Boy Eats Drum Machine

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Boy Eats Drum Machine is a singular figure of the West. He does things his own way, thank you very much, and does those things well enough to run his own one-man gang. Sometimes his voice is low and dry like the great Oregon deserts. Other times it resonates warmly, as though reflecting off the hills. He’s a turntablist’s turntablist, robbing breaks and sound textures from vinyl even after most of his contemporaries switched to laptops. He then adds soulful blasts of tenor saxophone, twangy guitar, and bassy, soundtrack worthy, analog synth. He’s an artist-outlaw.

His shows feature a mixture of multi-instrumental-wizardry and performance art, as he moves effortlessly from sax, to drum, to turntable. BEDM audiences are comprised of wiggling bodies, curious onlookers, and shining faces nodding in time to expertly placed beats. His songs are succinct, interesting, and strut into jammy terrain only on such occasions that call for it. Though Boy Eats Drum Machine has his finger on the sample button, his sound remains distinctively organic. His home-spun compositions set a cozy table, with tales of escape nibbling at your heart strings.

Discography:

20 Beats (2010)
Hoop and Wire (Tender Loving Empire - 3/2/10)
Booomboxxx (Tender Loving Empire - 10/2008)
Two Ghosts (7/2007)
Pleasure (11/2005)
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  • socpupett

    :D

    January 2012
  • narkomaniek

    this guys should be 100000x times more famous, booomboxx such amazing album

    November 2011
  • aloneagaineor

    great music. tnx.

    May 2011
  • Vairiant

    opening track r00lz

    November 2010
  • McNutsack

    20 Beats is amazing. My favorite yet! Although I still occasionally enjoy the vocals : D

    November 2010
  • Fairlyobvious

    Because it's sick.

    October 2010
  • Fairlyobvious

    Gun Fight made me throw up all over myself.

    October 2010
  • Swaytek1

    20 beats is completely amazing. Best 7.49 i have ever spent :)

    October 2010
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20 Beats! Stream it. Get it:

7 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/boyeatsdrummachine

20 Beats is my new collection of instrumentals. It features 10 different Portland drummers via breaks grabbed and tweaked from Bridgetown Breaks. Each track also has it's own album...

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