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Release information for the forthcoming record 'DARK TRANSPORT' will be made available soon. To hear mp3 samples goto www.myspace.com/charlieberesford Musician/producer/artist Charlie Beresford spent his formative years in Coventry, the Detroit of the UK, (the city brought the world 'The Specials' and Sir Frank Whittle the father of jet propulsion), Now based on the border between England and Wales, an area of untamed beauty that reflects the nature of his work. "Charlie's music is a dark down tempo animal: more beauty than beast. Voice, acoustic guitar, strings and reeds all intertwine each other in defiance of being given a genre title. European underground site Funprox described it as blending 'elements of folk and haunting, contemplative pop into a brooding sonic mixture.' Whilst Christopher Dane Frick said Charlie's music 'paints a slow, bleak, yet somehow beautiful sonic picture, using coarse brushes and organic earthy tones.'" DARK TRANSPORT will be coming off the back of the last album 'The Room is Empty' an album which last year spent 9 weeks in the US CMJ music chart and was licensed to US TV shows including MTV's 'The Real World', The Real Road Trip', 'Scarred', and Oxygen's 'Bad Girls Club'... to name a few... Charlie has recorded 3 other records,'Smiles and Fists', '505', 'The Room is Empty' Charlie also runs 'et mobile recording', previous clients have included the likes of: June Tabor, Topic Records, the Soil Association, and the BBC. PRESS for 'The Room is Empty'. "Charlie Beresford, painter, vocalist, and acoustic guitar master, uses all of his talents here to create a fourteen song set of seemingly small tunes of loss and growing, edgy anger, that upon repeated listens sound epic in their own way. This cinematic richness is due in no small factor to the help he gets from Tim Harries on bass and Mark Emerson on violin and accordion. They help center Beresford’s guitar in a jagged and moody space. So while tunes like "The Tide That Pushed Away" and "If Only" sound fragile and restrained initially, they blossom into something dark and beautiful. "I Let You Walk With Me" manages to sound comforting and sinister at once, a sure sign of genius. Beresford’s playing is restrained but biting on that chain to be let loose. Like contemporary murder ballads, though with hints of saving grace, this record comes from a room that is far from empty." musicemissions.com "Charlie Beresford blends elements of folk and haunting, contemplating pop into a brooding sonic mixture. Its unplugged beauty at its best. Not only Beresford voice, but also the way he sings is truly fascinating and compelling." funprox.com "the variety of little episodes populating this album is remarkable ......it shows there’s no fear of experimenting in the musicians, which injects a conspicuous dose of interest in the listener. In fact, the melodic hints are quite scattered, following no schemes at all, and the largest part of the work is built around harmonious successions of little fragments, cemented together with great sensibility, while some bitter sweet tales unfold." (Gianfri) Darklife ezine. 'this is as close to a work of genius as you will find in this day and age" Whisperin and Hollering "Small emotional pieces with big effect......a real pearl" Terrorverlag Germany "a beautiful, enchanting one-of-a-kind work of art" DPRP Holland "He shrugs off comparisons and attacks the under belly of soulful pop........“The Room Is Empty” is a decent album of haunting melodies and dashing downtrodden tempos." smother.net
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