The Beards are :- Kev Rolfe & Paul Mayor.
But the music is all by Kev....and whoever is about at the time...
Influences
And for a brief moment they were so cool....even if their best moment was a WIRE Cover version.
Earth...
Possibly the best Plaid track....
well..this is what we're returning to for repeat listens at present :- Isan, Bola, Daniel Johnston, Venetian Snares, Butthole Surfers, Performance OST, Damon & Naomi, Galaxie 500, Slint, For Carnation, Fingernail, P.I.L, Marcia Blaine School For Girls, Expanding Records 7"s, Sovacusa, Vessel, Annie, Crunch, Bauri, Casino Versus Japan,Troubleshooter, Border Community 12"s, SoloTempo, Intricate, rare Boards Of Canada/Hell Interface tracks, Mogwai,Arab Strap's 'Philophobia' Lp, Urusei Yatsura 7"s, Ochre, Roy Harper, Millsart, Red House Painters, Smog, Jega, Transient Waves, NEU!, Can, Trojan 7"s, Duke Reid, Captain Beefheart, Snapper, Blotnik Brothers, Earth, BrickLayerCake,Roy Mongomery, CIM, Skam/ Toytronic/ Awkward Silence/Rocket Girl/Ai/Delikatessen records releases, Plaid, Autechre,Secret Frequency Crew, Mask 500 12", Coil, Myrza, Epic45,Novel23, Fairmont, Apparat, Zeta Reticula,Chevron, Bit_Meddler, Frost Jockey, Ascii Disko, Smash.TV, Japan, Edgar Froese, Vangelis, Bee Gee's 'Odessa' Lp, Funkadelic,Arovane, Maps & Diagrams, Bitstream, Markant, Eu, Funckarma,L'Usine Icl, Bedhead, early Low, early Funkstorung, My Bloody Valentine, Velvet Underground,Squarepusher's 'Tundra4', Slowdive,Big Star, Village Of Savoonga, Rodion, Bread, America,The Pipettes, Black Strobe, Cocteau Twins, Digitonal, Various Production, Codeine, early Jesus & Mary Chain, 'Outta -Space' by Billy Preston,80's syth Pop 7"s , Big Black, Silver Apples, Bark Psychosis, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Radar Bros, Einoma, Mel Torme, Astrude Gilberto, Sun Ra, Killdozer, Love Battery, Monster Magnet's 'TAB' Lp,Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine, Modeselektor,Vex'd, 'Flower' by Pansy Division,early Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Elliott Smith,Rhys Chattham, Kleg, lots of weird electro tracks...too many to mention., good windowpane acid, rum, Asian Extreme Cinema, Giallo Films, Warhol's Factory, the art of the mistake and the art of improvisation...these 80's 7"s- 'I'm In Love With A German Filmstar' - The Passions 'Everybodys Gotta Learn Sometime' - The Corgis 'Damned Dont Cry'- Visage 'Our Lips Are Sealed'- The GoGos 'Public Image Limited'- PIL 'I Wonder If I Take You Home'-Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 'Its Different For Girls'- Joe Jackson 'I Say Nothing'- Voice Of The Beehive...whether this list explains anything...i dunno.....go figure!
Sounds Like
not what you'd expect from a 'bear'.... [ c'mon 'bears' lets get a bit more intelligent with our choice of music eh ?! its 2007 not 1980 !! Musical technology has progressed somewhat! There are more options to a 4/4 beat and some camp fluff ! ]
BRITTLE STARS DEBUT 3" CD RELEASE!
Ask For details (i have a few copies for sale- £4 inc P&P in UK)
Or click on the image above and follow the link to Dragons Eye Recordings to purchase.
2 hirsute fellas causing trouble with a smile...based in Manchester, Uk.
Half of the organisers of Homoelectric ...Dj all over the place when the mood takes me...do club visuals for Sequence every now and then. Involved in various art projects (Doodlebug), fashion (Bear Mafia), Djing (Laptop & good ol' vinyl), club running and organising, pointing out how much an underachieving money driven ponce the gay scene is...
Have been together for 7 years...met at Homoelectric.
Kev has been recording music in one form or another since the age of 15..from playing with sound recorded on a 2 track to being in various bands. There are tapes of all this oddness that will never be heard by others..
Bought a Boss Digital 8 Track and started recording again....trying to record proper songs but they just get weird!! And theyre all recorded pretty much in the first take....i just lack patience!
The music is a total departure from the work we do as The Beards...and doesnt represent the clubs in anyway what-so-evaaa....
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Brittle Stars- from acoustic, post-rock/space-rock stylings, reverb drenched, slow, melancholic acoustic tunes to sonic detuned drone to layered orchestral minimalist electronics and minimal ambient piano works.....acid stoner drug music basically !
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Monokomm- lo-fi experimental analogue electronics/sound manipulation using malfunctioning equiptment, childrens toys, battered keyboards, live recordings/found sounds, old PC music programs for kids...anything that makes an electronic sound treated via the 8-Track and various guitar pedals.
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The Beards- a Djing/visuals thing. If i'm Djing with vinyl chances are i'm playing obscure electronica, 'dancefloor friendly' IDM/electronica, minimalist stuff, soul,funk, disko mutations and long lost gems with very little attempt to mix (if a track is that good it should be played from beginning to end! i dont want to hear the middle of a track just cos thats the only good bit!). If its a laptop set then it'll be mixed, mashed up..twisted...and a mix of anything...if it mixes and works then its played...anything from obscure electro, IDM, Breaks, Grime, electroprogtekhouse, mash-ups, punkfunk,80s pop, digital splice 'n' paste-ups, bootleg remixes, trainspotters electronic music, mentalist beats...a bit of V/Vm in every set (and why not ?)....a spak-jackin' treat.
The Beards/KBeard films- i am currently collecting footage for a film....very warhol/dogma in style. It'll get there eventualy!In the meantime various shorts are appearing on Youtube....just do a search for Thebeardsuk.
thanks for the ADD! how can i check out your stuff? [skimming right now.. on vacation...] our EP comes out june 24th. cant wait. hit me up and drop me a line, and .... ENJOY! vince_30mh
