Charlie Beresford, vocals, acoustic guitar
Charlie Beresford is a painter turned composer from the UK. Originally from Coventry, the city that brought the world 'The Specials'. He is now based on the border between England and Wales, a place man has tried to tame for centuries, but it still manages to remain wild.
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.'
He set up the label brightfield in 2001 to release initially his own material. Over the last 4 years Charlie has recorded 3 albums, "Smiles and Fists", "505", and the latest "The Room is Empty". Working with artists such as June Tabor (An echo of hooves/At the woods heart) his career has seen him work in most genres of music from classical to heavy metal and jazz to folk both as a recording engineer/producer and musician.
As well as his work receiving airplay globally he has also written music for television and independent films.
"Extraordinary, magical, at times terrifying......and quite, quite brilliant." June Tabor
" thank heavens there's music like this which puts your head back where it should be....Truly beautiful" Fiona Talkington Late Junction Radio 3
Charlie's latest project 'The Room is Empty' (BRBECD003) out now, sees a much more sculpted approach to his work. The album cotains songs that are like mini film scores with the lyrics providing the images on the screen.'The Room is Empty' has been on rotation at 179 stations throughout the USA and has recently been licensed to several TV shows on stations including MTV and Oxygen.
The album features Mark Emerson on violin, viola, and accordion, Tim Harries on double bass and Rosie Green on backing vocals. See the CDs page for track listings and mp3 samples.
Mark Emerson, violin, viola, accordion, piano He has worked with various ensembles developing and performing traditional-related music, and has experience of theatre, having worked for both RSC and RNT and led a show orchestra in London's West End. He is particularly associated with the innovative group Pyewackett and also with the Mellstock Band. Together with pianist Huw Warren he has for the last eleven years worked closely alongside singer June Tabor. In 2000 he founded the ensemble 1651.
Tim Harries, double bass Over the past 23 years, this cliché-avoiding, dark-toned bassist has recorded with Brian Eno, David Sylvian, June Tabor, Katie Melua, Steeleye Span, Bill Bruford and many others.