B.S.D.

Moongroov Music Available Online

2023-04-09T13:40:57+02:00

Bio

From its humble beginnings in the church band Bloodbath. Vocalist/bassist Sam Ebbett,drummer Jon Kirsch, and guitarist Bronson Devost joined up with vocalist/d.j. Luke Stoughton to form the aggressively non-genre-conforming Moongroov with its mix of metal, funk, rap, hiphop and the various burgeoning "-cores." The group played, often joined by touring bassist Jamie Hughes (of Electric Sheep and Not Pictured fame), and recorded just past the turn of the new millennium before the exit of Devost and their reconfiguration into the metal tour de force Mercury Switch.

New Releases

After more than 2 decades, the music of Moongroov is available on all major online music outlets. Sadly, the first studio album "Groovslippers" is not yet available, and they remain uncertain about actual ownership of that album for online distribution. Nevertheless, the "Moongroov" EP and a live recording have been recently released to pretty much anywhere digital music is available:

Moongroov EP:

Moongroov Live:

Not Pictured, The Waiting is Over

2023-03-04T17:24:11+01:00

Brainchild of the visionary singer/songwriter Jamie Hughes, Not Pictured was his follow up to Electric Sheep. It found the incomparable Jamie Thomas on drums and the indomitable Mick Swan on bass, both formerly of Electric sheep, join talents with yet a third Jamie (James) Berry on keys and Bronson Brown-deVost (né Devost) on the electric guitar. The band served as an artistic outlet for experimentation with nerd/progressive rock aspirations under the firm canopy of Hughes’s warmly rich, folksy vocals and his intricate acoustic guitar work.

Their only album “The Waiting is Over” presents Hughes’s heartfelt introspection concerning his past and current relationships alongside his personal faith journey. The album eschews traditional rock/folk song structures, most notably a 4/4 time signature. All the while it emphasizes a rhythmic structure that accentuates the ebb and flow of the lyrical progressions by means of a subtle and impressionistic placement of the downbeat, which provides an unanchored feel to the musical odyssey of the work. Ironically, for fans of Not Pictured the wait to hear this album on a digital platform would not be over till more than 20 years after its creation.

Find the album on:

B.S.D. Reflect Available Online

2023-03-04T17:24:04+01:00

After more than 25 years, B.S.D. Reflect is available online. You can listen on:

Bio

2023-03-04T16:38:46+01:00

B.S.D. was a teenager with a fundamentalist christian upbringing, who used his music as an outlet to work through the soaring highs and devastating lows of these turbulent and formative years.

Fascinated by the possibilities of multitrack recording, from an early age he took on various low-paying jobs to be able to purchase recording equipment and musical instruments. His homeschool education afforded him ample time to work on his abilities as a multi-instrumentalist and to experiment with various recording techniques. This album is a collection of the last songs he recorded as a solo artist and presents a window into the emotions he was experiencing and the framework within which he struggled to cope with them.