Bees.. is a highly polished Horse Brass of a record that collectively re-imagines a time of psychedelic pastoral whimsy, ..whilst jet age morris dancers drink pints of timothy taylors with Kevin Ayers...As much Elgar’s Nimrod as National Health’s’ Of Queues and Cures’.. ....‘A musical non-musical, a spectacular non spectacular, a fantasy with realist aspirations’... .. ..Written and recorded by Oliver Cherer except “He Went Down To The Sea” which is by the Monks.. ....A Beard of Bees.. is Oliver’s first song based album, his previous releases, ..Plans for a modern city.. (2004, Different Drummer) and ..Casual Nudism.. (2006, Arable) being instrumental records on which he created lullaby-like structures, blending together old-fashioned folk melodies and warm electronic soundscapes, with Philip Glass-style loops interspersed with scattering beats... ..Interest in modal music, in particularly Miles Davis 1960s records, inspired Oliver to start learning about the melody, and made him switch from composing on a computer with a sequencer to writing more fully formed tunes using guitar or piano or even glockenspiel. .. ..Like an English Victorian artist, Oliver’s curiosity has led him to exploring and mixing found and dusty instruments together with peculiar showpiece technology. From 1942 glass toy glockenspiel, Brixton market bongos, flute, viola, toy piano, 50s jazz guitar played with vibraphone mallets and questionable recordings of the Austrian flood warning siren and Stanstead Express, to Gnat, a strange little English synthesizer with no keyboard, VCS3 and Korg synths, the balance of instruments on this album leans towards the organic and acoustic... ..The inspiration for the album is varied and ranges from tea drinking (One Liner) and geographical references (California refers to a place in the Midlands called new Invention), to more ethereal matters such as drifting through life without aim (a beard of bees), and infinity / “bigness is frightening”, another particular kind of particularly English view of the world (Endless). There are even songs about generation “gaps” (jet age kids), prog jokes (Lead Boots), and a sea-shanty written in response to Melville’s Moby Dick (O Ahab!). Perhaps, the thread going through all the themes is Oliver’s “meditation” on Englishness... ..Creating post-post-industrial urban-folk, Dollboy has existed in one form or another since the first show at The Garage in 1999, where the iconic performance included a saw, a vinyl killer, Japanese poetry and live eating of pork pies... ..As a live act Dollboy has developed into one of the The Big Chill and Arctic Circle favourites, performing as a seven piece band as well as a solo acoustic act, constantly morphing and developing. -
Sounds Like
.."Hazy, summery English freak folk - with just a hint of the dreaded "tronica" - which sounds like a perfect advertisment for sozzled picnics in the woods.".... Michael Hann - The Guardian .... .."..the best thing I've heard this year..." .. (12th January).. John - Awkward Silence .... .."Excellent".... Marc Riley BBC6....
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Comments
- Some Bizzare Label2 months ago
Some Bizarre Records The first goal of Pedro INF is to see the painting and not remember how it was done.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame U.S.A "Stevo too bizarre for the music industry"
www.somebizzare.com http://www.myspace.com/somebizzare
http://www.myspace.com/somebizarrerecords
satanicpornocultshop title of the album "Arkhaiomelisidonophunikheratos" meaning, "As sweet as old favorite honey"
SWANS Cop, Young God, Greed & Holy Money (1984-1986) Some Bizzare
Swans classics such as Time Is Money (Bastard) and Raping a Slave.
http://www.junodownload.com/products/cop-young-god-greed-holy-money-1984-1986/1619760-02/ - Corso2 months ago
"Wise Man" the first, new single from Corso's forthcoming album
"( Protect )" worldwide available on iTunes - November 20th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czp9ewvoXe0 - dustman4 months ago
hi! you can listen to my first songs.
Thanks. - Corso5 months ago
Dear Careful Listeners! It's Corso.
Harp music, electronic, trip hop.
Another live session from the studio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPTxGIxUXnE&feature=related
New album Protect will be out in autumn 2011
More updates & videos to come!
Cheers, enjoy your September!
Corso
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Corso/125915767454179 - Corso6 months ago
Hello there, it's Corso.
Corso's third album PROTECT is almost done and will be released in autumn 2011 by TDMC Records.
If you like, you can watch a live performance in the studio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw9jGld7oSU
Thank you for reading, more updates to come, cheers from Turin!
