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Bernard Binns

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New album OUTSIDE LOOKING IN has just been released and is available immediately. Born in Weston-Super-Mare, England, Bernard was brought up in South Africa where he became involved in music from an early age. Starting out as a drummer, he moved to the guitar and songwriting where he discovered he had a knack for writing original, catchy pop songs. The result of this creativity was the formation of the famous South African pop band The Helicopters which had major chart success with hits such as 'Mysteries & Jealousy', 'Only For You', 'I Wanna Live in Hollywood' and 'Whisper Your Secret.

While forming and developing a highly-successful marketing-communications agency, Bernard continued to collaborate musically which led to the release of his first solo album Physiognomy of the Soul. Well received in South Africa, Physiognomy also received significant radio play in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Germany. After a brief sojourn in SW France, Bernard nows divides his time between a village in an area he calls Druidland nestled between the ancient stone formations of Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire, England and a mountain retreat in the Garfagnana region of northern Tuscany. Apart from music, Bernards interests span contemporary art and digital photography to all things culinary. Check out his official website: www.bernardbinns.com

The second single from the new album, God's Land featured here is now available for download on iTunes and many other online shops. Cut to the Bone, the first single released in late 2006 was warmly received and reached number 2 on the Australian Radio Ison network world charts, number 1 on leading UK-based online station Matchbox and received significant worldwide airplay on Delta FM (Surrey UK), Isles FM (Scotland), Bravo 106.7 FM (Chile), Madison Mix 108, World Vibe Radio, Blue Sky FM, The Church Basement Radio, What Sound, Sick Radio, Mixed Bag Sound system, Deep Cuts Rare Blend Radio, Buzz Rock Radio live, Sara Radio, Overground Radio, Radio Freakout, Radio Blitz 24 FM, Tyneside Net Radio, Radio TE, Private DRM Music Radio, Deep Cuts Radio, The Eclectic Soul, Oversight Radio, Matchbox Radio 24, Radio TE, Mad Radio 108, Diamond Café, The S and S show and many more.

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Member Since: 21/02/2006
Band Website: www.bernardbinns.com
Band Members: Bernard Binns: vox, electic & acoustic guitars, pianoSession musicians:James, Jon, Alex, Greg, Chris, Anna & Max
Influences: Dali's Car,Commando Comics, Enid Blyton, Powderfinger, Bowie, Morrissey, Muse, Arcade Fire, Tears for Fears, REM, White Stripes, Guillemots, Tom Petty, k d Lang, Bernard Fanning, Kings of Leon, Turin Brakes, Alfie, Divine Comedy, Modest Mouse, Lloyd Cole, Ayn Rand, Bloc Party, Voltaire, Watercress, Keane, T-Rex, James Lovelock, Goldfrapp, Japan, Thomas Hardy, Gomez, Circulus, Badfinger, Camel, The Postal Service, The Feeling, The Enemy, Descartes, Miles Davis, Imogen Heap, PJ Harvey, Finn Brothers, Pavement, Squeeze, John Foxx, Killers, Ismail Lo, Yasmina Reza, Astral Project, Bjork, Tony Visconti, Mo Hayder, Sigur Ros, LCD Soundsystem, David Sylvian, Nick Harper, Nada Surf, Chinon, Snow Patrol, Martha Wainwright, Peter Hoeg, ELP, Miso Soup, Peter Frampton, Elbow, Death Cab for Cutie, '40s big band, Bare Naked Ladies, 10cc, The Fixx, Brahms, Zappa, Malbec, Eno, D H Lawrence, The Operation, Alfie, Fleetway Library, Al Di Meola, The Blue Nile, Coen Brothers, Harry Connick Jnr, Moloko, Herman Hesse, Lucca, Roddy Frame, Zucchero, John Fowles, Loire, Prefab Sprout, Metal Detecting, J.M.Coetzee, Steeley Dan, Placebo, Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Robert Plant, Julian Barnes, The Living End, Haruki Murakami, Ozric Tentacles, Mick Karn, Beck, Pinot Noir, Donald Fagen, Youssou N'Dour, Aztec Camera, Annie Lennox, Mackeral, Bernhard Schlink, Diana Krall, Ray Lamontagne, Andre Brink, Barola, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Boubacar Traore, V S Naipaul, Joseph Arthur, Leon Uris, Toscana, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Mecano, The Lounge Lizards, St Emillion, Lars Von Trier, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Unbelievable Truth, Robotnik, Anne Michaels, Willy Mason, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Berlin, Nerina Pallot, Girls Aloud. Flaubert, Umberto Eco, David Mitchell, Maps, Toscana, Philip Glass, Mingus, Fleet Foxes, Sea Bear, Empire of the Sun, Emiliana Torrini, Iceland, Fever Ray, Borscht, Ruark, Yes
Sounds Like: Bernard Binns
Record Label: Third Wave Communications UK
Type of Label: Indie

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Outside Looking In

Outside Looking InUK Debut Album From Bernard Binns Wiltshire-based Bernard Binns is one of those rare song-writers who crafts pure pop songs as though this is an art form in itself, rather than as a...
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