Leggo Beast
Leggo Beast (born Murray Clark) is a recording artist, music producer and DJ.
He began his musical career as one member of Opik (Earning sinle of the week in the N.M.E. in 1992 before being signed to the Deconstruction record label 1992–1995), then as one half of the Bullitnuts (signed to Pork Recordings 1995–1999). Leggo Beast produced 2 albums with Pork Recordings, From Here to G (2000) and Sines and Cymbals (2001). His last album, Tales From the Crib, was released on the Big Chill label (2007). More recently, his production work includes music for films (Dirty Sanchez, Sparkle) TV and advertising. Leggo Beast was a featured DJ in the Addictive TV series, Mixmasters. He has DJed extensively at venues in Belgium, Moscow, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Los Angeles, Athens, New York, Czech Republic, Stockholm, and throughout the UK, most prominently at the Glastonbury Festival, Headlining the Rizla tent, Fridays at Fabric (London) and the Big Chill festival. Previous residencies include Medicine Bar (London), The Welly (Hull) and Elbow Rooms (London) with Pork Recordings.
Murray quit DJing in 2010 to pursue painting, but can be found on occasional weekends at the Big Chill House or the Big Chill Bar (London).
[edit] Discography
- From Here To G, album, Pork Recordings (Pork 066); released June 13, 2000. A selection of tracks from this album were also released on vinyl (Pork 069).
- Sines and Cymbals, album, Pork Recordings (Pork 080), released June 2001.
- Noodle Soup, EP, vinyl, Pork Recordings (Pork 088), released September 2001.
- Thunk, album, Big Chill Recordings (FACTOR 12), released 2005.
- Tales from the Crib, album, Big Chill Recordings, released 2007.
[edit] External links
- Leggo Beast at Allmusic
- Leggo Beast bio at the Big Chill
- Leggo Beast at last.fm
- Leggo Beast at discogs.com
