Darkly symbolic, even mystical, lyrics drawing from my own experiences,
and from a wealth of knowledge in spirituality, mythology, theology,
crossed, on occasion, with a biting political edge.
Mining the vein in the tradition of Cohen, Cave, Waits, Rumi, Blake.
The current project.
A selection of twelve songs, performed solo acoustic, from about twenty years of songwriting.
A sub-jazz/world/funk quintet, Mouthfeel released one CD in 1998.
Mouthfeel was:
Alan Davis, Greg Hopen, Charlie Roby, Neil Gardiner, Nik Beeson
Buffalo Jump
Ramadan at Sunset
*enantiodromia - to proceed by way of opposites
Recorded in 1998 in a variety of locations with a variety of performers 'Enantiodromia' was a full length cassette of songs and music on the verge of the alt-rock genre.
Train come in
Frankentasia in WD-40
Enantiodromia
Which Is Your Drug
Angel Crone
Beauty Rises
Nik Beeson - vox, guitar, hand percussion
Greg Hopen - flute, shakahachi, saxaphone
Dave Kimpden - kit
Jordan Wallace - bass (enantiodromia), guitar (einstein on bleach)
Neil Gardiner - keyboards
Click here to go to an online presentation of the recording and chapbook.
Recorded in 1996 at BE-1 in Toronto 'NOD' is a solo project featuring a full length cassette and an accompanying chapbook which has the lyrics to the songs, and a 'sub-text' essay on addiction and consciousness. The pieces range from accoustic and electronic instrumentals, to spoken word, to a-capella, to punk-funk.
All works by Nik Beeson alone are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada License.