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BEEQUEEN - Port out Starboard Home

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Important Records IMPREC 339 Release Year: 2011 Note: melancholic ambient-pop with an electronic/experimental edge from the Dutch band and early Drone Records-artist (DR-03), these days much more song-oriented and with singer OLGA WALLIS as a new full member Price (incl. 19% VAT): €12.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info " 'Port Out Starboard Home' features surreal dream-pop, but always with that unique twist that is Beequeen. The album is loosely based around the theme of 'traveling'. The prophetic opening of 'A While A Way' (how true) transports you into the CD, which equally balances on vocal and instrumental pieces from introspective moments of 'Patience' and the title track to the up-tempo 'Someday Today'. Beequeen displays their wicked sense of humor in 'The Lord is my shepherd'. This new album is again produced by Erik Drost (The Legendary Pink Dots) with the help of Petra Randewijk." [label info] www.importantrecords.com "Beequeen is one of the older projects of legendary Dutch sound artist Frans de Waard. The project was established back in 1989 as joint venture with compatriot artist Freek Kinkelaar. Since then a large number of releases has been launched, this present album titled "Port out starboard home" being the latest. As the title suggest there is some kind of melancholic feel to the album. Musically the the album combines subdued electronics with acoustic expressions derived from guitars and the beautiful vocals of Olga Wallis. Olga Wallis was guest singer on previous album "Sandancing" (Important records, 2008), however on this new album she has become a full member of the band. Not strange since her mild vocals adds a perfect supplement to the gentle tones of the Beequeen-concept. As mentioned, the guitar sound is a quite big part of the album with some excellent strum works sometimes reminiscent of early Talk Talk ("Spirit of eden"-period). Even though the electronic interventions on the album is quite discreet in comparison to other projects of Frans de Waard, there are still moments where electronic experimentations penetrates such as the instrumental piece "Howard is not at home". Awesome album from Beequeen." [NM / Vital Weekly]