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previous artist: gianluca becuzzi		there are 6 titles featuring beequeen in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: marc behrens

$13.13

new to stock as of
april 5th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
guitar-themed

important (usa) #imprec 186 ep

beequeen “sandancing demos” ten inch single record

a while away (original version 3/2007) (1:05)
breathe (home demo 16/9/2006) (1:11)
breathe (rough mix 10/2006) (2:42)
the maypole sing (demo summer 2006) (3:20)
white bike (unused song 6 september 2006) (1:09)
melt (home-demo summer 2006) (3:47)
the honeythief (first version may 2007) (2:45)
sandancing (alternate version april 2007) (0:53)

important press release...

beequeen - sandancing demos - 10"
imprec186 - 10"

limited edition of 300 copies in heavy duty screen printed jackets by monoroid. the first 30 copies (what really happened is the printer ran out of white stock) are printed on a chipboard jacket.

the sandancing demos 10", as it's title suggests, contains the original ideas that birthed beequeen's wonderful new album sandancing. original versions, rough mixes & home demos plus an unreleased track.

$13.13

new to stock as of
april 5th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
guitar-themed

important (usa) #imprec 177 cd

beequeen “sandancing” compact disc

a while away
breathe
melt
the edie three step
the honeythief
tomorrow
the maypole song
sandancing
there, it has been said
the illogical song

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "the maypole song"

important press release...

beequeen - sandancing - cd
imprec177 - cd

after the by now usual gap of some two years, beequeen is ready to present their latest album, further maturing their sound from 'the bodyshop' (also on important records). more song based, this album features now vocals by olga wallis solely (with some backing by freek kinkelaar). well rounded popsongs in some places, but beequeen never forget to put in some strange element, without leaping in the dark alley of pointless experiment. orchestral in 'the illogical song', collage like in 'the edie three step' or a simple rhythmmachine in 'the honeythief'. beequeen does all, and with great care and seemingly ease.

this album features also the help of barry gray, former (and first) guitarist of the legendary pink dots, and would not have been the album that is without the invalueable productional skills of erik drost.

$12.96

back in stock as of
december 4th, 2007

first in stock on
february 2nd, 2007

threads:
guitar-themed
modern-psych

important (usa) #imprec 044 cd

beequeen “the bodyshop” compact disc

swag cave (2:16)
sad sheep (2:51)
the dream-o-phone (4:43)
black eyed dog (4:31)
the bodyshop (4:26)
penelope patience (1:17)
on the road to everywhere (4:36)
blackburn (3:49)
admiration of the rod (1:22)
buzzbag drive (4:54)
last song of the dodo (2:18)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "swag cave"

important press release...

good things come slow, and this is certainly the case for beequeen. unlike so many others, who spit out albums every week, the beequeen takes a slow course. it took frans de waard and freek kinkelaar two years to complete the recordings for the bodyshop, the successor to their much-acclaimed cd ownliness from 2002. not because of laziness, band fights or drug abuse, but simply because the whole thing had to be good. every single second, every single instrument and every single sound has been examined and re-examined until the boys were satisfied with the results. and rightfully so.

the bodyshop continues where ownliness left off. ownliness marked a distinct break with beequeen's past. the ambient-industrial drone music of yesteryear was said goodbye and the beequeen’s love of pop music returned. the instruments changed from organs, synthesizers and sound effects to guitars, drums, bass and guest musicians on cello and even vocals (a distinctive first for beequeen).

the bodyshop features two of these remarkable vocals tracks; a cover of nick drake's “black eyed dog” (sung by antenne's marie-louise munck) and the indeed very sad track “sad sheep”. although beequeen never cites influences, it's easy spot their interest in the beatles' psychedelic period and latter day talk talk in combination with a love for krautrock and microsound - not the most likely of combinations, but somehow it all makes sense on the bodyshop.

the bodyshop was produced by erik drost, guitarist extraordinaire with the legendary pink dots, who also contributes guitar on “buzzbag drive.” this brand-new beequeen album comes in a colourful tasty gatefold packaging and is available from important records, usa.

$6.55

new to stock as of
april 7th, 2008

my own little label (netherlands) #moll 005 cd

beequeen “white bike” business card compact disc recordable

white bike (original demo, 6 august 2006) (0:56)
white bike (session edit, 9 august 2006) (1:35)
white bike (final version, 6 september 2006) (1:09)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "white bike"

my own little label press release...

