Beatenberg
Beatenberg is a South African pop band based in Cape Town, composed of Matt… Read Full Bio ↴Beatenberg is a South African pop band based in Cape Town, composed of Matthew Field, Robin Brink, and Ross Dorkin.

Despite being schooled in ‘serious music’ like Beethoven, Debussy and John Coltrane, (Dorkin and Field studied music together at the University of Cape Town) Beatenberg is adamant that they are heard as ‘pop music’.

Their first album, Farm Photos (2011, released independently), was a tender and somewhat naïve offering which somehow makes a strange and lasting impression with its sophisticated harmony, sincere delivery and boyish lyrics. But this is not the final definition of Beatenberg: last year, the band pointed towards a new direction with the internet release of their first independently produced single, Echoes. Their self-declared ‘pop’ aesthetic becomes clear in this strange but alluring song. Echoes blends synth elements with ‘africanesque’ guitar lines and stark, haunting vocals, while the band’s impromptu acoustic performance video of Scorpionfish (2012) displays their core as a trio that actually plays instruments.

In 2012 Beatenberg opened for The Tallest Man On Earth at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. This was a special concert that got a lot of people talking about them and several features in the media. They also played Rocking the Daisies.
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Beatenberg Lyrics


All About Me You know it's all about me I cannot even explain All the…
Beauty like a tightened bow The poem is an essay that lacked rigour The name is…
Bend The Rules Why do you bend the rules. You know they don't apply…
Bowerbird If you want I can show you what love is If…
Camera You don't give away much 'Cause you don't say much at…
Cape to Rio She went from Cape to Cairo I went from Cape to…
Cavendish Square Think a little, think a lot Meditate on what you've got Keep…
Chelsea Blakemore This is An emotion In a bottle Like a potion Waiting Foreve…
Common Time Try teachin' me love with a circle and a square…
Dark Glasses To wake up in the morning You find the way to…
Echoes You don't love me You only love the echoes of my…
Facebook Apologia In an age of Facebook apologies I'm in love with you,…
fool you Oh my With downtown hair and high rise eyes So naive to…



Full Length Mirror I need a full-length mirror to be cool with myself I…
I Won't Take No For An Answer I won't take no for an answer You’d better listen I've had…
Ithaca When I was 19 There were places that I wanted to…
Naomi I feel so innocent, I feel so guilty I'm staying at…
Ode To The Berg Wind If I was a wave to pant Underneath your power If I…
Pluto I stand in your room I don't know what to do A…
Rafael Sometimes it feels like heaven and sometimes it feels like…
Scorpionfish Island shores Endless waves Sea cucumbers and enticing caves…
She's Not Like That Does she hold you in her arm the whole night…
Southern Suburbs Can I be your lover In the Southern Suburbs? I wanna run…
Stamina I turn into a salamander Playing an old computer game I felt…
Stamina Vignette Come into my flower Come into me Give in to my power Give…
Symposium You want a pen, but your sword is enough It's not…
The Lighthouse of Alexandria To the lighthouse of Alexandria To the faded library where I…
The Prince of the Hanging Gardens I'm a lazy student In a circular library With a glass ceilin…
Thinking About You A tornado flew around my room before you came Excuse the…
Zambezi You are the one I've been waiting for You melt my heart Righ…


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on Rafael

This song is a full package on its own, driving me insane in 2020 at midnight

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