Beans (rapper)
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 Beans performing at Coachella 2005 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert Edward Stewart, II |
| Born | July 3, 1971 |
| Origin | White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | MC, Producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Moog synthesizer, Programmed Percussion |
| Years active | early 90's - present |
| Labels | Anticon, Warp, Thirsty Ear, Adored and Exploited |
| Associated acts | Antipop Consortium |
| Website | Beans' Myspace |
Beans (aka Mr Ballbeam) hails from White Plains, New York, a suburb of New York City. He is one of the founding members of New York's legendary Antipop Consortium, who disbanded in 2002 but have since reformed: new material was released in the form of the group's 2009 album Fluorescent Black on Big Dada Records.
With his distinctive, fast-flowing and poetic style Beans amalgamates witty, thoughtful lyrics with his own productions of "Chunky psychedelic electro-hop".[1]
Beans has released 2 LPs and an EP on Anti-Pop Consortium's former label Warp Records since launching his solo career in 2003: Tomorrow Right Now (2003), Now Soon Someday (2003 EP), and Shock City Maverick (2004). His 2005 album Only was released on Thirsty Ear, followed by a self-released LP on his own imprint, Adored and Exploited, entitled Thorns.
Beans has recently released a new album entitled End It All, which features production by Four Tet, Ade Firth, In Flagranti, Son Lux, DJ Nobody, Sam Fogarino of Interpol, Clark, Tobacco, and Fred Bigot. The album was released in 2010 on Anticon.
Beans has performed on the same stage as acts as diverse as Radiohead, Prefuse 73, Public Enemy, Kool Keith, Edan, The Rapture, Missy Elliott, Ex- Models, The Locust, Mike Ladd, and Tortoise.
He has collaborated with, among others, Vernon Reid of Living Colour, Ghislain Poirier, Arto Lindsay, Alec Empire, Funkstörung, Holy Fuck, Evil Nine, and DJ Shadow.
He has been known to perform in a wide variety of venues, from underground clubs in New York's East Village to festivals worldwide. In the past has taken to the stage armed with only a microphone and a portable CD player for his backing track, further reflecting the minimalist nature of his style. In recent times he been performing and touring with That Kid Prolific.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo Releases
- Nude Paper / Star Killer (12") Mo Wax 2000
- Nude Paper / Star Killer (12") 75 Ark 2000
- Mutescreamer (7") Warp Records 2003
- Tomorrow Right Now Warp Records 2003
- Now Soon Someday (EP) Warp Records 2004
- Down By Law (12") Warp Records 2004
- Shock City Maverick Warp Records 2004
- Only - with William Parker and Hamid Drake Thirsty Ear(2006)
- Thorns Adored And Exploited Records (2007)
- End It All Anticon Records (2011)
[edit] Remixes
- Walk the Line (12") Studio !K7 2003
[edit] Production
- The Ends Against the Middle Vector Warp Records 2001
- Arrhythmia Ghostlawns Warp Records 2002
- Juice CD Volume 28 (CD) Toast Juice Magazine 2003
- Juice CD Volume 31 (CD) A Knot In Your Bop Juice Magazine 2003
- Future Sound of Hip Hop (CD) Shards Of Glass Wagram 2005
- Toxic (3xLP) Dystopian Disco Force Because Music 2005
- Fluorescent Black New Jack Exterminator Big Dada 2009
[edit] Appears On
- Mistaken Identity CP Time, Signed Fictitious 550 Music 1996
- Easy Listening 4 Armageddon (LP) The Post Apocalypse Or... Scratchie Records 1997
- Chocolate Art EP (12") Earth Connection 1998
- DJ-Kicks (CD, Comp, Mixed) Disorientation Studio !K7 1998
- Orators of Advanced Thought (CD) Ozone Music 1998
- Rise (CD, Album) He Be The Poetry, Micr... Arthrob 1998
- The Curse of the Golden Vampire (Album) Substance X Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) 1998
- You've Got the F*****g Power Substance X Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) 1998
- #01 SPEX-CD (Compilation) Nude Paper Spex Magazine 2000
- Deltron 3030 St. Catherine St. 75 Ark 2000 Traffic Entertainment Group 2008
- Gun Hill Road Quarterback Theme Big Dada 2000
