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Now based in the Welsh Marches in the UK, musician/producer/artist Charlie
Beresford spent his formative years in Coventry, the Detroit of the UK. (The
city brought the world 'The Specials' and Sir Frank Whittle, the father of jet
propulsion). Having started his creative life in Fine Art (training as a painter
and printmaker in the early 90s at the then Falmouth School of Art and Design),
the methods of visual art continue to haunt the way the music is made. Just as
likely to be influenced by the noises of industry and traffic as by the music of
James McMillan, Charlie's music is a dark, down tempo animal: more beauty than
beast. Voice, acoustic guitar, strings, reeds and electronics all intertwine in
defiance of being given a genre title. European underground site Funprox
described it as blending 'elements of folk and haunting, contemplative pop into
a brooding sonic mixture', whilst Christopher Dane Frick said Charlie's music
'paints a slow, bleak, yet somehow beautiful sonic picture, using coarse brushes
and organic earthy tones.'
"If ever a visual artist and technically astounding guitarist were to collide,
it would be here. Intense, fragile - this could stop anybody in their tracks."
Sheffield Telegraph
In the last decade he has worked on some 14 albums spanning most genres from
large choral works to intimate folk record. Alongside this, he has created
numerous scores for short films and engineered for the likes of the BBC, Smooth
Operations, Topic Records and Soundtree.
"Manages to sound comforting and sinister at once, a sure sign of genius."
Musicemissions.com
In 2001 he met Tim Harries, a dark- toned bass player who has
worked in most fields of music from folk to freeform jazz. Tim has recently been
working either live or in the studio with Georgian singer Katie Melua, producer
William Orbit, composer J. Peter Schwalm, choreographer Hofesh Shechter and the
English Folk Singer June Tabor.
Before 'Dark Transport', he collaborated with
Charlie Beresford on 'The Room is Empty' and they are now working towards their
third album together. Tim is also involved in drummer Martin France's
improvised/electronic project Spin Marvel and his own Sister Rotunda, featuring
Spoken Word artist Paul Williams, aka DJ Flypaper.
"Thank heavens there's music like this that puts your head back where it should
be... Truly beautiful." (Late Junction, BBC)
