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The Beaufort Scale

About Me


The Beaufort Scale formed following a chance meeting at the legendary Big Chill Eclipse Festival at The Larmer Tree Gardens in 1999.
Inspired by a shared love of Ambient Electronica, Dub, Jazz, Funk, Electro and even Shoegaze; The Beaufort Scale produce carefully-crafted aural landscapes - fusing together rich layers of live instrumentation with electronica all held together with a liberal application of dub bass and found sound.
The Beaufort Scale's seminal chill-out track 'Sevastopol' attracted the attention of Pete Lawrence for his Big Chill compilation 'Take Me Home' and featured on 'The Chillout Lounge' compilation mixed by Ben Mynott, as well as on a limited 12" vinyl release.
Their current projects are a remix single 'Daytripper', to feature audio and video remixes by artists including The Irresistible Force and Dialog, and an album 'Forgotten Memories' which they will be looking to release later this year.
Click Picture for Sevastopol Video:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/28/2006
Band Website: http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/thebeaufortscale
Band Members: Alex &
Dan
Influences: Cinematic Orchestra, DJ Shadow, Global Communication, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, David Sylvian, Lexaunculpt, The Irresistible Force, Alucidnation, Steve Reich, Terry Reilly, Michael Nyman, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Delia Derbyshire, Malcolm Clarke, The Orb, Orbital, Pulp, Stereolab, Bjork, Cocteau Twins, The Coen Brothers, Peter Greenaway, Coldcut, My Bloody Valentine, Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Arovane, Laura B, Kate Bush, Durutti Column, AFX, Mu-Ziq, Four Tet, Autechre, Fela Kuti, Lali Puna, Drexciya, Talvin Singh, Transglobal Underground, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, The Moonflowers, Super Furry Animals, The Fall, Laika, Conemelt, Plaid, The Black Dog, The KLF, The Pink Floyd, DJ Food, The Byrds, The Kinks, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, Funkadelic, Prince, Jah Lion, King Tubby, Lee Perry, Augustus Paoblo, The Future Sound of London, Amon Tobin, Tortoise, Nobukazu Takemura, Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead, Deepfried Toguma, Console, Konono No1, Bang On A Can, Gil Scott Heron, Terry Callier, Sigur Ros, Salif Keita, The Rebirth Brass Band...

Sounds Like: The Beaufort Scale
Record Label: beaufort electronic recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Discount Tickets for Videocrash 3, 6th June, 9pm Koko, Camden, London

Exclusive to our myspace friends:Cheaper TicketsFree CDs! We'll be giving out some free CDs at the gig - come say hello after the show and you can have some free Beaufort Scale music.
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 03:25:00 GMT

Win 1 Pair of Tickets for Videocrash 3, Sat 6th June 2009

Please answer this question - first correct answer dibs them - What country was the video for Sevastopol filmed in?Details of gig in previous blog.Well it was in the UK (Wales to be precise), and we h...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 06:37:00 GMT

We are playing Videocrash 3 on Sat 6th June 2009 with Hexstatic + The Nextmen

Hosted By:SoundcrashWhen:06 June 2009Where:KOKO1A Camden High stLondonN1 0PSDescription:London's premier AV night returns to KOKO with the Masters Hexstatic vs newcomers The Nextmen, plus the Anmolies...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 07:16:00 GMT

Koko - Live Video Footage

Please check out our gig footage at the prestigious Koko, still so happy about this:Feb 7th - Koko - Daytripper and Horsenden Hill Live
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:15:00 GMT

MYSPACE RADIO SHOW

Hi myspacers,We are now accepting submissions for a special Beaufort Scale radio show profiling our favourite music from Myspace, to be featured on http://www.purple-radio.co.uk.Send us a message on m...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:09:00 GMT

We are at Concrete, The Hayward Gallery - Saturday 15th November

What a great flyer, and really pleased to be invited - it is a great place and that is a wonderful line up. Will be your first chance to hear our debut album 'Forgotten Memories' (after 9 years of rec...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:36:00 GMT

Side project - album download

Alex's side project Edifical has made 40 minutes of previously unreleased material available for download:http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.v iew&friendID=124685874&blogID=431805232
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:58:00 GMT

DJ/Live Set at The Prince, Brixton - Sunday 29th June - 7pm-Midnight

We're DJing at The Prince on the 29th of June, expect reggae, funk, punk, soul, psychedelia, and a selection of tracks from our forthcoming album and side-projects.The set will also contain some live ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:50:00 GMT

Check out this event: Squalid Steel with The Beaufort Scale

Hosted By: The Beaufort Scale When: 18 May 2008, 01:00Where: www.purple-radio.co.uk xxxxxxUnited KingdomDescription:The Beaufort Scale Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 14:24:00 GMT

New tracks

If you check the player on the main site you will notice a brace of new tunes, which we are v.v. proud of :-)
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:43:00 GMT