- The Art of War: Who Dares Wins (Compilation) Star Killer Toy's Factory 2000
- Points of Order(CD, Album) Staple Nex, Staple Nex... Innerhythmic 2001
- The Brotherhood of the Bomb Glass Prism Enclosure Matador 2001
- Viceversa CD (Compilation) Salt Studio !K7 2001
- Deadly wiz da Disko (CD, Album) Superglitcher Studio !K7, Rough Trade Germany 2002
- Lie Low (CD, Maxi) Move Slow Big Dada Recordings 2002
- Understanding (2xLP) Move Slow Big Dada Recordings 2002
- Old Scores, New Glories (CD, EP) True Rebel Records 2003
- Cold as Hell (12", Ltd, Ora)) Cold As Hell Chocolate Industries 2004
- Spacesettings Jaw Modulation Plug Research 2004
- Version Born(CD, Album) Vice Vanity Palm Beats 2004
- Additional Productions Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Nite Eats Day (Money Mix) Ghostly International 2005
- Breakbeat Science Exercise.05 I Am Metal (Vocal Mix) Breakbeat Science Recordings 2005
- Breakupdown (CD) Cold as Hell Chocolate Industries 2005
- Dabrye - Additional Productions Vol. 1 (12") Nite Eats Day (Money Mix) Ghostly International 2005
- I Am Metal(12") Offshore Recordings 2005
- New Thunder / B About It (12") New Thunder Compost Records 2005
- Surrounded by Silence (CD) Morale Crusher Warp Records 2005
- Top 40 Suicide / Hypodraulics (2xCDr, Mixed) Salt Vulgar 2005
- Dub Selector 3 (Compilation) Vice Vanity (Noiseshapers) Quango Records 2006
- Frankie Splits New Thunder Compost Records 2006
- I Am Metal (Martyn's 3024 Robot Mix) / Heroine (Dinky Link) (12") I Am Metal (Martyn's 3024 Robot Mix)Offshore Recordings 2006
- Two/Three Nite Eats Day Ghostly International 2006
- Wake Up Vice Vanity (Noiseshapers) Echo Beach 2006
- Starkey Remixes (12") I Am Metal (Starkey Remixes) Offshore Recordings 2008
- They Live! (CD, Album) Set It Off Marine Parade 2008
- Blending And Bending (Cass, Mixed) Salt Not On Label
- Live At CBGB's New York City 4-11-1998 (CDr, Mixed) Untitled Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR)
- Ratatat Remixes Vol 2.
[edit] Tracks Appear On
- The Art of War: Who Dares Wins (2xCD, Comp) Star Killer Toy's Factory 2000
- Viceversa (CD, Promo) Salt (Funkstörung Remix) Studio !K7 2001
- Stagnation Reversed [Volume 2] (Cass, Mixed) Untitled Cypha' Prayer 2002
- Advanced Listening Opportunity Phreek The Beet Warp Records 2003
- Diminishing Returns (2xCD, Mixed, Ltd) Mutescreamer Reconstruction Productions 2003
- Juice CD Volume 28 (CD) Toast Juice Magazine 2003
- Trax Hors Série #6 : Warp (CD, Smplr, Car) Phreek The Beet Trax Sampler 2003
- Warp WIFOF2003 Mix (CD) Roar Warp Records 2003
- Listen to Chill 01 (CD, Smplr, Car) Diamond Halo Grenade Chill (2) 2004
- Margin (CD, Smplr) Mutescreamer (Prefuse 73 remix) Warp Records 2004
- Sónar 2004 - Motors Running(2xCD) Mutescreamer (Prefuse 73 remix) SonarMusic 2004
- Trax Sampler 079 (CD, Smplr, Enh, Car) Death By Sophistication Trax Sampler 2004
- WarpVision: The Videos 1989-2004 (DVD, PAL, Reg) Mutescreamer Warp Records 2004
- A Thunder Sound (CDr, Mix) Down By Law (Instrumental) Undivided Productions 2005
- Future Sound of Hip Hop (CD) Shards Of Glass Wagram 2005
- Loose Ends for Divination (CD + CD) Nude Paper (2Tall Remix) Eclectic Breaks 2005
- Orchestrated B-Boy Screams(CDr, Mix) Mutescreamer Vulgar 2005
- The Thrill of Colette (CD) You're Dead, Let's Disco Colette 2005
- Toxic (CD, Comp) Bubonic (Instrumental) Because Music 2005
- Thirsty Ear Blue Series Sampler 4 Thirsty Ear 2006
- Essentials (CD, Promo, Mix) Mutescreamer (El-P Remix) Undergroundhiphop.com 2007
- Remixes Vol. II (CD, Album, Promo) Freestyle Not On Label 2007
- Los Angeles Live Volume Six (2xCD) Wind Y Hill KXLU
[edit] Unofficial Releases
- Orgasmic Le Toxicologue Est Secrètement Amoureux De Vous (CD, Mixed) Superglitcher Not On Label (Orgasmic Self-released) 2002
- Essential Mix (Compilation) Mutescreamer DJ Shadow (White) 2008
[edit] References
- ^ According to the website review in Pitchfork Media for the album, Thorns, " The MC is simply good at what he's good at, putting together bushy, crooked beats with rhymes that are both confessional and evasive".
