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Skinny Pelembe
Born (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 (age 34)
Johannesburg, South Africa
OriginDoncaster, England
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2016–present
Labels
Websiteskinnypelembe.com

Doya Beardmore (born 26 August 1990), known professionally as Skinny Pelembe, is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has released two albums Dreaming is Dead Now (2019) and Hardly the Same Snake (2023).

Early life

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Beardmore was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to an English father from Birmingham and a Mozambican mother. Concerned about Apartheid, under which interracial relationships were illegal and stigmatised, the family relocated to Doncaster, South Yorkshire when Beardmore was three.[1]

Career

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As a teenager, Beardmore played in garage bands. He taught himself guitar and production.[2]

Beardmore self-released his debut single "Mindset is Fear" in 2016 followed by his debut EP Seven Year Curse in 2017.[3] After joining Gilles Peterson's Future Bubblers programme, Beardmore's second EP Sleep More, Make More Friends was released in 2018 via Peterson's label Brownswood Recordings,[4] featuring collaborations with Yazmin Lacey, Hejira, Bernardo, and Emma-Jean Thackray, as well as the single collection "Spit/Swallow" and "Toy Shooter". Beardmore featured on the BBC Music Introducing stage at Reading and Leeds.[5] He also played at the Great Escape Festival,[6] Latitude Festival, and the 6 Music Festival and had gigs supporting Nightmares on Wax and Unkle, and at Rough Trade with Dry Cleaning and Dana Gavanski.[7]

Produced with Malcolm Catto and via Brownswood Recordings, Beardmore released his debut album Dreaming is Dead Now in May 2019[8] and the single "I'll Be On Your Mind".[9] He played at the Green Man Festival[10] and Sŵn in Wales and had headline dates supported by Elsa Hewitt.[11] He recorded a cover of Andrew Hill's "Illusion (Apparition)" for the Blue Note Records tribute jazz album Blue Note Re:imagined in 2020.[12] He was commissioned to write a song for South Yorkshire in 2021.[13]

Beardmore moved to Partisan Records in 2022.[14] In 2023, Beardmore released his sophomore album Hardly the Same Snake[15] and third EP Deadman Deadman Deadman, the singles "Oh, Silly George"[16] and "Don't Be Another", and a rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Who by Fire" with Beth Orton.[17] Beardmore made his Glastonbury Festival debut that summer.[18] He also performed at Bluedot Festival,[19] Deer Shed Festival and London Calling, returned to Reeperbahn and Sŵn, and embarked on tour.[20][21] The music video for "Don't Be Another", directed by Jai Moseley, was nominated for Best Alternative Video – UK at the 2024 UK Music Video Awards.[22]

Artistry

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Beardmore's sound has been described as an electric "collage" of different genres and "genre agnostic",[23] and that "singling out any one influence… is an impossible task".[20] During Beardmore's childhood, his father would play folk and country acts, his brothers introduced him to hip-hop, while his maternal family influenced him towards Afro-soul.[3] Beardmore first drew upon drum and bass,[24] developed as an artist on the UK garage scene and studied the Beatles and the Beach Boys.[25]

In 2017 and 2019, Beardmore named Fela Kuti, Neil Young, CAN, Madlib,[3] My Bloody Valentine and IG Culture as influences,[26] as well as The Lijadu Sisters and Andrew Hill.[2]

Other artists Beardmore has praised include The Only Ones, René Aubry, Frank Zappa,[27] The Jam, The Style Council, Blossom Dearie, and The Animals.[28]

Discography

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Albums

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  • Dreaming is Dead Now (2019)
  • Hardly the Same Snake (2023)

EPs

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  • Seven Year Curse (2017)
  • Sleep More, Make More Friends (2018)
  • Deadman Deadman Deadman (2023)

