Eatenbybears were only really getting going and yet, they announced a couple of weeks ago that they were splitting. They signed off with a free remix EP featuring a SertOne cut and left a legacy of a couple of sweet singles like ‘Simple As Hell’ and ‘Your Pet Is Dead’.
That remix EP suggested where the singer/guitarist Olan Stephens was heading next under the guise The Bedroom with a frantically kaleidoscopic bass clap trap rave track. ‘Basquiat’ displays Stephens’ MO under the new project to focus on bedroom productions in both audio and visual mediums. So we get this weird and wonky beat-heavy track that sounds like Gonjasufi over a Fly Lo beat. Stephens says:
Pretending to be a painting can’t be healthy right? ‘Basquiat’ briefly enters the world of a man who, having become obsessed with American artist Jean Michel Basquiat, loses his mind trying to become one of his works. The video was directed and produced by ‘The Bedroom’, and filmed by Richard Butler, who also works with Belfast’s House11 productions. It’s the first release by ‘The Bedroom’ and is to be the first of many audio/visual pieces created as part of the project.
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This is shit.
Looking forward to an album!
This is absolute bollocks
So lame. This is so lame.
leave it
-mik
PLEASE MAKE IT STOP
This is you from the future, you have to stop.
This is me from the present. See you later.
(Looks like we got an Eminem ‘Real Slim Shady’ situation going on here)
listen to yourself, give up -mik
Its pretty Nathan Barley
(but not in the funny sense) to be fair….
Not bad for a first release. Short track but still manages to feel like it drags on. Could use some more variety. Video is okay. Should have taken that necklace off and kept the christmas lights out of the shot. Should be good once you develop your sound a little more. There’s bound to be an audience for this sound out there. 6/10
Should have stayed in Eatenbybears, the song is amateur, too hip for its own good and poorly rips off so many other sounds.
Have to agree with the comments up there, poorly rips off a lot of other artists. Maybe don’t try so hard?
Not trying to be condescending/act the maggot: What other artists do this kind of sound well? I’d like to give them a listen.
you are an idiot for leaving EatenByBears. Your lyrics and sound were far better, especially with YPID and Simple- a big fan of how silly and poppy it was becoming with a sinister tinge to it. I know what your trying to go for here, but its just not gonna settle well with most people, and its not a show that I would ever wanna see. Especially with the visuals-get something interesting going on if you’re going to set your self up to be a ‘visual’ artist. Honestly the best thing that you could do, if you had a bit of knowledge about you, would be to beg with the other lads to get back in with EatenByBears or their new group, because unless this is for some artistic course (where the more retarded the sound/concept, the better a grade you get) – then it really shouldn’t have a future. MACCA OUT!
Next level and then some
Seems to be a lot of hate for this track……. I’m thinking its to do with you leaving the band mentioned above? don’t listen to the haters. Go for it.
Lame
This is fairly good, and has real potential. Sounds like a graveyard version of the Gorillaz maybe? I’d like if vocals were dropped in later releases and the sinister feeling was upped. That would be amazing.
Wow a lot of unwarranted hate in these comments. Promising track man, it’s a completely different sound from Eatenbybears and I think that’s most people problem here. Most of them were probably just looking for more of the same. Keep it up.
so bad.
Dude, this track is really nice, has a gritty glitched up yet groovy bassline. not an easy thing to accomplish in its self. The vocals feel more real and less superficial than eatenbybears stuff if im to be honest. Theres originality and true expression in this track that sucks you into it. Keep up to savage work, dont change your genuine sound for some blog comments from fans of a different genre. There different rooted geners, music is subjective for everyone but its not nice to hear such negative reviews from people who dont appreciate a track that has a solid production value, originality, sweet groove and appeal to IDM fans. We should all sit down and have a cuppa tea and not be hating on the young artist. Jasus tis a nice day out today.
This is awesome, The Bedroom is even better. Keep it up.