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Crazy Beast Studio

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About Me

Crazy Beast is the recording studio of engineer/producer Ben Durrant - based in fabulous Northeast Minneapolis, MN.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/22/2006
Band Website: crazybeast.com
Band Members: Ben Durrant, the Crazy Beast also occasionally drops by and sleeps on the couch.
Influences: Phil Evrum, Quang, Ethan Johns, Bells, Don Zientara, King Tubby, Kevin Shields, Murakami, Lomo, Wharton Tiers, Helios, Idaho/Jeff Martin, Eno, Dave Fridmann, ribbon mics, Nigel Godrich, gear older than me, anyone that has something honest to say through music
Sounds Like: Andrew Bird, Dosh, Roma di Luna, Eliza Blue, Bernie King, Ol Yeller, North City Ramblers, Brad Senne (Beight), GST, Black Blondie, Beatrix Jar, Unguided, Twin Town High Music Yearbook, Mary Everest, Sans Le System, Angry Mothers, Popcycle, Rockthrow, If Thousands, The Alrights, Il Guante, Monkey Power Trio, JG Everest, Cazadores, Andrew Broder (Fog), Frances Gumm, Atomic Flea, Lateduster, Catalyst Dance Company, Truthmaze, Katastrophy Wife, Neotropic, Lila Ammons and Bryan Olson, Sha Cage, EG Bailey, The Rogue States, Jessy Green/Viovoom, Unguided Missile, Poor Line Condition, Rivulets, Exercise, Kingdom of Ghosts, Baby Grant Johnson, Dick Hoff, Cash Carson, Dinkytowner, Crossfaded, Ear Candy, BK-One (Rhyme Sayers), KNONAM, Jack Gandydancer, Speakeasy Records, Illume, Brother Ali and Musab, Shabatt, Brenda, Simon Reverie, Scott Vetsch, Jeff Skemp, Art-A-Whirl, Sound Unseen, Mayslacks, Flip Top Box, Captain Blasted... and so on
Record Label: sometimes yay, sometimes nay
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CD Releases - Unguided, Eliza Blue, Roma di Luna

This Friday is the CD Release show for a band I've been playing in for quite some time - we used to be called Unguided Missile, and now we've just shortened it to Unguided. I recorded it here at Crazy...
Posted by Crazy Beast Studio on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:04:00 PST

Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

The new Andrew Bird record came out yesterday and has been doing smashingly well - glowing reviews in Spin, Newsweek, NPR, etc... Now, hopefully most of the people who saw fit to download the leaked t...
Posted by Crazy Beast Studio on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:21:00 PST

and some more

I'd much rather quote other folks than try to write about my own crud, so here are some nice, recent reviews blurbs about projects I've recorded, mixed, produced, what have you...Roma di Lunahttp://w...
Posted by Crazy Beast Studio on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:20:00 PST

Some Recent Press

Here are a few recent articles about projects I'm involved in:Billboard: Andrew BirdPitchfork: Andrew BirdPitchfork: DoshGrave Concerns: If ThousandsCity Pages: Twin Town Highcoolio!...
Posted by Crazy Beast Studio on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:31:00 PST