Beautiful Friend - Hello Rainbow Geeks

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Robert Horton and Les Shimmin have been recording together as Beautiful Friend since back in 1996.

There first release 'Hello Rainbow Geeks' presents twenty songs recorded between 1996-2005.

Beautiful Friend are a truly unique entity. Horton provides his visionary experimental approach which works

perfectly with Les Shimmin's soulful vocals, ecstatic outsider lyrics, and abstract beats. An essential for all

rainbow geeks and dragon believers.

**Robert Horton has made numerous recordings for underground labels such as Digitalis, music fellowship, 267 lattajjaa,

gold soundz, blackest rainbow and has recorded as a duo with tom carter for important records**

5...according to glowing portastudio.

For those who've enjoyed Robert Horton's adventures in abstract sound, this release may come as a surprise: it did to me! The 20 tracks compiled here date from 1996-2005 and find Horton collaborating on mainly song-based material with Les Shimmin. What's really endearing about this is a spirit of adventure - the feeling of people making songs who haven't bothered with some rule book telling them how they should do it. Aside from a drum machine here and there, the tracks are based on layered textures, loops and collages of voices with some field recordings. Daniel Plonsey turns up with treated clarinet and sax on a few tracks, as does Horton's partner Janet Carter, whose voice appears on one song. The sound is very clearly ye olde 4 track portastudio, which has a certain glow to it as well.

So, what do you think? Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!