Beak>
Featuring members of Portishead and Moon Gangs, Beak> is a trio crafting dense and atmospheric music inspired by dub, Krautrock, and the Beach Boys. The moody sound of albums such as the group's self-titled 2009 debut made Beak>'s music a perfect fit for soundtrack work, which included the score to 2016's Couple in a Hole and the musical accompaniment to the 2022 graphic novel Kosmik Musik. On efforts like 2018's >>>, the band's sound expanded to more structured songs as well as farther-flung experiments while retaining their unmistakable vibe.
The group began in late 2008, when Portishead producer/multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow, bassist Billy Fuller, and keyboardist Matt Williams jammed at Invada Records' Christmas party, then started playing as Beak> early in 2009. They recorded their debut album in 12 days with a strict set of rules: the trio members recorded all of their parts in the same room, and no overdubbing was allowed. BEAK> arrived in fall 2009 via Ipecac in the U.S. and Invada in the U.K., just before the group made their official live debut at the Ten Years of ATP Festival.
That year, Barrow met and signed the German political journalist turned post-punk singer Anika, with whom Beak> recorded her 2010 eponymous debut album. He also kept busy with a number of other Invada-related projects, including Quakers, an underground hip-hop collective, and Drokk, a collaboration with composer Ben Salisbury inspired by the long-running comic strip Judge Dredd. Quakers' self-titled album and Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One both arrived in early 2012, shortly before a new Beak> album, >>, appeared. That year also saw the release of the Mono/Kenn single as well as a split single with DD/MM/YYYY.
The group returned in 2015 with the BEAK>
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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>>>
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 21 Sep 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
KOSMIK MUSIK
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 23 Sep 2022
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Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 2 Jul 2012
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L.A. Playback
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 13 Apr 2018
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Couple in a Hole (Original Soundtrack)
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 15 Apr 2016
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Sex Music
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 12 May 2017
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Life Goes On EP
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 21 Jun 2019
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Oh Know
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 1 Oct 2021
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(Merry Xmas) Face the Future
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 1 Dec 2017
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Sex Music
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 12 May 2017
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Brean Down
Alternative & Indie - Released by INVADA Records on 7 Sep 2018
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Boom!
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by TyJohnProductions on 10 Apr 2011
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Let Time Begin
Metal - Released by Someoddpilot Records on 23 Sep 2014
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Culture Vulture
Alternative & Indie - Released by Petits Records on 26 Jan 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo