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Beauty And the Beat

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Beauty and the Beat is CARMEN (Vocals, lyrics) and RAF (music, programming)'s dreamt electro soul.
Virtuoso Cuban percusionnist RAUL joins them on stage on congas and derbucka.The result is a chaud-froid mix of phonic sensations. Its rough and refined, animal and velvety at the same time.
Beauty and the Beat is a half-angel half-devil smooth and torn voice on insolent beats, machine loops and live instruments with an inspiration ranging from RnB and 70s soul to House and Funk.
The band speaks about humanity, love, brotherhood, revolutions and free-mind.
French and Spanish lyrics reply to English in a universal message.

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Music:

Member Since: 8/6/2006
Band Members: Carmen : lead vocals
Raf : programming, guitars, keyboards
Raul : percussions
Guest feat. friends :
S.A "kay ka fet house" : rap
Balistik: rap
(courtesy of DGS crew!)

Influences: Prince, Daft Punk, Dwele, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, John Lennon, Ennio Morricone, Nina Simone, DJ Premier, Jazzy Jeff, stravinsky, mucha, james brown, missy elliott, rachmaninov,carla bley, bob l'eponge, eric satie, thelonious monk, super_collider, camaron, chic, jimi hendrix, scarlett johansson, john barry, angela davis, alien, marvin gaye, o’ jays, otis redding, georges clinton, herbie hancock, beatles, bob marley, de la soul, absolutly fabulous,aretha franklin, wilson pickett, stevie wonder, the fall, scritti politti, carolyn carlson, ike & tina turner, cocteau twins, marylin manson, bart simpson, bauhaus, dj krush, b52’s, talking heads, pink floyd in the60’s, ll cool j, francis bacon, philip K dick, virgin prunes, the time, mikhael boulgakov, kate bush, imagination, sly stone, rick james,earth wind & fire, chaka khan, lucy pearl, tomatito, raphael saadiq, janis joplin,prodigy, gilberto gil, cameo, defunkt, blaze, ac/dc, just blaze, curtis mayfield, toots & the maytals, burne-jones, tarsem singh, michael franks, public enemy, gandhi, m/a/r/s/s, romain gary, michel ocelot, trouble funk, jill scott, slum village, vikter duplaix, sepultura, mos def, jay z, busta rhymes, soul 2 soul, cypress hill, klimt, technotronik, erikah badu, the pharcyde, dj honda, bootsy collins, mr complex, armand van helden, paco de lucia,maxwell, snoop dog, rothko, m83, arrested development, macy gray,black uhuru, nas, genuwine, colette, gnarls barkley, gorillaz, 20syl, alicia keys, n.e.r.d, a tribe called quest, the roots, jeff buckley, saian supa crew, oxmo puccino, pink, soprano, me'shell ndegeocello, pushy!, war, lkj, aphex twin, michel gondry, bee gees, photek,epmd, cappleton, temptations, sebastian, andalucia, ntm, digitalism, stardust, masters at work, ian pooley, dj rolando, para one, marfoud, spike jonze, blue6, mr bouter, mr oizo, al green, eggerickx sisters, basement jaxx, jail, staple singers, phoenix, edbanger, grover washington jr, demon, tupac, richie havens, joao gilberto,bernie worell, assunta, burning spear, boticcelli, d’angelo, nirvana, fugees, kool & the gang, grandmaster flash, st malo, feist, yomgui-le-squelette, stan getz, neptunes, marco, queen latifah, curtis mayfield,gainsbourg, mary j blige.
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Lyrics

DO DO DO (SHE'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU) Do do, do do, do do, do do do do do She'll never never leave you (bis) No rescue, no rest , she's a special guest Do do do do do do do ...
Posted by Beauty And the Beat on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:44:00 PST