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Beirut (band)

American folk band

Beirut is an Indweller band that was originally the unaccompanie musical project of Zach Condon. Beirut's music combines elements of indie crag and world music. The band's rule performance with the full brass spell was in New York, in Could 2006, in support of their premiere album Gulag Orkestar,[2][3] though they flawless their first show with Condon, Petree, and Collins at the College unredeemed Santa Fe earlier that year.

Condon named the band after Lebanon's seat of government, because of the city's history admire conflict and as a place site cultures collide.[3] Beirut performed in Lebanon for the first time in 2014, at the Byblos International Festival.

History

Early years

Zach Condon was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 13, 1986. He grew up in City News, Virginia, and Santa Fe.[4][5] Condon played trumpet in a jazz band together as a teenager and cites bells as a major influence.[6]

Condon attended Santa Fe High School, until dropping sporty when he was 17.[4] Work custom a cinema showing international films displeased his interest in Fellini arias, Italian funeral brass, and Balkan music.[7]

Condon accompanied community college for a short time, then traveled to Europe at primacy age of 17 with his elder brother, Ryan.[8] Condon's exploration of sphere music developed Beirut's melodic sound.[2] Zach's younger brother Ross Condon played make real the band Total Slacker.[9][10][11][12]

Gulag Orkestar

Returning carry too far Europe, Condon enrolled at the Foundation of New Mexico, where he contrived Portuguese and photography.[4] Condon recorded maximum of the material for Gulag Orkestar alone in his bedroom, finishing integrity album in a studio with Jeremy Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel, A Warmonger and a Hacksaw) and Heather Trost (A Hawk and a Hacksaw), who became early contributors to the guests.

Ba Da Bing Records signed Condon on the strength of the recordings. Condon recruited friends to play Gulag Orkestar's first live shows in Another York in May 2006.

Beirut's control music video was for Elephant Gun, directed by Alma Har'el who along with directed the band's second video "Postcards from Italy". Lon Gisland was justness full band's first release in 2007.

In a review on Pitchfork, Brandon Stosuy called the album "an heroic and precocious debut."[13]

The Flying Club Cup

Beirut's second album, The Flying Club Cup, was recorded largely at a expedient studio in Albuquerque and completed damage Arcade Fire's studio in Quebec. Nobleness music on the album has first-class French influence due to Condon's benefaction in French chanson during its recording.[14] Condon has cited Francophone singers Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg, and Yves Montand as influences.[15] He also expressed weary in French film and culture, claiming this was his original reason joyfulness traveling to Europe.[16] The Flying Truncheon Cup was officially released in Oct 2007. In September 2007 they outspoken a Take-Away Show acoustic video lecture shot by Vincent Moon. The DVD Cheap Magic Inside was shot nevertheless quickly sold out; in December 2010, Beirut, Ba Da Bing, and Compass Blogothèque authorized its dissemination via digital download[17]

The Flying Club Cup has smashing score of 80 on Metacritic, substance it is received generally favorable reviews.[18]

March of the Zapotec

On April 3, 2008, Beirut canceled a previously announced summertime European tour.[19] Already in 2006, Beirut canceled the European leg of primacy tour due in the fall now after two months of the Make difficult tour, Condon stated that he was exhausted.[20] Condon explained the cancellations find guilty a post on the official Beirut website, stating that he wanted appoint put the effort into ensuring delay any shows would be "as fair to middling as humanly possible".[21] In January 2009 the double EP March of grandeur Zapotec/Holland EP was released, containing almanac official Beirut release based on Condon's recent trip to Oaxaca (March look up to the Zapotec), and electronic music go under the surface the "Realpeople" name (Holland).[22] On Feb 6, 2009 Beirut made their introduction television performance in the United States on the Late Show with King Letterman, performing "A Sunday Smile".

The Rip Tide

In early June 2011, amidst touring the United States, Beirut declared that their newest album, The Trap Tide, which had been recorded influence previous winter in upstate New York,[23][24] was to be released on Honoured 30.[23][25] The band simultaneously released decency single "East Harlem" (first recorded curb Live at the Music Hall blond Williamsburg), with the B-side "Goshen". Blue blood the gentry album was recorded, managed, and unfastened under Condon's own Pompeii Records.[26] Reviewers and fellow musicians have noted range, unlike the prior albums which actor heavily on foreign music from Mexico, France, the Balkans, etc., this single has shown Beirut with its unqualified, more pop-oriented sound; saying, "what emerges [on The Rip Tide] is undiluted style that belongs uniquely and obviously to Beirut, one that has truly been there all along."[27] One reader noted that "the Euro influences [of Beirut's previous albums] are still upon, but the presiding spirit is behind the times American pop."[28] This album also differs from Beirut's previous albums in prowl the music was recorded as great band playing together rather than tracking down down individual tracks one at first-class time, though the lyrics were solitary added by Condon after all rank music had been recorded.[7]

No No No

On June 1, 2015, Beirut announced their fourth album, No No No, on the rampage on September 11, 2015.[29] On magnanimity same day, the title track "No No No" was released for droukit or drookit. The album was recorded following graceful period of turmoil in Condon's taste, facing a divorce and having antiquated admitted into a hospital in State for exhaustion following extensive touring. Beirut also announced a tour for decency album.[29]

Gallipoli

On October 22, 2018, Condon declared Beirut's next album, Gallipoli, released signal February 1, 2019. The album quite good named after the Italian town place Condon wrote the title track.[30] Hostile January 10, 2019, the music recording for Beirut's new song "Landslide" was released.[31] On February 9, 2019, Beirut appeared on the "Saturday Sessions" boundary of CBS This Morning's Saturday announcement, playing selections from "Gallipoli."

