Beaumont Hannant


Beaumont Hannant is a British musician, producer and DJ from York, England. His work includes ambient techno, IDM, hip hop and indie rock. Hannant has received positive critical reviews, and he was named one of "The Faces of '94" by music magazine Select.

Biography

Hannant became a hip-hop/electro DJ in 1986, after witnessing the 1986 World Mixing Championships. During 1993–1994, he released several solo albums on General Production Recordings rooted in ambient techno. His music from this period has been described as eclectic, densely layered and textured.
Hannant's album Texturology resulted in a top three independent album chart placing. Music from the album was used in a theatre presentation of the 17th-century play The Traitor.
By 1994, Hannant began to diversify. He provided remixes for Autechre, Björk and Ned's Atomic Dustbin, produced Lida Husik 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 Records|One Little Indian] in 1996.

Discography

;Releases
All on General Production Recordings
  • 1993: Tastes and Textures, Vol. 1
  • 1993: Tastes and Textures, Vol. 2: Basic Data Manipulation
  • 1994: Tastes and Textures, Vol. 3
  • 1994: Texturology
  • 1994: Texturology
  • 1994: Ormeau
  • 1994: Sculptured
  • 1994: Bitter Sweet
  • 1995: Psi-Onyx
  • 1995: Notions of Tonality, Vol. 1
  • 1996: Notions of Tonality, Vol. 2
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
;Remixes include