Corso - Corso1 year ago
Corso's new album "Fabula Dura" Digipack Promo Cd now available! Check Corso's page for details!
....Find more artists like CORSO at Myspace Music .... - Emily FIelds1 year ago
hi, how ru?i add u to my friend. - CLATTER records1 year ago
Good day in music ![line_break]Enjoy![line_break][line_break]
- Kolorit Records1 year ago
Hi, how `re you today?
Finally out!Crek - Esprit De Corps EPSupported by Laurent Garnier, Toni Rios, Tolis Q, Pizeta, Edgar de Ramon, Nudisco & others.
Thank you for your support! - Shirley R. Hampton1 year ago
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Bio:

A new collaborative EP is out now on Front & Follow. Called "The Sum and the Difference", it is a joint effort with Sone Institute where the two different styles clash and meld to beguiling effect.
It's already garnering great reviews at Fluid Radio, Boomkat, Futuresequence, Norman's, etc. but it's a limnited mini CD release so get it quick! It is also available as a download but you don't get the beautiful bespoke packaging which includes a fab pull-out poster.
You can hear the record online at Front & Follow and hear us play "Play For Today" live on Jonny Mugwump's Resonamce 104 FM show. There's also a remix that Roman (of Sone Institute) made of California from the Beard of Bees album available for free on The Wire's website too.

Member Since:
February 28, 2006Members:
.. ..Influences:
“This record seems to be about the sea and Englishness”....Dollboy is Oliver Cherer, an English artist who makes quiet, reflective semi-organic music, a hybrid of analog electronic sounds, innovative soundprocessing and percussive acoustic instrumentation.
A Beard of Bees is a highly polished Horse Brass of a record that collectively re-imagines a time of psychedelic pastoral whimsy, whilst jet age morris dancers drink pints of timothy taylors with Kevin Ayers.As much Elgar’s Nimrod as National Health’s’ Of Queues and Cures’
‘A musical non-musical, a spectacular non spectacular, a fantasy with realist aspirations’.
Written and recorded by Oliver Cherer except “He Went Down To The Sea” which is by the Monks
A Beard of Bees is Oliver’s first song based album, his previous releases, Plans for a modern city (2004, Different Drummer) and Casual Nudism (2006, Arable) being instrumental records on which he created lullaby-like structures, blending together old-fashioned folk melodies and warm electronic soundscapes, with Philip Glass-style loops interspersed with scattering beats.
Interest in modal music, in particularly Miles Davis 1960s records, inspired Oliver to start learning about the melody, and made him switch from composing on a computer with a sequencer to writing more fully formed tunes using guitar or piano or even glockenspiel.
Like an English Victorian artist, Oliver’s curiosity has led him to exploring and mixing found and dusty instruments together with peculiar showpiece technology. From 1942 glass toy glockenspiel, Brixton market bongos, flute, viola, toy piano, 50s jazz guitar played with vibraphone mallets and questionable recordings of the Austrian flood warning siren and Stanstead Express, to Gnat, a strange little English synthesizer with no keyboard, VCS3 and Korg synths, the balance of instruments on this album leans towards the organic and acoustic.
The inspiration for the album is varied and ranges from tea drinking (One Liner) and geographical references (California refers to a place in the Midlands called new Invention), to more ethereal matters such as drifting through life without aim (a beard of bees), and infinity / “bigness is frightening”, another particular kind of particularly English view of the world (Endless). There are even songs about generation “gaps” (jet age kids), prog jokes (Lead Boots), and a sea-shanty written in response to Melville’s Moby Dick (O Ahab!). Perhaps, the thread going through all the themes is Oliver’s “meditation” on Englishness.
Creating post-post-industrial urban-folk, Dollboy has existed in one form or another since the first show at The Garage in 1999, where the iconic performance included a saw, a vinyl killer, Japanese poetry and live eating of pork pies.
As a live act Dollboy has developed into one of the The Big Chill and Arctic Circle favourites, performing as a seven piece band as well as a solo acoustic act, constantly morphing and developing.
Sounds Like:
"Hazy, summery English freak folk - with just a hint of the dreaded "tronica" - which sounds like a perfect advertisment for sozzled picnics in the woods."Michael Hann - The Guardian
"..the best thing I've heard this year..." (12th January)
John - Awkward Silence
"Excellent"
Marc Riley BBC6
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