Release year 2008
14 tracks 56:00 minutes
Beehatch is the new project from Phil Western and Mark Spybey, who met in Vancouver, whilst playing together in Download. Ten years have elapsed since they last worked together. During that time, Phil has released a number of solo and collaborative albums and has continued to work as part of both Download and platEAU (w/ cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy fame). He is also a producer and DJ. Mark has continued to release albums as Dead Voices on Air, Reformed Faction (a band formed with fellow Zoviet*France members) and has collaborated with many musicians, including members of Can and Faust.
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REVIEW
Beehatch is the new band created by Phil Western and Mark Spybey who
originally played together in the band Download. The two traded tracks from
Los Angeles, California to England and back by way of file sharing on the
internet. The result is the duo's first self-titled release. Folks who have
followed either one of these fellows careers will have some idea of what to
expect here. Not surprisingly, there aren't a lot of commercially accessible
tracks on this album. Western and Spybey create music seemingly out of an
artistic desire to create,giving little or no thought about whether or not
the music will sell. As such, Beehatch is a cool collection of
creativity,each song flowing into the next with ease and yet ultimately
giving no indication as to what might come next. This might best be
described as stream-of-consciousness experimentation. Some of the songs are
more musical than others,yet as a whole these fourteen tracks hold
together quite well. This is a totally cool musical experiment that works.
We can only hope that these two guys will keep the Beehatch releases coming.
This is a killer debut.Recommended.
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