Name: Solfeggio 2 by Sonical
Duration: 13 min 31 s
Description: Composed using 147Hz, 174Hz, 258Hz, 471Hz, 528Hz & Supercollider 3

Beam Up AKA DJ Delay AKA Brian May is a prolific producer and multi-instrumentalist, originally from the UK, now residing in Germany via Australia and Japan.  Recent 7”s co-released with One-Drop Berlin and several remixes (notably a Sizzla dub rocked repeatedly by Rodigan) set the stage for his wicked debut on ZamZam, showcasing two of the many sides of Beam Up.

Zweimal Steppers is a heavy and heady journey into propulsive 4/4 dubwise with syncopated percussion, swirling keys (courtesy of Frenchman Dubble Dubble), and sonic trompe l’oeil lurking around every corner.  The bright, shimmering surface rides a massive bass undertow like sparkling waves over a bottomless ocean trench. May goes hard on the tape delay and reels out the reverbs in truly masterful style and fashion.  

Higher Level is a next-genre unto itself, a wicked missive from an under-repped area of dub & reggae history.  Part futurism, part homage, the bass and kick usher in a sic-fi take on The Clash (with shades of The Police, and a double-time riddim reminiscent of The English Beat’s finer moments).  The guitar, played by Australian collaborator Joelistics, is a 1966 Fender Telecaster - Joe Strummer’s favorite - hence the brilliant revive feel.  Electric bass and trumpet by May round out a high-stepping future 2Tone rocker guaranteed to wheel at your next Punky Reggae Party.

Limited vinyl – 700 copies for the world – Designed and hand screen printed by Polygon Press.

No repress – No digital – Release Window: late August, 2014

Email zamzamsounds@gmail.com for distribution, retail or subscription inquiries

Beam Up "Higher Level" ZamZam 22 B Side (Edit)

Available on 7" vinyl at http://alphacut.net/#457 or all well-selected stores soon.
45SEVEN logo and label design by www.ithinkitsnice.com
Frequencies lifted by @lxc at @wattasound

Beam Up - Helden (45710AA, 7", 2015)

Released on March 9th (CD and Download) buy now: iTunes: http://geni.us/Innerstand

Please spread & share everywhere :)

'The spirit of dub continues to drive all the music I make,’ says Brian May a.k.a. Beam Up. ‘This album takes those dubwise qualities of rhythm, space and bass, to shape a series of tracks that could be tagged as a variety of genres.’ 
Dedicated to the great Osborne ‘King Tubby’ Ruddock, ‘…for repeatedly showing there are no rules’, Innerstand builds on that great legacy in its presentation of a truly contemporary, outernational dub experience.
Abetting Brian May are a diverse trio of vocalists, each of whom brings unique qualities to the project: Terrence Alfonso Bowry, a UK-born Canadian national whose experience has mostly been gained on Shanghai’s jazz and blues scene (where he worked alongside artists of the calibre of Wynton Marsalis) brings an ear for sophisticated harmony and improvisation; Jornick Joelick, a French-Guyanan rastaman with a big voice bringing an earthy, rootsical quality; and Katya Tasheva, a polyglot singer with what May calls ‘sublime frequencies’ whose background spans traditional (including world-music mavericks and former Beam Up compadres Rotfront) , pop and drum- and- bass. 
The album is a musical journey that of course references King Tubby’s Kingston, Ja. and Rhythm and Sound’s Berlin, but also the Balkans, Japan and Australasia (and more); as well as Pablo, Glen Brown  and The Skatalites, influences such as Prince suffuse the set, which sometimes takes on the feel of a version excursion, as May’s riddims nod to the classics of the past, subliminal echoes of the great dub tradition, though it’s more usually in the form of ‘inspiration’ than carefully worked out covers.  The Wire mag has already called this ‘timeless top-grade dub’ on the basis of a sneak preview, and we think that just about sums it up…

@bbemusic
#beamup
#Innerstand



I Must Be Dreaming

Beam Up - I Must Be Dreaming feat. Terrence Alfonso Bowry

Drums & Bass by DRY&HEAVY(SHIGEMOTO"DRY"NANAO & TAKESHI"HEAVY"AKIMOTO)
(c)(p)2015 POSITIVE PRODUCTIONS INC.

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Krake Festival introduces Kamikaze Space Programme

KAMIKAZE SPACE PROGRAMME is a true sonic rene­gade, a gen­uine music experimenter.
Some­where between a clas­sic Musique Concrète and mod­ern elec­tronic approach, KSP’s music is made up of myr­iad sam­ples and found sounds from real world sit­u­a­tions, it lends the stuff a very real tex­ture and aes­thetic that links it to the here and now, the every­day, in a very real way. The sound of an old truck, the hiss of a ket­tle or the clunk­ing of a door are all fair game for KSP, who then takes his strange sound sources and weaves them into infec­tious sonic tapes­tries and intri­cate rhythms.!

