The Beat Club

The Beat Club

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Beat Club


Img_capt = Robotica (Released 2006)
Background = Group
Origin = Miami, Florida
Genre = Techno
Years_active = 1987–present
Label = Indie, Electrobeat Records
URL = [http://www.electrobeat.com/ www.electrobeat.com]
Members = Honorato Rodriguez
Mireya Rodriguez

The Beat Club is a mostly techno music group that was founded in the late '80s by Ony Rodriguez and Mirey Valls in Miami, Florida.

History

Ony Rodriguez began his career in the late 80’s as a rhythm guitarist and producer with EMI recording group, The Voice In Fashion. Even after attaining minor commercial success, Ony Rodriguez decided to pursue his personal interests and style of music more and started The Beat Club. What began as an ongoing “free-form” studio jam with friends led to the international hit “Security”, and his departure from The Voice In Fashion.

Influenced by the likes of the “Miami Bass” movement, New Order and Kraftwerk, Ony’s music relied less on his main instrument of the guitar and more on his love for electronics.

Initially on Atlantic Records, The Beat Club was offered the opportunity to become the first recording act to be signed to New Order manager and Manchester’s Factory Record mogul, the late Rob Gretton’s own personal label robsrecords. The Beat Club went on to release several recordings in the UK resulting in the Top 75 singles “Security” (recorded by, and featuring New Order’s Bernard Sumner), “Dreams Were Made To Be Broken” and “X”.

“Rob allowed me to pursue my love for the studio, and the artistic freedom an independent label allowed, forever changed my attitude towards the business and defined the priorities for my career”. -Ony, founder of the Beat Club
Upon the expiration of the contract with Atlantic Records, Ony (along with his wife, Mirey Valls) went on to start Electrobeat Records out of Miami, Florida. Throughout the 90’s and 00’s, Electrobeat has released over a dozen albums produced by The Beat Club under various pseudonyms including Ony, Fuzzy Logic, Toys For The Revolution, Santa Fe and Urban Select.

Recent Activity

In late 2006 The Beat Club released the album Robotica which included the club singles “Dream Within A Dream” and “Lost In Space”. The first quarter of 2008 will see the release of the new album Minimalista, along with a (first time in 15 years) promotional tour.

“After working in the studio for so many years, I miss the live performance. I miss the immediate feedback –it is because of the complexity and expense of a live performance for a project of this type that I have stayed away from the audience for so long. Things have changed; technology has finally made it affordable for an independent studio artist to go on the road. With a laptop you can have virtual synthesizer stacks while at the same time running a video show. I can finally go out and expose my music to new fans, thereby providing a direct promotional venue so essential in today’s industry."-Ony

Along with releases on Electrobeat, Atlantic, robsrecords and ZYX records, The Beat Club has been featured in various compilations including Champion Records UK, John Digweed’s Azuli release and other mixes, in addition to a recent cover version of "Security" by the Freestylers on their album "Adventures in Freestyle".

Discography (as the Beat Club)

References

# The Beat Club's Official MySpace page. Retrieved on August 8, 2007.
# [http://www.electrobeat.com/ Electrobeat Official Website] Archived from 1992-2006 Rodri Publishing (ASCAP)
# [http://www.electrobeat.com/int.html Electrobeat Official Website (Interview)] Archived from 1992-2006 Rodri Publishing (ASCAP)
# [http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1995-12-21/music/the-one-and-only-ony/] Miami New Times article, From December 12, 1995.

External links

* [http://www.electrobeat.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/electrobeatrecords Official MySpace]
* [http://groups.myspace.com/thebeatclubforums Official MySpace Forum]


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