{"id":156,"date":"2008-12-15T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2015-02-07T07:47:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T14:47:44","slug":"something-a-little-strange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=156","title":{"rendered":"Something a little strange… (Weird Beard)"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the strangest groups I’ve come across while looking for good oldskool stuff is WEIRD BEARD from Germany. Here’s my thoughts after getting a few of their records, on the strength of one track (which happened to be their least, erm, weird)<\/p>\n

I just got Weird Works I – III a day ago, and I am still wracking my brain trying to understand what context this group could have existed in… what the producers were intending, what the target audience was, etc… it just doesn’t make any sense! Most of their songs literally sound like hardcore\/jungle meets easy listening \/ instrumental yacht rock (no exaggeration). Lots of general midi sounding preset melodies, piano “solos” that sound like they were played by a 1st grader, midi guitar, etc. A few songs don’t even have breakbeats, but sound like they have sped up live drums. I could almost think Weird Beard had no connection with jungle\/hardcore at all if they didn’t also have fast breakbeats and track titles like “raving on the beach” and “hardcore will never die” on occasion. During the most “normal” sections, they sound a bit like Biochip C’s “Biocalypse” material. But before you know it another piano solo or ridiculous general midi breakdown hits.<\/p>\n

Overall, Weird Beard sounds like some sort of insane “outsider hardcore” which aliens dropped on the planet 14 years ago. Either that, or if some Riot Beats artists dropped really good acid and tried to make the jungle equivalent of Frank Zappa’s “Jazz From Hell”, but without the musical virtuosity of that album.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If anybody knows anything about this group, please let me know! I’d love to know more about it.<\/p>\n

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Weird Beard – Raving On The Beach (Sentimental Journey Mix)<\/a>
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Weird Beard – Symphony of the Night<\/a>
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Weird Beard – Walking In Space<\/a>
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Weird Beard – Disco Murderer<\/a>
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Weird Beard – Phonkey?<\/a>
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Weird Beard – Disco Dancer<\/a>
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\nWeird Beard – Power to All Our Friends<\/a>
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One of the strangest groups I’ve come across while looking for good oldskool stuff is WEIRD BEARD from Germany. Here’s my thoughts after getting a few of their records, on the strength of one track (which happened to be their least, erm, weird) I just got Weird Works I – III a day ago, and… <\/p>\n

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