Tracklist:

01. Ancient Methods - Kings Pawns
02. Dualit - Spain
03. Hexagon - Spectral Analysis
04. Radial - Boks
05. Kamikaze Space Programme - Untitled
06. Haedless Horseman - Ghost
07. He/aT  - When I Went Out With Her She Was Fit (Kamikaze Space Programme Remix)
08. Four Tet - Kool FM (Container Remix)
09. Planetary Assault Systems - Attack Of The Mutant Camels
10. Blawan - Slow Mick
11. Kamikaze Space Programme - Untitled 
12. Keepsakes - Keepsakes
13. British Murder Boys -  Don't Give Way to Fear, Pt. 1
14. Adrian Adonis -  Strangelove (Kamikaze Space Programme Remix)
15. Eric Fethcher - Dna activation
16. Kamikaze Space Programme - Untitled 
17. Emika - Battles (Kamikaze Space Programme Remix)
18. Stave -  Hardened Chord (Regis Remix)
19. The Exaltics - Coroded
20. Lag -  Kontrola (Bas Mooy remix)
21. Kamikaze Space Programme - Vespa PX
22. Substance - Gestalts
23. Eletric Indigo - Zero

Kamikaze Space Programme will be playing live on Saturday, 8th August on the Suicide Club Floor.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1583054701968913/1588702001404183/

Thanks a lot to KSP
https://soundcloud.com/kamikaze-space-programme
https://www.facebook.com/KamikazeSpaceProgramme

KrakeCast 002: Kamikaze Space Programme

Only available on the vinyl only release from http://bssmssg.org !
FEATURING DISRUPT, BEAM UP, ILL_K, ELEMENTAL, THE DUKE OF JUKE, MESAK & MORE

Bassmæssage vol.1

Politricks (edit)-> from Bassmæssage vol.1

Not for sale  - but, you can get a high quality copy for free, by simply subscribing to the Beam Up mailing list! 

This is Beam Up's remix of the Mista Savona produced track with Sizzla & Errol Dunkley from the "Born A King" album. Lovingly mastered at Transition in Bristol, ready to work the j bins and ignite the dance.

Click the download button or go here http://eepurl.com/bg8ShP to sign up. 
2-4 mails per year, that's all - and you'll more special gifts like this through the mailing list.

This track is not available anywhere else.

Cheers & forward the bass.


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Sizzla & Errol Dunkley - Champion Sound (Beam Up Re-twist)

Braintheft's drummer, Giotto, recorded a killer steppers rhythm whilst in Ireland. 

Beam Up added the rest and hey presto - something for the fans of Dub Trio and the driving rock edged French style of dub! 

Free for you via bandcamp, but feel free to drop us a Euro or two - we'll put up more music when you do! 
--> http://beamup.bandcamp.com/track/dtfg

Free D/L

Beam Up & Giotto - DTFG

Composed using 147Hz, 174Hz, 258Hz, 471Hz, 528Hz & Supercollider 3

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Solfeggio 2

Oct+Nov 2016 - Sonic Conversation, Australian Consulate, NYC (US)
Aug 2016 - Music for Sonic Network no.15, Prosecco Berlin (DE)
08.01.2016 - Dub Isotope, Void Berlin (DE)
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Electronic music - from the the 
white walls of the art gallery to the dancefloor of the darkened club. More info at http://www.brian-may.net/sonical

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Sound + 
Painting Installations:
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Sonic Network No.14
June 2015
Gallery 9 www.gallery9.com.au
Sydney AU

Sonic Network No.14 audio broadcast
June 2015
2 week broadcast of the generative
sound on Chronopolis http://www.cashmereradio.com/
Berlin DE

Sonic Network No.14
August 2014
Colour Music w/Warren Burt ++
ANU Drill Hall http://dhg.anu.edu.au
Canberra AU

Sonic Network No.9 audio
August 2014
BBBBBREEZE w/ Ai Weiwei ++
Ethan Cohen Fine Arts www.ecfa.com 
NYC USA

Sonic Network No.13
Mar - Apr 2013
www.gallery9.com.au
Sydney AU

Sonic Network No.8
Nov - Dec 2012 
www.thesubstation.org.au
Melbourne, AU

Sonic Network No.9
www.kubeny.org
Kunsthalle Beacon
NY USA.

Sonic Network No.11
Permanent collection / installation
July 2012 onwards. Music for "Sonic Network No.11", Permanent collection:
www.artscentremelbourne.com.au
Hamer Hall, Victorian Arts Centre
Melbourne AU

Sonic Network No.9
Apr 2012
White Box www.whiteboxnyc.org
NYC, USA

Sonic Network No.9
Oct 2011 
Dr.Julius a | p http://www.dr-julius.de
Berlin DE


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Other projects:
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http://soundcloud.com/beamup (Beam Up & DJ Delay)
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