Back from the mountain. New batch of music out this week and every week thereafter till I run out. Old and new. Plus a lil artwork and a couple videos for some of the music each week. Probably. Hopefully.

I know it’s taken long, I only had a couple thousand ableton and fl studio projects to trawl thru and fix and arrange and bounce. Then just as I was reaching the end of the quest, I broke my computer/fried my circuits and it set me back in every which way. But I got it sorted then took a holiday and now I’m past caring so really wanted to purge cos this week it’s my bday, I got back to London tonight, I saw an eclipse, I feel good, I’m moving in to a new crib, it all feels apt xxx

If anyone wanna contribute their skills to this mission then now’s your time cos I do EVERYTHING myself (i.e producing, videos, graphics, mixing, mastering, editing, admin etc.) Along w with all the other life shit going on, sometime music hafi take a back seat, but for now we locked in gang 🤞

MUSHY DROPS

SUBLUNATIC

400 CONEJOS

COMING UP

an instrumental landscape of sound, beats, and rhythm to guise inner personal trauma

shore

Le mal de vivre

The voice of an angel calls - is it love or a drug?

LOVE DRUG

In Her Mouth Is A Knife

Encrucijada (El centro del universo)

Water to Wine was recorded in my home studio between 2024 and 2025. I wrote it in 2006 but didn't find an  appropriate arrangement until very recently. These may be the most melodramatic lyrics I've ever written.

All of my vitriol and one hug

Water to Wine

beau | nicx (pronounced nick or knee-koh) i loop songs for cinematic atmospherical space and contemporary art

Singer/songwriter/guitarist making alt-folk, baroque psychedelia & art rock. Neurodivergent, optimist, anarchist, avid gardener, former graphic designer & aspiring sound engineer. 

Combining 60s psychedelia, alternative folk, art rock, baroque pop and gothic post-punk, The Mad Pride has been described as haunting & ominous like a Tim Burton film soundtrack made by Syd Barrett & David Bowie. Reviewers have made comparisons to Radiohead, Midlake, Meat Puppets, David Sylvian, Erik Satie, Frank Zappa, Nick Cave & even Leonard Cohen. 

The Mad Pride is a reference to the movement “MAD PRIDE” which aims to increase awareness about neurodiversity, the mental healthcare system, psychiatric survivors and the rampant epidemic of ableist abuse targeting vulnerable people.

It began as a fun idea to make demo recordings of my original songs in case I forgot them. Slowly it transformed into a solo home recording project that allowed me to explore a mysterious and exciting place. An almost physical place that is beyond “sound” and “music”. Beyond the superficial vibrations forming the medium and through the emotional catharsis that makes up the message we find ourselves arriving at the only logical conclusion. That only one path leads away from a devastating nightmarish future. It doesn’t lead to riches and it doesn’t lead to Rome. It leads to a revolution of love.

I don’t know the landmarks (or genres as you call them) but I’m certain we can build something wonderful there. I lack the music theory that empowers and homogenises so many others but it’s alright because I’ve made my own. It doesn’t have words, just feelings. A sprawling landscape of emotions that I can scarcely even describe – except through song, My real name is Rowan Galagher but feel free to call me Rosie. 

My first 4 albums are free to download on Soundcloud. I’m currently finishing my 5th album, an endeavour which was delayed for over a decade while the rental crisis vanquished the physical spaces I would have used to write and record. Despite the greed-fuelled delay, I’m finally back in my happy place. A happy place built out of excessive trauma and hopes for positive cultural change. It’s like a messed up “Koom by yah” accompanied by a wood-chipper and a sad clown with a kazoo.

"If you mix the elements from Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Syd Barrett and Radiohead, you’ll get this music, in the most creative way." 
- acuvi - acuvi.org

“Psychedelic 60s gone noir cabaret with 80s goth production: watery guitars, icy keys and vintage Bowie-esque vocals.” 
- Delarue - New York Music Daily

“I recently came across some incredible stuff… The songs bear some resembles to Syd Barret, Tom Waits, Nick Cave or Cohen, this is interesting stuff for sure… I’m posting this because I think it’s worth it.”
- Netanderthalian – Grateful Breed Blog – A Psychedelicious Corner

"The Mad Pride is a good example of Folk Noir (“dark folk”) that also plays with some late 60′s dark psychedelic folk melodies. Galagher has been compared to Syd Barrett and the comparison is apt." 
- Matt Coleman - The Music Court Blog

“The variety here is amazing. The songs run the range from soft, almost acoustical to moody and experimental enough to be the sound track to a Tim Burton movie. They each push the limits of their genre. Be sure and listen to them all as they are very different and there is sure to be something you really like.”
- Jane W – fanrealm.com

“Rowan Galagher’s music is amazing. One minute it has you thinking “Pink Floyd” the next something entirely different. There is an ebb and flow to it that makes The Mad Pride beautiful to listen to.”
- Paddy – Only Australian Music Blog Archive

“Touches of the fragile detachment of Radiohead and a spectrum of dramatic emotion all take up residence under an ominous sky."
- Mr Atavist – Sunrise Ocean Bender

we are citizens of the farwest, land beyond lands, where the sun sets and oceans end. beyond furthest horizons, beyond space explorations, beyond reasonable means and reasons for being. we are dreamers on an open frequency, broadly casted, highly rated microwaves in a macrocosm of possibilities.

I am originally from Italy and I moved to Los Angeles in 2009. My heritage comes from Africa. I am a singer and songwriter. My favorite singers ever are Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey but the list of singers and bands that influence my music is vast. Growing day by day!

all production, engineering, mixing, artwork by.. me

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