005 beequeen - white bike (businesscard cdr)

recently beequeen completed their latest cd 'sanddancing', which is now being produced by erik drost and which will be released by important records somewhere towards the end of this year. 'white bike' was supposed to be on there, but both freek and me thought the somewhat joyeus and naive mood of the song would not entirely fit the cd, and we decided to release it here. actually there are three tracks on it, the original freek sung demo, an excerpt from the recording session (the moment when we think of the balloon) and the final version, sung by eva.

$19.89

new to stock as of
april 7th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
electro-acoustic-composition

plinkity plonk (netherlands) #plink 22 cd

beequeen “seltenturm • beesides 1989-2000” double compact disc set

fond xi (2:37)
does he do as if he is (15:18)
moj najveci strah (4:46)
the salmon season (5:39)
the hungry voice (6:08)
the surrough gate (11:11)
fab (4:31)
cool (2:12)
gear (6:50)
white tusk (4:29)
fly like an eagle (3:06)
breathing (6:29)
noise (4:59)
fond ii (5:52)
fond 0 (3:56)
brasillian fond (1:37)
fond iii (4:48)
fond iv (5:10)
golden circle (16:53)
ee ea ee ea ee ee, ea ee, eaee, a ee (5:43)
land above us (18:07)
fond 1 (4:12)
ee aa (2:18)

... nice overview of early/mid-period beequeen singles-output, including tracks dating back to their “mappa mundi” tape & sessions, 1989 ...

plinkity plonk press release...

beequeen - seltenturm - the beesides
plinkity plonk plonk 22
release date: june 30th 2007

it has been something of a wait, but beequeen has opened up their vaults once more. after the succesful release of a touch of brimstone in 2003, we now very proudly present seltenturm - beesides (1989-2000). this brand new collection takes in many previously released but now unobtainable beesides in the double cd format. a treasure-trove of the past!

while beequeen recently finished recording 'sanddancing' (their next excursion into the world popmusic - a journey beginning with 'ownliness' and 'the bodyshop'), which will be released early 2008 by important records, it was time to clear out the vaults; and this time for good. while 'a touch of brimstone' saw the release of many unreleased pieces from the archive, 'seeltenturm - the beesides' takes a good look at the released output from beequeen, ever since they started to release music in 1989.

seltenturm (a fine double cd) consists of the following releases: 'mappa mundi' (cassette, with bonus tracks), 'fond' (one sided lp), 'split' (split lp), 'the surrough gate' (10"), 'vault' (7"), 'white tusk' (7") and 'dovidzdane vanja' (7"). all of these releases were made in editions smaller than 250 copies, and all long out of print. all tracks have been lovingely remastered by raymond steeg in the warm winter of 2006-2007 and they have never sounded better.

a real treasure box for old and new fans alike. limited edition of 300 copies in gorgeous printed artwork.

$17.36

new to stock as of
april 7th, 2008

threads:
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition
harsh-noise
modern-psych

plinkity plonk (netherlands) #plink 11 cd

beequeen “gund” compact disc

beequeen - for daniel in the lion's mouth (9:11)
beequeen - i'll call you claude (6:18)
beequeen - wandatta (7:32)
beequeen - virginia's 42 planes (3:38)
beequeen - achterland (10:18)
msbr - rmx wk 2001.10.30 (6:57)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "gund"

cd reissue of some early, friendliness / teddy-bear themed jams from freek kinkelaar & frans de waard ... includes two collaborations with msbr ...

plinkity plonk press release...

beequeen - gund
plinkity plonk plink 011
cd only - 500 copies

a final dig in the vaults for the beequeen, resulting in the following release :

"gund" is now available as a cd on beequeen's private plinkity plonk label and has two recordings for two vinyl projects. the first four pieces on the cd were recorded early 1998 for a 12" vinyl single on which these tracks were supposed to be cut at different speeds (16, 33, 45 and 78 rpm). due to its complexity of pressing this record was never realized. the fifth and sixth track were originally intended to form a 10" album of a most unlikely meeting by beequeen and msbr, the well-known japanese noise act. based upon a mutual sound exchange, both beequeen and msbr worked independently on their pieces. the label that intended to release this, stopped while both bands were still recording. beequeen finished their piece in 1998 and msbr decided to do a new piece in 2001. all five beequeen pieces are beequeen 'old' style, recorded before their decision to alter their direction in music, but it's probably one of their most refined moments in this style.

"gund" is released in a limited edition of 500 copies and comes in a gorgeous hand-printed sleeve by knust, nijmegen, designed by meeuw.

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