Beaumont Hannant (born c. 1970) is a

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musician, producer and DJ from

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, England. His work includes

ambient techno Ambient techno is a subgenre of techno that incorporates the atmospheric textures of ambient music with the rhythmic elements and production of techno. It was pioneered by 1990s electronic artists such as Aphex Twin, Carl Craig, the Black Dog, Pe ...

, IDM, hip hop and

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

. Hannant has received positive critical reviews, and he was named one of "The Faces of '94" by music magazine '' Select''.

Biography

Hannant became a hip-hop/ electro DJ in 1986, after witnessing the 1986 World Mixing Championships. During 1993–1994, he released several solo albums on General Production Recordings rooted in ambient techno. His music from this period has been described as eclectic, densely layered and textured. Hannant's album ''Texturology'' (1994) resulted in a top three independent album chart placing. Music from the album was used in a theatre presentation of the 17th-century play ''The Traitor''. By 1994, Hannant began to diversify. He provided

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es for

Autechre Autechre () is an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are among the best known acts signed to UK electronic label Warp Records, through which all of Au ...

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and

Ned's Atomic Dustbin Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an English rock band formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of radio comedy programme ''The Goon Show''. The band is unusual for using two bass-players in their ...

, produced

Lida Husik Lida Husik (born 1963) is an American Washington, D.C./ New York City-based musician, who was active mainly in the 1990s. She released three albums for New York–based label Shimmy Disc. She later signed a deal with Caroline Records/Astralwerks, ...

(who provided the vocals to some of his compositions) and managed

Shed Seven Shed Seven are a alternative rock band, formed in York in 1990. One of the groups which contributed to the Britpop music scene of the 1990s, they continue to write, record and release music over thirty years later. They originally comprised sin ...

. With his long-term engineer Richard Brown, Hannant started the

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duo Outcast, signing to the indie label

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in 1996.

Discography

;Releases All on General Production Recordings * 1993: ''Tastes and Textures, Vol. 1'' (EP) * 1993: ''Tastes and Textures, Vol. 2: Basic Data Manipulation'' (CD and double LP) * 1994: ''Tastes and Textures, Vol. 3'' (EP) * 1994: ''Texturology'' (CD and double LP) * 1994: ''Texturology'' ol. 2(limited additional double LP)After the release of the main album both as a CD (GPRCD04) and a double LP (GPRLP04), came a limited additional double LP (GPRLLP04) with different tracks; though it is simply titled "Texturology" (in golden letters instead of the main release's black text), it is tagged " ol. 2 to differentiate it from the main release. * 1994: ''Ormeau'' (single) * 1994: ''Sculptured'' (CD and double LP) * 1994: ''Bitter Sweet'' (recorded as YO3 alias) * 1995: ''Psi-Onyx'' (EP) * 1995: ''Notions of Tonality, Vol. 1'' (EP) * 1996: ''Notions of Tonality, Vol. 2'' (EP) The cover of ''Notions of Tonality, Vol. 2'' mentions a forthcoming album, ''Tones'', but General Production Recordings folded before it could be released, and the album never surfaced. ;Appearances include * 1994: "Utuba" on ''

Artificial Intelligence II ''Artificial Intelligence II'' is a compilation album released via Warp on 30 May 1994. It is the eighth and final release in Warp's ''Artificial Intelligence'' series. It peaked at number 16 on the UK Compilation Chart. Critical reception John ...

'' * 1996: ''

Green Blue Fire ''Green Blue Fire'' is an album by Lida Husik and Beaumont Hannant. It was released in 1996 through Astralwerks. Conception The album was inspired by Husik's travels in York, England. Critical reception ''The Washington Post'' called the alb ...

'' album by Husikesque ;Remixes include * 1994: "Beaumonthannanttwomx" and "12/4cadetmx" on ''

Basscadet "Basscadet" is a track released by British electronic music duo Autechre, featured on their second EP, titled ''Basscad,EP'', released by Warp Records on 25 April 1994 (also known as ''Basscadet Mixes''). The EP consists entirely of remixes of the ...

'' EP by

* 1995: Two remixes of "

All I Ask of Myself Is That I Hold Together ''Brainbloodvolume'' is the third and final album from English rock band Ned's Atomic Dustbin with their original line-up. It was released in the United States on 21 March 1995 but did not appear in the United Kingdom until July of that year. ...

" and two remixes of "Premonition" by

References

External links

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Beaumont Hannant interview

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