BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE: pleasure

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pleasure

© 2005 bedm (634479186813)

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innovative beat-pop featuring some of portland's nastiest drummers. sultry vocals, original production, and beautiful handcrafted packaging make 'pleasure' a fun and nutritious way to suplement your independent musical needs.

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"Quarky indie rock in the vein of Barsuk Records (think John Vanderslice) gets a 10-count pin-down on the electropop dancefloor. a juicy mélange"
-village voice

"Poison control officials discover faint traces of Portishead, the Strokes, Peter Gabriel. Amazingly, nobody hurt."
-washington post

"11 tracks of pure heaven"
-northwest noise

"Ragel has a surprisingly soulful voice, like a less-polished, less-schmaltzy Seal"
-illinois entertainer

"unique and mesmerizing"
"something new and truly great"
-willamette week

"Pleasure is a big, complex electro-pop rocker with drums that skate between hiphop and post-rock while shifty bass slinks down booze alley, and singer Jonny Ragel's soulful, dead-serious voice switches between a gravely croon and a great, tremulous falsetto"
-portland mercury

"BEDM's infectious and ridiculously catchy synth-pop concoctions carry the giddy sugar rush of a dozen snow cones or a month full of sundaes."
-the stranger

"Easy to fall in love with, this is one unique piece of work from one severely gifted boy."
-75orless.com

"not only will you have it permanently stuck in your head — you’ll be happy about it"
-portland tribune

"“Pleasure” keeps you nodding from beginning to end."
-index509.com

"crisp beats, searing riffs and bouncy, infectious melodies"
-pdx magazine

"Those interested in looking will see that "Pleasure" lives up to its name"
-gotriad.com

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BEDM’s debut disc ‘pleasure’ features performances of some of portland’s most notorious drummers, including talkdemonic, danny seim of menomena, josh skins of systemwide, and charles neil of quivah. key tracks include crowd favorite "lets get lost sometime" (t-8), which delivers sensual lyrics over a bouncing new-wave chorus. "si(x)cuse me" (t-6) pairs a desperate vocal with dusty guitars not unlike the work of adrian utely of portishead, while "introduction B" (t-2) boasts a mean guitar hook and thorough showcase of ragel’s skills on the turntable. "eunuch" (t-4) makes being alone in the basement appealing with it's playful lines and dj dangermouse drum editing.

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  • Amazing start
    author: Jacob Weiss

    Not quite as breathtaking as Two Ghosts, but enjoyable nonetheless.

  • love it
    author: selina

    my music of choice recently has been this album, and when i can't listen to it (i.e. at work) i'm usually singing one of the songs from it in my head. catchy, but still different from other music out there -- nice!

  • Looks and sounds delicious!
    author: Audrey Loves Boy Eats Drum Machine

    Sorry, I could not help myself on the food overtone--cause BEDM is just plain tasty! Several tracks are sure to be radio hits—Eunuch, Get Lost Sometime, Angel Telling Lies, Taste of Your Mouth, and Intro B all have “RADIO” written all over them. But lest that make some scoff—assuming that radio-ready means generic same old crap, that isn’t the case. The songs are radio-ready because the vocals are excellent, the song arrangements fantastic, and the music fresh and unique. I LOVE this album. It makes me dance, it makes me sway, it makes me groove. It makes me happy. This is a great original and powerful album!

  • Inspiring!
    author: DJ Lauro

    The samples on the songs are very cool. Let's get lost sometime is awesome! This album is very interesting and enjoyable to listen to. Listening to “Pleasure” is truly inspiring.

  • Great album with cross-over appeal
    author: Nathaniel Wilson

    This album is great! When I first heard BEDM’s new album “Pleasure” it reminded me a lot of Beck’s “Odelay”--less due to any direct similarity in sound and more because of BEDM’s cross-over appeal (mixing genres of pop, indie rock, and IDM) and BEDM’s eclecticism. Somehow, though, the whole thing comes together in a way that is fresh and enjoyable. I’m looking forward to more from BEDM in the future.

  • author: Tim

    This album is a little bit “trip hop” a little bit “indie rock” and a whole lotta soul. I love it! We played it for our new year’s party and everyone was asking what CD we were playing. It was a real crowd pleaser. Everyone grooved to “Introduction B” and and danced to “Taste of Your Mouth” and “Eunuch.” This album stays in my heavy rotation. This will become a standard of Portland music for sure.

  • Fresh, Happy & Ultimately Lovely!
    author: Erin Dawn

    I absolutely NEEDED this album in life. Talk about a quick pick me up. My favorite has to be "let's get lost sometime" and I adore "the taste of your mouth." I want more of BEDM. I can't get enough. Blasting the CD the other day, my husband caught me in my socks and sliding around on the kitchen floor while doing the dishes...I told him the boy made me do it. This album is YUMMY!

