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Artist
Lark
12+ albums
trip-hopsouth africanelectronicalternativeexperimental
about
There are 2 bands called Lark: 1) A South African group from the city of Cape Town that formed in 2003 and disbanded temporarily in 2008. The group reunited in 2009 for 2 tours and are currently producing their 3rd album in London and Cape Town. Lark formed in April 2003 as a four-piece electronica band originating from Cape Town, South Africa. Their music is a groundbreaking blend of electronic beats, audio manipulation and organic instrumentation resulting in a sound that explores new musical territory. Lark's offering is an honest and gritty challenge to the audience to abandon their preconceived ideas about music. Inge Beckman (vocalist & vocal FX) is a trained singer in opera, classics, dance and jazz. She has been exercising her talents since an early age. Her public performances began in the jazz scene, gigging in Stellenbosch clubs with local jazz musos and at various venues throughout Cape Town. Her subsequent collaboration with the 9 piece hip hop band The Spindle Sect put her on the map. Inge has also starred in various music videos for Russia, Germany and South Africa. She has featured in commercial film productions flighted locally and internationally and was the lead in a MTV International commercial called Nightswimmer. A prolific songwriter, Inge began to look for an alternate outlet for her music, something more personal and unconstrained. One evening she heard Humanizer for the first time, she instantly knew this was the producer she was looking
