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4AD Introduces bEEdEEgEE Debut Solo Album from Brian DeGraw
4AD Introduces bEEdEEgEE Debut Solo Album from Brian DeGraw of Gang Gang Dance
SUM/ONE set for release November 29th, 2013
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bEEdEEgEE photographed by Michael J Fox
bEEdEEgEE is the performing alias of Brian DeGraw, an American artist, musician and producer who lives and works between the inner city and the Catskill region of New York state. Most commonly known in the world for his work at the centre of Gang Gang Dance and their musical mastery, SUM/ONE is his debut record as a solo artist.
Written and recorded over the course of a year in his Woodstock studio, the W0RMB1N, SUM/ONE fuses deep synth soundscapes with audacious pop moments. The nine tracks that comprise SUM/ONE also feature the vocal talents of Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Lovefoxxx (CSS), Lizzi Bougatsos (Gang Gang Dance) and Douglas Armour.
SUM/ONE will be released on CD, vinyl and digitally on November 29th . bEEdEEgEE will be playing his first live shows with Animal Collective on their North American Winter Tour.
bEEdEEgEE presents new song ‘Flowers’ as the first track to radio from the forthcoming album.
A love song to the humble perennial, ‘Flowers’ features the vocal stylings of Lovefoxxx (CSS) and is lifted from DeGraw’s debut solo album SUM/ONE, out November 29th (UK December 2nd & 3rd in N. America).
Listen to ‘Flowers’ below – http://youtu.be/3ptBWZ4c8CM
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