  • BEDM started a dance party in our living room
    author: Mike

    BEDM filled us with glee and started a dance party in our living room! Most “electronic” music lacks magnitude and is just the same old boring low quality crap synth and less than exiting vocals. Not the case with BEDM. If you like good music you will like Boy Eats Drum Machine.

  • Makes me sing in the car--who gives a $*&% who's looking!
    author: Killer Bs

    BEDM demonstrates that, among other things, loves songs can be done without being sappy or stupid. These tunes also make me sing along--even in the car. It's takes a really good CD to make me lay down my pride like that...

  • A sonic pimp-slap to the apathetic
    author: James Gill

    BEDM isn't just another electronica band, and Johnny R. isn't just another DJ mixing up beats. there's some startlingly fresh stuff going on here, and BEDM brings some sonic adventure to the oh-so-self-referential "electronica" sound. and if that isn't enough to convince you, the vocals give Pleasure some balls and feeling that is too often missing from the genre. its like a aural pimp-slap to the apathetic. The Taste of Your Mouth was my personal favorite, but you just might like them all. buy this one, but move furniture to make room for dancing before playing. Pleasure has got the power...to move you. -james

  • Amazing and original
    author: Kate

    This CD is totally amazing and original. I love it!

  • Finally, something fresh!
    author: Monster Music

    Thank you to the boy who ate the drum machine. Just when I was about to give up hope that anything musically new and interesting would rise to the surface--just when I was about to engage in some type of radical protest to the state of independent music in America--you came along. You have renewed my faith. No longer must I fret or worry that my musical horizon is flat, barren, and full of monotony. Thank you. You have made my year.

  • BEDM brings it all
    author: Theresa in NYC

    It has arrived, the lovely pink package orignial artwork CD from a new discovery I stumbled upon late at night. I push play...starting off this CD with soulful, funky and sexy tones through tracks like I'm an angel telling lies and si (x) cuse me , the poetic sounds of 5-0 with the added joy of rock-out-able tracks like let's get lost sometimes.... boyeatsdrummachine is an artist that brings it all.

  • Fun to unwrap--even better to listen to!
    author: Sister Pirate

    I bought "Pleasure" when I visited Portland recently. It is that to say the least. The packaging alone has provided hours of constructive fun. Now I wrap all my sandwiches like that… I’m spreading the word here at home that BEDM is fantastic!

  • Great album. Like new stuff.
    author: Jose in Vegas

    I have been listening since I first heard BEDM on MP3.COM back in 2002. I have been an addict ever since.

  • Great Live Show and Great CD
    author: Jeanne Nesbitt

    I bought this album at the Doug Fir show last week. I was impressed with the live performance. The ‘front man’ is charismatic and a great singer. I hoped the CD would be as good-usually either a band is decent live and the CD sucks--or visa versa. But I thought at a price of $7.00 why not buy it?! Well, I’m impressed. The CD is great. I’ve let my friends listen to it and they are equally impressed. You’ve got the makings of one of Portland’s best bands. Keep it up!

  • best portland indie of the year
    author: sany

    everything about this cd is great. there are no 'bad' songs on this album. every single one is great and there really aren't any 'key tracks.' a must have for any portlander that loves music! this is a mix of genres so everyone will like it.

  • So yummy I could eat it!
    author: Sarah Wheeler

    BEDM’s “Pleasure” is aptly named. It’s been in my CD player for 4 weeks now. Favorite tracks include “Let’s Get Lost Sometime” and “Angel Telling Lies.” Vocal performance is impressive but instrumental songs also shine. Introduction B is eerie and interesting while 5-0 get’s me tapping my toe. I like that the songs range from somewhat melancholy to outright poppy and danceable. The CD has enough weight, substance, and variety to hold my attention. Impressive.

  • Pleasure is bright, hot (pink), and addictive
    author: Andrew

    This album is solid, catchy, and very likable. I've got #21 of the first run and am hanging on to it. The more I listen, the more I find the hooks getting stuck in my head. If pop means it's addictive, then 'Pleasure' is one sweet piece of work. Buy it. You'll like it.

  • Spectacular!
    author: Lola

    This is the best Boy Eats Drum Machine album yet. Great beats & melodies, experimental, yet accessible. This is a great batch of songs that are informed by the past, yet look to the future of pop. Get it now!

  • Moody yet fresh; lyrically beautiful, fantastic vocals, phat beats
    author: Portland Soul Lover

    Boy Eats Drum Machine is fresh! His latest CD is inventive and edgy while still maintaining a basic pop structure making the songs radio worthy. The samples provide a contrast with the fantastic vocal performance. BEDM is worth hearing. Bravo!

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