Beauty Reports (1986-94), by Douglas Benford / Media Form

Beauty Reports (1986-94)

by Douglas Benford / Media Form

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£5 GBP
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Five track original album by Douglas

Includes unlimited streaming of Beauty Reports (1986-94) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

£45 GBP
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Released in 1994, this is the CD version with further tracks, under the moniker Media Form.

Includes unlimited streaming of Beauty Reports (1986-94) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

£30 GBP

1.	Beauty Report Eight 05:55	info	buy track
2.	Beauty Report One 10:06	info	buy track
3.	Beauty Report Two 09:59	info	buy track
4.	Beauty Report Three 05:18	info	buy track
5.	Beauty Report Three (Variation) 01:22	info	buy track
6.	Beauty Report Four 23:22	info	buy track
7.	Beauty Report Six 15:08	info	buy track
8.	Beauty Report Seven 04:20	info	buy track
9.	Beauty Report Nine 03:08	info	buy track

about

“Completely improvised and using audio resources from 1978 to 1985, this project was recorded in 1986, released in 1988 on vinyl - under the name Douglas - and then in 1994 on CD - under the name Media Form - with additional tracks, both formats on the Suburbs of Hell records label; the main tracks were recorded at PBS, with the additional tracks in the Spike and Cleveland St studios, all in London. The piece ‘Beauty Report Two’ was used as the basis of a multi-layered live lacquer disc-cutting-recording performance event in 2007 at London’s Tate Modern, in the Turbine Hall there, employing Mathieu Briand’s 'Spiral’ turntable installation, glimpses of which can be found on YouTube”
Douglas Benford, 2019

credits

released April 19, 2019

All music composed and produced by Douglas Benford.

license

about

Douglas Benford London, UK

As a composer and sound artist, Douglas Benford has been involved in various audio genres since the late 1980s, performing at many institutions/venues in the UK (Bristol’s Arnolfini, London’s Science Museum, Cafe Oto, Tate Modern, The Roundhouse, ICA and Glasgow’s CCA), festivals worldwide and had installation work in numerous UK art spaces. ... more

douglasbenford.org.uk

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Douglas Benford

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Douglas Benford recommends:

In the Chinks of the World Machine
by Various Artists

Amazing venue supported by some terrific artists. Douglas Benford
go to album
For Now
by Douglas Benford

Solo album on Confront Recordings. Douglas Benford
go to album
Sustaining The Music
by London Improvisers Orchestra

Constantly evolving work with the fantastic London Improvisers Orchestra; as well as playing with them regularly, Douglas constructed a piece for this album...(see other LIO track releases too) Douglas Benford
go to album

If you like Beauty Reports (1986-94), you may also like:

I was too young to hear silence
by Patrick Shiroishi

Free jazz saxophonist explores negative space on a vast, improvised work recorded in a L.A. parking structure. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 9, 2023
go to album
Gestalt
by RAIC

An ambitious cross-genre journey from the Richmond Avant Improv Collective, who bring in 17 (!) guest musicians to fill out their vision. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 12, 2021
go to album
No Base Trio
by No Base Trio

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 14, 2020
go to album

Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.

listen now