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Betelgeuse

About Me

Main discography:
* Izvorni Kod EP - Miga 018 (Granada) - 2007
* Kontakt EP - Kontakte 001 (Valencia) - 2006
* Silencio - unreleased
* Le Temps Retrouvé - unreleased
* Dripping (Por Amor al Arte) - one track for the soundtrack of the film directed by Vicente Monsonís - Terra a la Vista - 2002
Remixes:
* Monoceros: 'Happiness' (Betelgeuse's 'Bipolar Disorder' remix). Imaginary NonExistant Records (Girona) - 2008
* Aerobic Studio: 'Load Cassette' (Betelgeuse rmx). Aerobic Studio (Valencia) - 2006
* Fangoria: 'Más que una Bendición' (Betelgeuse rmx). Subterfuge (Madrid) - 2003/2005
BETELGEUSE's 'KONTAKT' EP. KONTAKTE [MUSIC LABEL]. KT001, 2006.
SOME REVIEWS:
4TH BEST NATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR 2006, according to Magazine Rockdelux.
Top Single Recommendation in the WARP Records website (Sheffield, UK): «Three very very good pieces.»
Phonica Records (London, UK): «A promising start.»
Boomkat (Manchester, UK): «'Kontakt' manages to avoid electronic heresy by keeping things ticking along in the right direction.»
Fat Planet (Sydney, Australia): «A rich step forward in the humanisation of experimental electronica, (...) the results are wonderfully unique.»

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/2/2006
Band Website: http://www.betelgeuse.kontakterecords.com/
Band Members: David Ortolà & Jose Antonio Serrano ..

Influences: Maurice Ravel, Boards of Canada, Béla Bartók, Nobukazu Takemura, Iannis Xenakis, Antonio de Cabezón, Max de Wardener, Morton Feldman, Max Richter, John Cage, Killing Joke, Toru Takemitsu, Frederic Mompou, Vincent Gallo, Krzysztof Penderecki, Mara Carlyle, Bernardo Bonezzi, Franz Schubert, Bauhaus, George Crumb, Taylor Deupree & Kenneth Kirschner, Manuel Blasco de Nebra, Plaid, Alban Berg, Tricky, Gerard Grisey, Bernard Herrmann, Nine Inch Nails, Henry Cowell, Sergei Prokofiev, Tom Middleton, Pauline Oliveros, Miles Davis, Luigi Russolo, Frederick Loewe, Lee Norris, Igor Stravinsky, Astrud Gilberto, Olivier Messiaen, Ry Cooder, Henry Mancini, Air, Portishead, Jane's Addiction, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Anton Webern, Francis Dhomont, Oval, Craig Armstrong, PJ Harvey, Murcof, Steve Reich, Luc Ferrari, Matthew Herbert, Gustav Mahler, Anton Kubikov & Maxim Milutenko, Antonio Iglesias, György Ligeti, Brad Mehldau, 4 Hero, Frederic Galliano, Everything but the Girl, Claude Debussy, Carl Stone & Tetsu Inoue, Massive Attack, Hildegard von Bingen, Santi Ibarretxe, The Cure, Christian Kleine, Bill Laswell, Bent, Jerry Goldsmith, Herbie Hancock, Autechre, Bruno Maderna,...
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Kontakte
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Sr. AYEs Favorite Netaudio Moments in 2008

Top-5  Tracks and ReleasesCrookram "Hostile"Danieto "Poli Monios"Apes on Tapes "Commistion In Possibly"Betelgeuse "Happiness Bipolar Remix"Tupperwear "I Scream for Ice Cream"
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:40:00 GMT

BETELGEUSE'S 'KONTAKT' EP 4TH BEST NATIONAL SINGLE OF THE YEAR 2006, according to mag Rockdelux

Nuestro EP "Kontakt", con remezcla de DJ/rupture, elegido cuarto mejor single nacional de 2006 por la revista ROCKDELUX. Gracias a todos por vuestro apoyo y entusiasmo con nuestro proyecto.
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:15:00 GMT