Single

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  • "Mindset is Fear" (2016)
  • "Spit/Swallow" / "Toy Shooter" (2018)
  • "I'll Be On Your Mind" (2019)
  • "Illusion (Silly Apparition)" (2020) (Andrew Hill cover)
  • "Like a Heart Won't Beat" (2022)
  • "Oh, Silly George" (2023)
  • "Don't Be Another" (2023)
  • "Who by Fire" (2023) with Beth Orton

References

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  1. ^ Daniel Dylan Wray (1 May 2023). "'A big chunk of my motivation is vengeance': Skinny Pelembe, the musical don of Doncaster". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ravens, Chal. "Skinny Pelembe on Sample-Mining, Madlib & Studio Experiments". Spitfire Audio. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Thomas, Katie (10 October 2017). "Skinny Pelembe is a Globe-Trotting Singer, Producer, and MC With a Psychedelic Sound". Complex. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ Spice, Anton (1 August 2018). "Skinny Pelembe announces new Brownswood EP on limited vinyl". The Vinyl Factor. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Skinny Pelembe - Spit/Swallow (Reading + Leeds 2018)". BBC Reading + Leeds. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  6. ^ Hobbs, Mary Anne (11 August 2018). "Skinny Pelembe on Doncaster". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Skinny Pelembe Concert History". Concert Archives. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  8. ^ Taylor, Chris (24 May 2019). "Skinny Pelembe's Dreaming Is Dead Now is a chameleonic thrill". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  9. ^ Kalia, Ammar (16 March 2019). "One to watch: Skinny Pelembe". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  10. ^ Auton, James (3 August 2019). "Festival Report: Green Man 2019". God is in the TV. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  11. ^ "New Skinny Pelembe dates this autumn". Brownswood Recordings. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Poppy Adjudha, Nubya Garcia, Skinny Pelembe and more on the lasting legacy of Blue Note". Crack. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  13. ^ Bateman, Stephanie (18 March 2021). "Five minutes with: Skinny Pelembe - recognising the positive role of community choirs". Doncaster Free Press. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  14. ^ Farrell, Margaret (23 November 2022). "Skinny Pelembe Shares a Vibrantly Soulful New Single "Like a Heart Won't Beat"". Flood Magazine. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  15. ^ Alex James Taylor (1 March 2023). "Skinny Pelembe's new record sees him step out of his comfort zone and into the beat". Hero. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  16. ^ Murray, Robin (18 January 2023). "Skinny Pelembe's 'Oh, Silly George' Is Exhilarating". Clash. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  17. ^ Grow, Kory (14 September 2023). "Beth Orton and Skinny Pelembe Find New Skin for the Old Ceremony in Leonard Cohen Cover". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  18. ^ "amz Supernova with live music from Nova Twins, Weyes Blood and Skinny Pelembe". BBC Radio. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  19. ^ Ivens, Charlie (27 July 2023). "Young Fathers bring the soul to Jodrell Bank Observatory for Bluedot Festival". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  20. ^ a b Nugent, Annabel (15 October 2023). "Doncaster musician Skinny Pelembe: 'Not everything needs to be such a woe-is-me thing'". The Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  21. ^ Potton, Ed (4 May 2023). "Skinny Pelembe review — this Doncaster boy will change lives". The Times. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  22. ^ "UK Music Video Awards 2024: all the nominations for this year's UKMVAs". Promonews. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Skinny Pelembe". Boogie Drugstore. 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  24. ^ Todd, Bella (18 February 2019). "Meet Brownswood Recordings' latest star, Skinny Pelembe". Redbull. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  25. ^ Vinti, Mike (22 May 2019). "Rising Music Star Skinny Pelembe Introduces Himself and His Debut Album". Another Man. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  26. ^ Finnamore, Emma (30 April 2019). "Against The Grain: Meeting Skinny Pelembe". Clash. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  27. ^ "Fifteen Questions Interview with Skinny Pelembe". Fifteen Questions. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  28. ^ "Skinny Pelembe, Musician – Doncaster". Fred Perry. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
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