bEEdEEgEE

Founding member of New York techno-punks <a href="spotify:artist:6UU6YXQaFGQToWN6U28Dcb">Gang Gang Dance</a>, Brian DeGraw cut his teeth early on playing in angular punk bands in the Washington, D.C. scene in the late '90s. Before relocating to New York and helping to found <a href="spotify:artist:6UU6YXQaFGQToWN6U28Dcb">Gang Gang Dance</a> in 2001, DeGraw played in bands like the Cranium and eventually linked up with SSAB Songs, an experimental music ensemble led by film director Harmony Korine. In addition to sculpting a great deal of the electronic textures and rhythmic elements for <a href="spotify:artist:6UU6YXQaFGQToWN6U28Dcb">Gang Gang Dance</a>, DeGraw would often DJ, collaborate with other musicians, or lend his talents in the form of doing remixes for artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:3EMSpwRtkvUTxfB4aS5xnA">Battles</a>, Tempers, and <a href="spotify:artist:4kwxTgCKMipBKhSnEstNKj">Animal Collective</a>. In 2013, DeGraw took on the moniker bEEdEEgEE, an elongated monogram of his initials, and released his first proper solo album, Sum/One, on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%224AD%22">4AD</a>, the label that had also previously released several <a href="spotify:artist:6UU6YXQaFGQToWN6U28Dcb">Gang Gang Dance</a> albums. The album featured guest vocal appearances from members of <a href="spotify:artist:37uLId6Z5ZXCx19vuruvv5">Hot Chip</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2K13AVg3bFpHSxDM1vJ0qA">CSS</a>, and others, and DeGraw toured in support of the album as an opening act for <a href="spotify:artist:4kwxTgCKMipBKhSnEstNKj">Animal Collective</a> shows in the early winter of 2013. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi