Various artists have banded together by contributing songs to a charity compilation for Dan Wild-Beesley of Cleft and GUG fame, who is seeking a life saving cure from cancer.
Entitled ‘The Bees Knees’, not only does feature previously released tracks, it also features exclusives from Jamie Lenman, BRITNEY, Chiyoda Ku, Falls, RoBoTaLiEn, AlgernonCornelius, Tiger Moth, Atotaso, Down I Go, Body Hound, Trojan Horse, Lomea, Claw The Thin Ice, Panta Rhei, Human Pyramids, Pommes, Delta Sleep, False Advertising, Salt the Snail Kevin Devine, Mutiny On The Bounty, Bear Makes Ninja, Piles of Clothes and Astral Bodies.
The release was compiled by Dan’s fellow GUG bandmate Ben Forrester who explains:
“Dan Wild-Beesley is an extremely talented and well loved musician who you may know as one half of turbo-prog heroes Cleft and more recently of a third of noise rock nutters GUG.
Dan is currently battling two brain tumors. We need to raise £50,000 so he can seek treatment that isn’t available on the NHS and has an 80% success rate of getting cancer patients into remission. This album has been created to help reach his target.
This compilation features a bunch of bands and artists that been
inspired by Dan’s musical talents. It has some previously unreleased stuff, some super exclusive stuff, some pretty rare stuff as well a few bangers from current releases.”
The compilation is digitally available for £10 via bandcamp. The tracklisting for the release is as follows:
1.Axes – Pack Your Bags, Grab Your Balls and Get Ready for the Hurricane
2.Cleft – Gulch (Bear Make Ninja’s Midi Mix Up)
3.BRITNEY – MAGGOT MUSUME
4.Falls – Tongue
5.Real Terms – Lake Trasimene
6.Chiyoda Ku – Distracted From Distraction By Distraction
7.Death and the Penguin – No Blood, No Sport
8.AlgernonCornelius – Brothers
9.Vennart – Operate
10.RoBoTaLiEn – Questioning
11.USA Nails – University Home
12.Tiger Moth – Carl Sagan Megadrive
13.Atotaso – Double Deaf (Live)
14.Employed To Serve – I Spend My Days (Wishing Them Away)
15.Down I Go – Ganymede (Demo)
16.Vasa – Open
17.Trojan Horse – The Spaghetti Leg Man
18.Cleft – Hostage (Lomea remix)
19.Panta Rhei – Oxygen Therapy
20.Claw The Thin Ice – Ribcage
21.Human Pyramids – Big Data
22.Piles Of Clothes – Piles Of Clothes (Live @ Small Pond)
23.Verse Metrics – This Is Your Captain Speaking
24.Pommes – Tiny Hands
25.Jamie Lenman – Money Changes Everything
26.False Advertising – Has It Got Old Yet
27.The Hyena Kill – Crosses
28.Salt The Snail – Deadenders
29.Bad Grammar – Sandra
30.Alpha Male Tea Party – Carpet Diem
31 Wot Gorilla – Watch Out For The Tentacles!
32.Mums – In A Museum
33.Crashtactics – FDP
34.She The Throne – Sometimes My Arms Bend Back
35.Astral Bodies – Equinox Jesus Christ 2000
36.DROUGHTS – Welcome Back
37.Cassels – Coup
38.Bearfoot Beware – Thick Black Warpaint
39.Cowtown – Not Sure
40.Tricot – Melon Soda
41.Delta Sleep – Maconiklaus Culkinski
42.Kevin Devine – Me and My Friends
43.Playacting – At Some Point
44.Sweet Deals On Surgery – Desk From The Waist Down
45.Bearded Youth Quest – Sports Bread
46.Mutiny On The Bounty – Bleak Future
47.Space Blood – Techno Shamanism
48.&U&I – The Wooden Box
49.Classically Handsome Brutes – Baron Von Sharon
50. Body Hound – Rice Crispian Bale (Demo)
51. Pijn – Blush Unseen
52. Peaks – Dear George, Dear William (Bonus Track)