On my show this month:
It seems Skreen has been at the sherry again, as this month's two hour show unleashes a whole plethora of wonderful oddities in the form of Northwest , Good Parley, Nhktar, Craig Scott's Lobotomy, The Newport Dolls , Jack Of None, Life As Surface Noise and Asa . Repeat offenders include Amyl & The Sniffers, Sir Robert Orange Peel, Scenius and Analogue Electronic Whatever . The SchytëHawkës, States Of Nature and The Grasping Straws provide noise aplenty with Inflexi0n, Sintetica Project, Octavia Freud and H-M O adding something for the electro fans. Top tunes by Slow Walk and Polarized Eyes are lifted from the latest Thomas Imposter compilation, the Joy Of Six Volume 6. There's much more too - and all delivered in Skreen's usual shabby chic style.
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The Beatbox Saboteurs are Blu and Skreen B, we are a couple of miscreant toffs from the South of England who simply like making and listening to music.
We are probably most well-known for being members of the Cuban Boys, the band who became an integral part of the John Peel Show in the late 90s and, amusingly, through a sequence of fortunate events, ended up being signed to the EMI mothership and gatecrashing the UK charts. We charted higher than S Club 7, pretty good for a "bad Technohead tribute band". However, winning John Peel's Festive 50, recording a couple of sessions for him and having our homemade CDRs played on his show remain our greatest achievements.
The Beatbox Saboteurs formed as an escape pod from the Cuban Boys, aiming to further propel the tradition of twisting popular sound recordings into something fresh and interesting. Call it smiling entertainment with a devilish grin. Once again, we found ourselves adored by John Peel, along with an ever-expanding rabble of DJs from radio stations all around the globe. Between 2002-03, the Beatbox Saboteurs released a rapid succession of albums and special one-off recordings before taking the decision to disappear before the lure of corporate labels tainted the project.
Aside from The Beatbox Saboteurs, we have been involved in many music projects. Our early days as schoolboys were spent making horrendous metal-bashing experimental noise but since then we have worked in nearly every genre: goth, synth-pop, techno, classical, ambient, drum & bass, pop, dance, rock, electro and possibly even novelty pop.
We now run a micro-label called House Of Beauty Records and enjoy the freedom to create whatever takes our fancy. We are goths at heart but can see the wonder of light. If you want to send us a dodgy demo then we would love to hear it!
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