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1) Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Beck’s music is known for its pop-junk culture collage of musical styles, ironic lyrics, samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and heady sound effects.
Beck was born in Los Angeles, California, to David Campbell (a musician and son of a Presbyterian minister) and Bibbe Hansen (a former dancer for The Velvet Underground, founding member of the satirical band Black Fag, and visual artist). When his parents separated, Beck stayed with his mother and brother in Los Angeles, where he was influenced by that city’s diverse musical offerings—everything from hip-hop to latin music—and his mother’s art scene – all of which would later reappear in his recorded and published work.
Although Beck’s work defies easy description, his eclecticism and genre experiments have sparked comparisons with Prince, though Beck was undoubtedly a less prolific artist, and drew on an absurdist, free-flowing lyrical style totally original when first exposed to mainstream audiences (indeed, some critics labeled him and his breakthrough single
Loser as novelties - see below). Despite this individualism, Beck’s music was very much a product of the 90s and the media age in general, with hip hop, indie/underground rock, electronic music and genre-benders like the Beastie Boys as notable touchstones; in addition, some critics could not resist likening his head-spinning lyrical aesthetic to a post-modern Bob Dylan sensibility.
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sashagupta The song "Midnight vultures"is soo underrated!
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Clockhand Really, it's just Sea Change for me.
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Nakkinak two turntables and a microphone
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mecbirdhouse Mutations is pretty rad indeed. Nobody's Fault But My Own is one of Beck's best imho.
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watchtowerman please make a new LP!!!!!!!!
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lyricalmind89 Mutations is hideously underrepresented on the top tracks list. It's really becoming one of my favorite albums. Everyone go listen to O Maria right now!
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CoconutWarrior Hey everybody, just wanted to share a video I just made with Strange Apparition, using clips from the 1936 Alice In Wonderland. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ie8F65kzoI
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mitchfork Sex master
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opennoise Sea Change.
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lastinglove Guero! All de way!
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Robishx Can't wait for Sasquatch.
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husbysone he's a full grown man
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Sea Change is carthatic as fuck. One of my favorite albums now.
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Lucastrike Beck went even better after Loser.
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Hedi Slimane show “California Song” at MOCA feat. photos of Beck
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Autumn de Wilde signs her new photo book “Beck” this Saturday
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Autumn de Wilde signs her new photo book “Beck” this Saturday
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