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        "bio" : "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.'\n\n\"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\n\nIn 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.\n\n\"Manages to sound comforting and sinister at once, a sure sign of genius.\" Musicemissions.com\n\nIn 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.\n\nBefore '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.\n\n\"Thank heavens there's music like this that puts your head back where it should be... Truly beautiful.\" (Late Junction, BBC)",
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