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About Me

Perennial outsiders, Betashine don't fit into any definable categories. That's becuase Matthew Sylvian, guitarist, singer and founder, has his dirty little fingers in every pie. In love with Glam, New Wave, Punk, Psychedelia and Indie, Betashine have over the years, confused many, satisfied all. Beginning as a noisy trio in Dunedin, New Zealand in the 1990s, Sylvian relocated to Wellington in the winter of 2001 to join N.U.T.E, an outfit of misfits and reprobates who pissed of the local goths whilst sucking them for every little drop of alcohol they had. Sylvian found himself the object of sleazy advances from Percy Feral and eventually submitted, exhausted and beaten, becoming lead guitarist with them for a year. Sullen Moon came a knocking next, Sylvian answered and history was made. Sullen Moon's brand of psychedelic punk suited Sylvian to the ground and has been with them ever since. Betashine was resurrected in 2006, primarily as a studio project, but Sylvian missed the glamour and excitement of live performance, and began assembling like minded musicians. Daniel Brown joined in 2009 on bass and vocals, much to Sylvian's delight. Ambitions are high, talent suspect but Betashine will return to the stage this Summer.Pimp-My-Profile

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Member Since: 28/01/2006
Band Website: www.sheslost.co.nz
Band Members: Matthew Sylvian: Instruments, Voices, Production/Daniel Brown: Voice, Bass, Guitar/Russell Dench: KeyboardsHamish Gould: Drums, Programming (1997-2001)/Kyle Adcock: Bass, Voice, Guitar (1997-2001)
Influences: The next door neighbours plumbing, Eno, cold empty rooms, The Cure, automobiles, Chris Corner (IAMX), anything accidental, The Church, Syd Barrett, Shayne Carter, High Dependency Unit, the BBC, Japan, RECOIL, Gary Numan, the e-bow, Talking Heads, Simple Minds (Empires & Dance, Sons & Fascination), Tall Dwarfs, This Kind of Punishment, Joy Division, 4AD, The Clean, The Chills, Radiohead, Edgar Winter, Pink Floyd (David Gilmour!), Birdland, Suede, Bernard Butler, Jarvis Cocker/Russell Senior, Alistair Riddell (Space Waltz), Animalypse, Mole Patrol , Placebo Deniro, the Beatles,the Kinks, Pretty Things, Bowie, Phil Judd's Split Enz, Iron Maiden (with Paul Di'anno), These Animal Men, Abba, Manic Street Preachers, Jean Paul Sartre Experience, The Stereo Bus, The Verlaines, Siouxsie, Roy Orbison, Childrens Hour, Wire, Sisters of Mercy, Velvet Underground, Chet Baker, Nick Cave/Roland S Howard, Mansun, Daisy Chainsaw, Ride, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Edge, Marc Bolan, Les Apaches (Paris), Sapphire & Steel, the Prisoner (Patrick Mcgoohan), Sir David Attenborough, Evelyn Waugh, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, Manray, the 1917 revolution, Marx, history...
Sounds Like: "The gentle collapsing of every surface"
Record Label: ObjectObject
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Airstrip One

Hello, yes it has been rather quiet on the Betashine front, other projects i.e essays, have taken up most of our time. We've uploaded a 'new' song. Actually, it's old, very old. It's called 'Airstrip ...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:22:00 GMT

Glass In Wax Hands

Currently, Daniel & I (or is that 'me', I'm sure I heard somewhere that 'I' was grammatically incorrect) have been huddled around the fire toasting marshmallows & writing. Mostly we've focusse...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:32:00 GMT

Iris with Disjecta Membra

Iris will be a guest guitarist with Disjecta Membra when they return to Wellington in June after a 2 year absence. The performance will be on the 23rd of June at Sub Nine. Check the Disjecta Membra pa...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 19:08:00 GMT

She's Lost

Yes, the rumours are true! Betashine have indeed contributed a track to the online/download complilation 'She's Lost'. I chose 'The Great Escape' by the Chills which has a great deal of meaning and si...
Posted by on Thu, 17 May 2007 19:29:00 GMT

Do you wanna dance...well do ya!

I've added a new song to the Betashine profile. It's called 'Disco Pig' and if you thought you couldn't dance to Betashine this'll prove you wrong. Lyrically it's loosely based on the film and play of...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 03:23:00 GMT

The Great Escape

To celebrate NZ music month in May Betashine have been graciously asked to contribute a song to a very special compilation. The album will feature underground bands i.e not funded by NZ on Air or...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:39:00 GMT