{"product_id":"14-6","title":"Beequeen – Ownliness","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Infraction – INFX 003\u003cbr\u003eFormat: CD, Album, Limited Edition\u003cbr\u003eCountry: US\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2002\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Ambient, Drone, Experimental, Trip Hop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSurrealist genre-blurring from long-running Dutch duo Beequeen - total hidden gem!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBeequeen are a confusing group for us.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA Dutch duo comprised of Frans de Waard (most notably of Kapotte Muziek, but also Doc Wör Mirran) and Freek Kinkelaar of Brunnen, although both seem to have done time in many other one-away noise \/ improv groups.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe usual European underground avant-garde \/ (post)-industrial touch-points feel within reach - Nurse With Wound, H.N.A.S, Asmus Tietchens, The Hafler Trio +++ - but here Ownliness, released in the early 00s badlands, feels remarkably up to date and erm.. genuinely pleasing to listen to.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBlossoming out of noise and tape experiments, Ownliness sees the duo attempting to make songs, whilst embracing the scent of trip-hop and post-rock in the air of the time.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe oddly titled ‘With Anna You Get Eggroll’ drifts into a wonderfully sedate dreamy drum-loop amidst a mist of discreet field-recordings and tape collage sounds, before they burrows back inside and pulling over the blanket with shimmering drone passages and scatterings of concrete noise.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTowards the end, ‘Beam Ends’ drifts off into dreamland with softly played guitar notes and gently yearning organ vibrato.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHere, you really get an taste of what that stern 90’s European experimental underground could have become if it weren’t so afraid to embrace \/ indulge a sense of pop.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA truly special one worthy of many repeat listens which would have totally passed us by if it weren’t for the esteemed excavation works of @pianola Records.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eStrongly tripped - last copies!\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(Mint \/ New - unplayed deadstock with 7”, 1 pp pls!!!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Clockwise 1:29\u003cbr\u003e2 My Wicked Wicked Ways 7:04\u003cbr\u003e3 With Anna You Get Eggroll 7:25\u003cbr\u003e4 Daad 3:06\u003cbr\u003e5 Parselmouth 5:41\u003cbr\u003e6 There Are Worse Things I Could Do 2:14\u003cbr\u003e7 My Heart Belongs To Daddy 3:22\u003cbr\u003e8 Beam Ends 8:18\u003cbr\u003e9 (The Long And Metaphysical Journey Into) Ownliness 1:13\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58073988858238,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_4173_8271c8d9-73a5-4531-aede-55c7afe911e7.jpg?v=1790087153","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/14-6","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}