Beaumont Hannant
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Beaumont Hannant
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An eclectic producer who released four LPs during 1993-94 but then all but retired his solo work for a place in the trip-hop duo, Outcast. Beaumont Hannant began DJing in 1986 after attending several hip-hop mixing competitions.
During the late '80s he was heavily into electro, techno and hip-hop as well as indie-rock (he even managed fellow natives of York Shed Seven for a while). Hannant began working on production in 1993 with the EP "Tastes and Textures Vol.1" for GPR Records. One track, "Awakening the Soul", appeared on the Positiva Ambient Collection and Hannant released his debut album "Basic Data Manipulation" (Tastes and Textures Vol.2) that same year.
In 1994 Hannant recorded three full-lengths (Texturology, Bitter Sweet, Sculptured) for GPR, each possessing a variety of styles. By 1995, however, Hannant had begun to diversify his talents, providing remixes for Autechre, Björk and Ned's Atomic Dustbin, producing indie-folkie Lida Husik and founding the group Outcast with his engineer Richard Brown.
The duo signed to One Little Indian and released their debut album "Out Of Tune" in 1996. Hannant appeared to have returned to his solo guise as well at the end of the 1996 with the release of a GPR double-pack EP titled Notions of Tonality.
During the late '80s he was heavily into electro, techno and hip-hop as well as indie-rock (he even managed fellow natives of York Shed Seven for a while). Hannant began working on production in 1993 with the EP "Tastes and Textures Vol.1" for GPR Records. One track, "Awakening the Soul", appeared on the Positiva Ambient Collection and Hannant released his debut album "Basic Data Manipulation" (Tastes and Textures Vol.2) that same year.
In 1994 Hannant recorded three full-lengths (Texturology, Bitter Sweet, Sculptured) for GPR, each possessing a variety of styles. By 1995, however, Hannant had begun to diversify his talents, providing remixes for Autechre, Björk and Ned's Atomic Dustbin, producing indie-folkie Lida Husik and founding the group Outcast with his engineer Richard Brown.
The duo signed to One Little Indian and released their debut album "Out Of Tune" in 1996. Hannant appeared to have returned to his solo guise as well at the end of the 1996 with the release of a GPR double-pack EP titled Notions of Tonality.
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bosscat2
September 11, 2018
edited over 4 years ago
Loved Texturology. Great memories listening back to that. Beaumont Hannant, where art thou?
arsebucket
May 14, 2018
and what did he do next? not meaning musically but always interested in musicians who move on with their lives elsewhere
noviellion
February 4, 2018
Proper layered up ambient electronica. Up there with the greats like Bola, Scanner, SETI, Mark Broom, Speedy J, Higher Intelligence Agency etc... Always something new and experimental but still musical.
ztiromecho15
July 4, 2017
Insane producer. A man with an unmistakable style, who brought out true individualism through his music
lizardfister
February 24, 2017
edited over 5 years ago
Genuinely will never understand why this guy stopped making music. Such a shame, he was such a great producer. Managed to develop an individual style and contribute to a wonderfully developing electronic scene.
Tastes and Textures vol. 2 is the pick of the bunch for me, so many varied styles and influences obvious from the tracks on the album.
Tastes and Textures vol. 2 is the pick of the bunch for me, so many varied styles and influences obvious from the tracks on the album.
kerguenec
February 22, 2017
Beaumont Hannant had a track released on "Artificial intelligence 2" Warp compliation, named Utuba. It is where i first encountered the talent of this musician and the quality of his music gave easily its place among stars of the genre like Autechre, Balil or Link.
Lyman_Zerga
April 16, 2021Thanks for the article, Mike, and thanks for the music, BH.