Beatbeat Whisper

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Beatbeat Whisper
David and Ayla in Santa Cruz, California.
David and Ayla in Santa Cruz, California.
Background information
Origin Flag of the United States Oakland, California, U.S.
Genre(s) Indie folk
Years active 2005-present
Associated acts Ayla Nereo
That Blasted Hound
Website Beatbeat Whisper Official Website
Members
Ayla Nereo
Davyd Nereo

Beatbeat Whisper is an American indie folk band from the San Francisco Bay Area in California, and has gained notoriety on both coasts of the United States. The band is composed of sibling singer-songwriters, Ayla Nereo and Davyd Nereo. Their music has been described as "folk-based music touched with chords of bluegrass, traditional folksongs, dancy rock ballads, classical piano sonatas, and pirate shanties."

The band released their self-titled debut album Beatbeat Whisper in 2007, followed by Wonder Continental in 2008.

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Ayla and Davyd were born and raised in Sonoma County, California, outside Windsor, California, and were both homeschooled until high school. Raised in a musical family, they grew up playing kazoos, recorders and other instruments at home. Influenced by classical piano sonatas, high school punk bands, and traditional folk songs, Ayla and Davyd began writing their own music. Ayla notated piano chords in her own musical language. Davyd recorded experimental punk-folk into his computer.

In 2005 the two joined forces to produce their first co-written song, "Try not to let the rain in your boots, child,". In March of 2006, the song was selected to be on a compilation of Stanford University musicians, where Ayla was a student, under their original band name, Flatbread Kids. In July 2006, Davyd's song, "Little Window Open Up" was featured on the compilation, "Sounds of West Sonoma County." Then they were picked again for the Stanford compilation in March 2007 for Ayla's song, "Lulu."

Beatbeat Whisper has made numerous radio appearances along both the West and East coasts of the United States, and toured both coasts as well.

In early 2007, Beatbeat Whisper self-released a 10-track, self-titled album, recorded mostly in a Santa Cruz apartment. On May 1, 2008, they released their second full-length, Wonder Continental. Davyd and Ayla each have solo albums as well, recorded as That Blasted Hound and Ayla Nereo, respectively.

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[edit] Albums

  • 2007 Beatbeat Whisper
  • 2008 Wonder Continental

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