ReviewsMar 23, 2015

Beam Up - Innerstand (Barely Breaking Even)

Under the Beam Up alias, Brian May (see also DJ Delay and Sonical, but not to be confused with the similarly named Queen guitarist), an English DJ who divides his time between Melbourne, Osaka and Berlin, experiments with reggae and dub.

For 'Innerstand' he collaborated with three vocalists: Terrence Alfonso Bowry, an English-Canadian jazz vocalist who made a name for himself while working in Shanghai, French Guianese rastaman Jornick Joelick and Bulgarian singer Katya Tasheva, whom we already knew from her work with German band Rotfront. The result is an atmospheric album floating somewhere between dub ('Hanabi Dub', 'Astronomy Dub', 'Fisherman'...), roots ('No Chains', 'Travelling'), jazz ('Icchieban') and trip hop ('Innocence').

About the Author

Jah Rebel

Together with Jah Shakespear, one of the founders of Reggae.be, he first started as a critic and a reporter before in the end of 2014 becoming editor in chief. Divides his time between his two passions: music and Haile Selassie.

Genres

DubReggae

Published

Mar 23, 2015

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