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Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Beck's music is known for its pop-junk culture collage of musical styles, ironic lyrics, samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and heady sound effects. Beck was born in Los Angeles, California, to David Campbell (a musician and son of a Presbyterian minister) and Bibbe Hansen (a former dancer for The Velvet Underground, founding member of the satirical band Black Fag, and visual artist). |
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Latest News in english
about Beck
Caught in the Net: Flying Lotus's Beck-hander Date: 20 Nov 2009
Independent -
In the 90s it was noted what a great record deal Beck had, allowing him to put out independent releases while signed to a major label.
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Listen: Beck's "Harry Partch" Song Date: 19 Nov 2009
Pitchfork -
Photo by Drew Brown We're not exactly sure how much a recent Radiohead diss by the Fiery Furnaces' Matthew Friedberger inspired Beck to release a 10-minute-plus tribute to experimental composer Harry Partch , but we're glad this thing exists. And it's up on Beck's site now. (Read about the convoluted quasi-beef here .) Veering from hip-hop to country to psych to R&B, the brand new song is a one ...
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THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CONCERT, A FOUR-HOUR EVENT FEATURING MUSIC'S BIGGEST STARS, DEBUTS NOV ... Date: 19 Nov 2009
The Futon Critic -
Jeff Beck Band, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Aretha Franklin, Metallica, Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, U2 and Stevie Wonder are among the featured performers.
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Fiery Furnaces' Matt Friedberger Writes "Virtual Response" to Beck Song Date: 19 Nov 2009
Pitchfork -
So there's this weird and nonsensical semi-feud going down on the internet because the Fiery Furnaces ' Matthew Friedberger insulted Radiohead and Beck . (For the whole story so far, click on this link .) It started off marginally amusing, and then Beck put out a song that may or may not be associated with the beef that turned out to be pretty cool, and we figured that would be it. But Matthew ...
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Song of the Day (video edition): 'Heaven Can Wait' by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck (The Oregonian)
Date: 19 Nov 2009
If you made a literal video of Beck's stream-of-consciousness lyrics, it might look a little like this. Whatever it looks like, it's worth two viewings.
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RECENT ITEMS» Date: 19 Nov 2009
Filter Magazine -
Today, Beck has released a new recording of a track entitled " Harry Partch ," an homage to the composer who expanded upon the conventional tonal scale by implementing a custom 43-tone scale in his music.
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Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg's Surreal Video Date: 18 Nov 2009
Spin -
Beck's weird side is rubbing off on French pop royalty Charlotte Gainsbourg. MORE ON SPIN.COM: >> DOWNLOAD: Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck Single >> Charlotte Gainsbourg, All-Star Cast Meet at '5:55' >> Beck Collaborates with Charlotte Gainsbourg First the SoCal rebel helped divert the Parisian from the string-laden singer/songwriter style of her last album, 5:55 -- which Beck's father helped ...
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Beck Writes Song About Harry Partch Date: 18 Nov 2009
Pitchfork -
Front page photo by Autumn de Wilde Harry Patch was the last surviving British World War I veteran. Radiohead wrote a song about him earlier this year. Harry Partch was an experimental music composer who worked with microtonal scales. The Fiery Furnaces ' Matt Friedberger thought Radiohead wrote a song about him and got pissed about it ("How's the song? Is it 48 notes to the octave?" he scoffed ...
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