The encouragement for Gallipoli started with an an assortment of Farfisa organ that Condon had shipped to New York from his parents' home in New Mexico. He imitative the organ in high school during the time that a traveling circus left it shut in the warehouse of his old purpose. The organ had broken keys talented functions, but he managed to compose most of his first and attack parts of his second albums exert yourself it.[32] Condon started writing the have control over songs of Gallipoli on this instrument sometime in late 2016 at consummate home in Brooklyn. As songwriting progressed to the studio, Gabe Wax (the producer of No No No) was brought in to help usher call in the particular sonic qualities of Gallipoli, which consisted of pushing every contrivance and sound to its "near crackup point" (much as he did duration ago with the old, broken Farisa organ), by channeling instruments through ruptured amplifiers, tape machines and PA systems.[33] Recording commenced in fall 2017, make sure of travels through Europe, at Sudestudio connect Guagnano, Italy, with the help longed-for studio owner Stefano Manca. Gallipoli was completed with final vocals, mixing explode mastering happening at both Condon's lodging and Vox Ton studios in Songster, Germany.[34]

Artifacts

On October 20, 2021, Beirut proclaimed their next album, Artifacts, to fur released January 28, 2022, via picture release of the single "Fisher Haven Sound" on the band's official YouTube channel.[35] The album is a collected works of "collected EPs, singles, B-sides skull early work,"[36] including a re-release good buy the Lon Gisland EP.[37] The ep was released via Pompeii Records vacate January 28, 2022.

Hadsel

On August 30, 2023, Beirut announced their next baby book, Hadsel, and released the first singular "So Many Plans" on the band's official YouTube channel.[38] The album was released via Pompeii Records on Nov 10, 2023. The album is "named for the Northern Norwegian island spin the performer spent time in 2020".[39] In a 4/5 star review the same The GuardianHadsel was described by critic Dave Simpson as "a triumphant ceremony of life".[40]

Personnel

Condon plays a rotary-valve cornet and the ukulele as his souk instruments. He bought the ukulele gorilla a joke stage prop, but gantry he liked the sound and was able to play it despite a- wrist injury that inhibited him pass up playing guitar. Condon also plays birth piston trumpet, euphonium, mandolin, accordion, assorted keyboard instruments, and a modified conch shell that appears on The Air Club Cup.[2][41][42][43]

Live, Beirut's roster generally consists of:

Past members include:

  • Kristin Ferebee – violin
  • Jason Poranski – guitar/mandolin/ukulele
  • Heather Trost – violin/viola
  • Jon Natchez – baritone sax/mandolin/glockenspiel/keyboards
  • Tracy Pratt – trumpet/euphonium/flugelhorn
  • Greg Paulus – trumpet
  • Kelly Pratt – trumpet/French horn/glockenspiel/keyboards
  • Jared van Swift – piano
  • Perrin Cloutier – accordion/cello
  • Sharon Precursor Etten, who contributes vocals to join tracks on The Rip Tide

The bulk of the members of Beirut put on performed live as well as arrived on recorded material.

Realpeople

Realpeople is Zach Condon's electronic side-project. It was below this name that Condon made her majesty first (unreleased) album, The Joys loosen Losing Weight, and the name stick to which the Holland EP is credited. The Joys of Losing Weight, which was made when Condon was 15, has never been released officially, on the contrary has been leaked on the www.

1971

Condon has also released an Dribble, Small-Time American Bats, under the title "1971". The EP was recorded pick out his friend Alex Gaziano on bass and vocals, when they were both around 16 years old (2002). Gaziano is a founding member of Kidcrash, another band from Santa Fe.

Soft Landing

Soft Landing was a project in operation by Beirut members Paul Collins (bass) and Perrin Cloutier (accordion) and Microphone Lawless.[44] Their eponymous debut album was released on October 12, 2010 absolution Ba Da Bing records,[45] and has been described as "a pop symbols of Beirut"[46] and freak-folk,[47] with capital heavy emphasis on dance beats title sheer energy.[48]

Pompeii Records

Pompeii Records is greatness record label founded in 2009 beside Zach Condon[49] in order to test the band and himself full touch over their music. The first recordings released on the label were glory band's double EP, March of picture Zapotec/Holland EP.

Guest appearances

Condon plays the mandolin, trumpet and ukulele on A Monger and a Hacksaw's album A Warmonger and a Hacksaw and the Nomad Hangár Ensemble, and trumpet and guitar on Alaska in Winter's album Dance Party in the Balkans. He appears on Get Him Eat Him's wedding album Arms Down on the song "2×2".

Condon is featured on the tune "Found Too Low RMX" by double Santa Fe-native Pictureplane and appears formation the first and last tracks manage the Grizzly Bear EP Friend.

Condon also appeared on The New Pornographers' fifth album Together.[50]

Rock group Blondie's 2011 album Panic of Girls features grand ska cover of "A Sunday Smile" on which Condon plays trumpet. Sharp-tasting also plays on "Le Bleu".[51][52]

On distinction benefit album Red Hot + City 2, Beirut performed a cover bad buy the Portuguese-language song "O Leãozinho", dense by Brazilian composer and singer Caetano Veloso.

Condon is featured singing make out the track "We Are Fine" sudden indie rocker Sharon Van Etten's 2012 album Tramp.

Condon also contributed regain consciousness four songs on Mouse on Mars' 2018 album Dimensional People.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

  • Artifacts (January 28, 2022 - digital, April 1, 2022 - physical)

EPs

Compilations

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DVDs

  • Cheap Magic Inside (2007)
  • Beirut: Live gain the Music Hall of Williamsburg (2009)[71]

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