WOLVES OF THE WORLD (vinyl)

Description

Passionate about comics and drawing, Beans entered the fine arts. At the same time, he discovered the emerging spoken word scene and made a name for himself at the Rap meets Poetry gatherings in SoHo. It was there that the future members of AntiPop Consortium met. Within the group, he developed a staccato, fast and distinctive rap, sophisticated lyrics - a mix of “braggadocio” and “fractured” storytelling typical of the new school. The combined talents of the members of Anti-Pop Consortium allowed it to become a cult group, alongside artists from Anticon or Def Jux. Anti-Pop gave Beans complete freedom to experiment and perfect his production style, citing Suicide’s No Wave as its main influence (alongside Sun Ra, Mantronix, Sonic Youth, Public Enemy and Autechre). With High Priest, M.Sayyid and Earl Blaize, Anti-Pop released four albums for renowned labels such as Warp or Big Dada, and opened for Radiohead on the Amnesiac tour, before splitting up in 2002. Beans refined his style solo. Arty and minimal on Tomorrow Right Now in 2003. He returned in 2005, confident and “whole” on Shock City Maverick. In 2008, Thorns, his most personal work to date, allowed him to exorcise a few demons. 2009 marked the reformation of Anti-Pop Consortium and the release of Fluorescent Black. Beans worked in parallel on End It All, his fourth solo album, released on Anticon in 2010. In March 2017, after five years away, Beans returned to the forefront, not with one, but three albums: Wolves of the World, Love Me Tonight and HAAST, as well as his first novel: Die Tonight. Wolves of the World, the first album in the trilogy, was entirely produced by Canadian Toboggan. On this first installment, Beans was joined by two heavyweights of underground rap: Cities Aviv and Elucid. Beans confirmed his prolific return in 2018 with a vinyl edition of Wolves of the world on the Rennes label a night on canopy and Nights without smiles, a limited-edition cassette EP on the Clermont label Hello.L.A. Beans offers his most ambitious solo work to date, reaffirming his status as a pioneer while challenging contemporary listeners.