DEADBEAT ESCAPEMENT

Combining sound with video art, installations, theatre and literature; the band Deadbeat Escapement have all the makings of a classic Art Rock band in the vein of bands that have preceded them such as The Cure, Pale Saints, David Bowie and Cocteau Twins; yet they bring something completely new, or as some might say, completely ancient to the fold: they’re from Greece.

Formed in Patras, Greece in 2006, current members Tryfonas Tryfonopoulos (guitars); Nikos Stefanopoulos (bass); Ioannis & Kopsinis (drums); Alex Fragakis (vocals, guitars) and Aggeliki Vardaka (vocals) have all known each other since childhood, yet they have led different lives. Tryfonas worked as a book and paper conservator with a specialty in medieval bindings. Alex has a family business importing beers and soft drinks. Ioannis is an active artist, works as an art teacher and also directing and producing Art and Music Festivals. Nikos is in the Information Technology business and Aggeliki holds a degree in accounting and business management.

Going even further back, the band members all have something in common with members of a band that first formed in 1964 under the name “The Beat.” The Beat had a sound originally inspired by The Beach Boys and they appeared as a cover band at parties of that time, with a few songs of their own. They played on and off for some years and by the late 70’s had various personnel changes. In 1985, the original bassist for The Beat, begins playing with his son in the group. Their sound at this time follows the dark wave sound of Cocteau Twins, Lush and Pale Saints, and their name changes to “Deadbeat.” From 1985 on, many members of the band changed and their musical landscape shifted with the times yet they always played in closed circles, refusing to release any of their music, keeping it confined to “family” and a few close insiders. In 2006 the band changed its name to “Deadbeat Escapement” and all the present members are now descendants of the musicians that created “The Beat” in 1964. After all the various incarnations of the band, they have finally decided to record a full length album.

After attending one of their live shows it becomes readily apparent that Deadbeat Escapement refuses to confine itself to music alone. The combination of music along with theatricality, video art and various installations, keeps the band constantly evolving – both on stage and off.
“The only thing that we have in common is geography”…..they state, but after taking a closer look at the band members, you can see that they share interest not only in music, but they share studies in painting, video art, art conservation, music technology and production.
Their live presentation in the vast majority consists of their own songs, and their statement that they play ART ROCK completes the band’s philosophy and image.
“There is more than one reality we’d like to express ……thus we just draw parallel lines’’
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