Michael Bearpark
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Michael Bearpark is an English guitarist.
Mostly known as an electric textural guitarist and loop musician, Bearpark plays a central role in the band Darkroom. He also has an ongoing duo project with German loop guitarist Bernhard Wagner, called Pedaltone.
Bearpark previously played in ambient-folk band Samuel Smiles, and has made strong contributions to the band Henry Fool. In both of these projects, he worked with No-Man singer Tim Bowness (who has also been an occasional Darkroom member) and with multi-instrumentalist Peter Chilvers.
Bearpark has also collaborated with No-Man, Richard Barbieri (of Japan and Porcupine Tree) and David Kosten's Faultline. He is a regular contributor to Improvizone [1], a regular London-based night of improvised instrumental music organised by drummer Andrew Booker.
Most recently, Bearpark has formed a more straightforward rock band called Aimless Mules [2] which also features Andrew Booker (drums), Chris Wild (vocals), Nic Regan (bass) and Charles Fernyhough (guitar).
[edit] Selected Discography
as group member:
Darkroom, Carpetworld EP (3rd Stone Ltd., 1998)
Darkroom, Daylight (3rd Stone Ltd., 1998)
Tim Bowness/Samuel Smiles, World Of Bright Futures (Hidden Art, 1999)
Darkroom, Seethrough (peoplesound.com, 1999 - re-issued on Burning Shed, 2003)
Tim Bowness/Samuel Smiles, How We Used To Live (Hidden Art, 2000)
Tim Bowness/Samuel Smiles, Live Archive One (Hidden Art, 2001)
Tim Bowness/Samuel Smiles, Live Archive Two (Hidden Art, 2001)
Darkroom, Fallout One (Burning Shed, 2001)
Darkroom, Fallout Two (Burning Shed, 2001)
Darkroom, Fallout Three (Burning Shed, 2002)
Darkroom, Freefall (Burning Shed, 2002)
Darkroom, The DAC Mixes (Burning Shed, 2002)
Pedaltone, Pedaltone (Burning Shed, 2006)
as guest musician:
Richard Barbieri/Tim Bowness, Flame (One Little Indian, 1994)
Faultline, Faultline EP (Fused & Bruised, 1998)
Faultline, Mute EP (Leaf, 1998)
Faultline, Closer, Colder (Leaf, 1999)
No-Man, Together We're Stranger (KScope/Snapper Music, 2004)
