Beaumont Hannant

{{Short description|British musician, producer and DJ}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2019}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=February 2009}} {{More footnotes|date=June 2021}}}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Beaumont Hannant | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | alias = | birth_date = 1970 | birth_place = | origin = England | death_date =  | death_place = | genre = | occupation = Musician, Producer and DJ | instrument = | years_active =  | label = | associated_acts = | website =  | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}

'''Beaumont Hannant''' (born c. 1970) is a British musician, producer and DJ from York, England. His work includes ambient techno, IDM, hip hop and indie rock.<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=147}}</ref> Hannant has received positive critical reviews,{{citation needed|date=February 2009}} and he was named one of "The Faces of '94"{{citation needed|date=February 2009}} by music magazine ''Select''.

==Biography== Hannant became a hip-hop/electro DJ in 1986, after witnessing the 1986 World Mixing Championships.{{citation needed|date=February 2009}} During 1993–1994, he released several solo albums on General Production Recordings rooted in ambient techno.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> His music from this period has been described{{citation needed|date=February 2009}} as eclectic, densely layered and textured.

Hannant's album ''Texturology'' (1994)<ref name="LarkinDM"/> resulted in a top three independent album chart{{citation needed|date=February 2009}} placing. Music from the album was used in a theatre presentation of the 17th-century play ''The Traitor''.{{citation needed|date=February 2009}}

By 1994, Hannant began to diversify. He provided remixes for Autechre, Björk and Ned's Atomic Dustbin, produced Lida Husik (who provided the vocals to some of his compositions) and managed Shed Seven. With his long-term engineer Richard Brown, Hannant started the trip hop duo Outcast, signing to the indie label One Little Indian in 1996.

==Discography== ;Releases All on General Production Recordings * 1993: ''Tastes and Textures, Vol. 1'' (EP) * 1993: ''Tastes and Textures, Vol. 2: Basic Data Manipulation'' (CD and double LP) * 1994: ''Tastes and Textures, Vol. 3'' (EP) * 1994: ''Texturology'' (CD and double LP) * 1994: ''Texturology'' [Vol. 2] (limited additional double LP)<ref>After the release of the main album both as a CD (GPRCD04) and a double LP (GPRLP04), came a limited additional double LP (GPRLLP04) with different tracks; though it is simply titled "Texturology" (in golden letters instead of the main release's black text), it is tagged "[Vol. 2]" to differentiate it from the main release.</ref> * 1994: ''Ormeau'' (single) * 1994: ''Sculptured'' (CD and double LP) * 1994: ''Bitter Sweet'' (recorded as YO3 alias) * 1995: ''Psi-Onyx'' (EP) * 1995: ''Notions of Tonality, Vol. 1'' (EP) * 1996: ''Notions of Tonality, Vol. 2'' (EP) The cover of ''Notions of Tonality, Vol. 2'' mentions a forthcoming album, ''Tones'', but General Production Recordings folded before it could be released, and the album never surfaced.

;Appearances include * 1994: "Utuba" on ''Artificial Intelligence II'' * 1996: ''Green Blue Fire'' album by Husikesque

;Remixes include * 1994: "Beaumonthannanttwomx" and "12/4cadetmx" on ''Basscadet'' EP by Autechre * 1995: Two remixes of "All I Ask of Myself Is That I Hold Together" and two remixes of "Premonition" by Ned's Atomic Dustbin * 1995: Three remixes of "Hyperballad" by Björk: "Girls Blouse Mix", "Over the Edge Mix" and "Subtle Abuse Mix"

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p183087|label=Beaumont Hannant biography}} * [http://www.monkey.org/~laps/hannant/hannantTEEX5.html Beaumont Hannant interview] * [http://music.hyperreal.org/labels/gpr/hannant.html Hyperreal Music Archive] * {{Discogs artist}}

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