Introducing #139 - Jack Beech
Let us introduce you to Jack Beech, the Manchester born, London based producer and composer who recently released his debut single Blue Hour.
Hey Jack, thanks for taking the time to answer our questions. How would you describe your sound to someone who has never listened to you before?
Hey! No problem at all. I’d say Neo Classical as a broad term but it has strong Downtempo / Electronica influences.
You’ve just released your debut single Blue Hour. Can you tell us a bit about it?
Blue Hour is a time of day that holds a lot of potential, be it the anticipation in waking for a full-on day, or that euphoria when still out from the night before as the sun rises.
It begins more ambient and simplistic, before building in waves to a bigger finish featuring a cross of classical instrumentation and electronic elements.
How does it feel to get your first track out there?
It feels great! Releasing my own music is something I’ve been thinking about for a while having been producing different artists but each time I wrote I struggled to fuse so many elements into one particular style. It was only recently things started to become cohesive, and to me, make for a more solid to release.
It’s the lead single from the EP, can we expect similar offerings when that’s released next week?
Yeah absolutely, the vibe of the Noctilucent EP features the same positive textured atmospheres as Blue Hour however large parts are a little more experimental instrumentation wise. “Flickers” for example contains a fantastic modular synth breakdown written with Stewart Whitmarsh, a Brooklyn based electronic artist. The final track also features a lead vocal so the EP is not fully instrumental either.
Where are you from? Where do you like to go for adventures?
I’m from Manchester but I’m based in London. Adventure wise, anywhere mountainous with big spaces. One of my favourite trips more recently was wild camping / hiking up through remote parts of Norway.
What are your key musical influences?
Mainly Contemporary Classical, however I love anything that has a sense of motion or is hypnotic. I’m hugely influenced by Ólafur Arnalds work, alongside other artists like Hania Rani and Bonobo.
After the final EP’s released, what can we expect from you as the year progresses?
Most certainly another single or two solo wise that are a similar in style but the aim is to expand the strings into a quartet so it’ll be a slightly more detailed in the arrangement, and perhaps a little more cinematic. I’ll be working on more film music too and hopefully some more artist collaborations.