Betamaxnomates

about

Bridging the gap between synthpop and shoegaze, industrial and IDM, techno and trip-hop, BETAMAXNOMATES boldly goes where countless other better, more successful, artists have gone before. Armed only with a library of preset synth patches, recycled drum loops, and a passing familiarity with the I, IV, V chord progression, BETAMAXNOMATES’ music has been deemed ‘listenable’, ‘[not] without merit’, and ‘tedious and derivative’. Notoriously antisocial, BETAMAXNOMATES shuns any sort of ‘collaboration’, fiercely suspicious of anyone who might seek to corrupt/improve his singular artistic vision. That said, should the ‘right contract’ (read: any contract) come along, BETAMAXNOMATES is fully prepared to get a lopsided haircut, don a too-tight battered leather jacket and drainpipe jeans and generally compromise said vision all over the place. (BETAMAXNOMATES uses Ableton and Native Instruments software, Novation keyboards, and Apple computers). Unschooled in the dark art of ‘mastering’, BETAMAXNOMATES’ work might be charitably described as ‘lo-fi’, ‘sloppy’, ‘amateurish’ - perhaps even ‘charmingly’ so. Though his music costs little to produce - and sounds it - the low level of financial investment/actual effort required allows BETAMAXNOMATES scope to explore a variety of genres and adopt a number of artistic guises, drawing influences from across the musical spectrum, to create tracks that invariably just end up sounding like something Martin Gore binned in 1986. And when he‘s not bu

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The Ill.Methodology

Fake Heads

Epic Fail

BETAMAXNOMATES.COM

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The Ill.Methodology (MUTI100)

Samantha Janus

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MIGREC07

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BETAMAXNOMATES.COM/MIXES

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Girls With Low Self Esteem (2005-2007)

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Samurai FM Promo Mixes

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[RK2] - Minimal, Tech House, Progressive House and Electro Sessions

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Crawling With Lizards: Ancient Recordings (2002-2005)

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