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echo beatty

it's only with devotion that i can stay in motion

About Me

this is a one girl band. i’m a DIY’er, recording at home. working on a first EP. i’ve put three rough mixes online. the ep will be finished in april with the help from wonderful staf verbeeck at jet studio in bxl. i’m rehearsing with a new band, hoping to present them to you on stage soon.since january i’m a very happy member of styrofoam’s live band. we’ll be playing a lot in the future months.neeka (doing backing vocals since 2005) recorded three new songs with producer john morand in a studio at heusden-zolder. john will mix them back home in virginia, really curious to hear the result!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/9/2006
Band Members: this is a one-girl-band
Influences: at random///music/my morning jacket, comets on fire, bob dylan, cat power, karate, sigur ròs, wilco, fleetwood mac, neil young, tunng, radiohead, sol seppy, feist, sparklehorse, the flaming lips, tortoise, menomena, battles, explosions in the sky, jason molina, j.j. cale, mark kozelek, paul simon, pj harvey, mogwai, the american analog set, why?, motorpsycho, animal collective, slowdive, talking heads, yeah yeah yeahs, hayden, waddy jones, sonic youth, rainer, bright eyes, sebadoh, panda bear, pinback, wheat, howe gelb, television, liars, UI, tom waits, the black heart procession, m. ward, goldfrapp, curtis mayfield, joni mitchell, smog, do make say think, mice parade, miles davis, crystal skulls, pixies, four tet, boards of canada, fennesz, the blow, neal halstead, morphine, joanna newsom, q and not u, bonnie ’prince’ billy, the sea and cake, my bloody valentine, beck, josh rouse, granddaddy, broken social scene, yo la tengo, the band, the shins, sonic youth, nick drake, the ponys, mazzy star, kodiak, the cure, the beatles, the books, damien jurado,... ///writers/ douglas coupland, jd salinger, jonathan saffran foer, carson mccullers, haruki murakami, peter verhelst, john irving, gabriel garcia márquez, fernando pessoa, rose tremain, nicole krauss, jm coetzee, yann martel, dimitri verhulst, albert camus, herbjorg wassmo, herman brusselmans,...///directors/ gus van sant, wim wenders, julio medem, almodovar, walter salles, christoffer boe ’reconstruction’, zach braff ’garden state’, cameron crowe for the mellow stuff, lasse hallström, alfonso cuarón, dorothée van den berghe, krzysztof kieslowski, shainee gabel,...
Sounds Like: warm apple pie
Type of Label: None

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AB PICTURES

http://www.wannabes.be
Posted by echo beatty on Sat, 03 May 2008 05:48:00 PST

MORE STYROFOAM TOURING

in july, styrofoam will support DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE on their european tour!!! check the styrofoam myspace for dates. just now i'm too lazy to put them all online, lets' play some more shows first...
Posted by echo beatty on Sat, 03 May 2008 06:05:00 PST

TOUR PICTURES!

Aangezien we genoeg uurtjes moeten vullen zet ik maar ineens wat foto's online. kunnen jullie ineens zien waar we vanavond spelen. Borrowland in Glasgow. Heel 'grave' zaal. Oud en verweerd. Maar mooi ...
Posted by echo beatty on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:48:00 PST

GOING ON TOUR WITH STYROFOAM

i'm joining arne van petegem's band on the upcoming tour in EU, the UK and the USA! the best birthday present i ever got :). keep an eye on his myspace www.myspace.com/st...
Posted by echo beatty on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:45:00 PST