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Strands of ethereal beauty with an undercurrent of intensity.

A smattering of tracks I've worked on, as co/producer, bass, guitar, and/or drums. ...Sometimes throw work in progress up here... Full releases on bandcamp or elsewhere.

Bellissi is a British multi-instrumentalist and producer.

Majestic Music

On Tour in North America & Europe: https://www.apashemusic.com/tour
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Bookings: 

North America: mary@minttalentgroup.com

Europe: paul@primarytalent.com

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Contact:

twitter.com/Apashe_Music

Previous releases: http://bradleythebuyer.bandcamp.com

Biography:
Bradley the buyer was raised by feral wolves in Idaho. Tragedy struck when, in 2007, Bradley became severely dependent on methamphetamines, the drug of choice for the locals (being situated geographically a matter of minutes from where the Federal Government had their shoot out with local militia men on a spot called "Ruby Ridge".) Having kicked the habit, Bradley moved on to discovering religion and quickly converted to the Church of the Subgenius, having said that he felt it gave him the sense of purpose his life had always lacked. 

Shortly thereafter, Bradley began his first excursions into audio experimentation, farting into microphones and heavily processing them through tape delays, distortion, and syncing them with glitchy, digital drum beats. This produced some of the most interesting and avant garde scene music to never be heard, since Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music". 

Soon after this, Bradley became close friends with a disheveled homeless guy near a dumpster behind Dunkin Donuts. He insisted that Bradley refer to him exclusively as "AGENT CATFACE", and thus the most musically fruitful collaboration since Lennon and McCartney was born. 

Bradley the Buyer resides in the basement. He is malnourished and addicted to benzodiazepines. He spends long hours obsessively staring into computer screens.

Description:
This project began as the soundtrack for an infomercial on auto-erotic asphyxiation...

Band Interests:
Inhaling the gas at the bottom of the whipped cream cans.

Influences: Postmodernism, nausea. 

Artists We Also Like:
That bloke who mounted a urinal on the wall.

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