CONSUME/VALVE

the amateur… is this THE ONE you’ve been looking for?

Quan Yeomans delivered his amateur opus in late 2008 with a bouncing boot to the scavenged ribs of culture. Recorded in Sydney, London, Hong Kong, flight lounges, bus stops, doorways over a few years past… he wrote, played, recorded, produced everything on the album with a few friends Spod, Seja, Dan F sticking the boot in…and then on to making as many music videos as he can including the bogus download track ARE YOU THE BEAT? Are you the Beat? video here …along with the creepster video he has made for THE ONE The One video here.

The album THE AMATEUR has blown its socks off and features The One, Gimme Gimme (with Spod), OMG!, And this is what she said, Year of the Jerk and more. Boots and ball… so from the hackstreets of Hong Kong with hot smokin’ Chow chops comes QUAN live and kicking off the sweat stain of the debut solo album… having been invited to perform his debut tour in Australia as part of the 2009 BIG DAY OUT… he also was asked to play with THE PRODIGY on their Australian dates in JAN 09, along with additional shows in Brisbane with Z-Trip and Melbourne with Digital Primate. After various shows in Hong Kong – his current base… he is about to follow up with a festival in Vietnam in late April plus more upcoming Australian shows with RATATAT and the like… as well as the 2009 COME TOGETHER festival in Sydney.

Quan is a short extract from a love letter, an Amateur (from the latin ‘Amator’-'Lover’,  from Amare ‘to love’) ineptly following the natural course of things since forever. Apparently a photon that begins it’s life in the centre of the sun spends on average about 10 and a half million light years zigzaging to and fro as it slowly works it’s way to the surface, a distance that if traveled in a straight line would take a mere 2.5 seconds. It then takes a further 8.5 minutes to reach the earth. Furthermore our Sun Converts Five Million tones of Mass (about the equivalent of a million elephants) into pure energy every second. These factoids remind me of two things: 1. The virtue of patience and 2. That the immolation of a human heart pales in comparison to that of a Star’s. (Or is it the other way round?) Is this a foundation for Hip Hop?  Yes.

Quan – The Amateur (Valve): QUAN Yeomans spent a keraaazy amount of time getting his debut solo album just right. Michelle Lau and Spod duck and weave vocals on the slamming Gimme Gimme, Quan’s “got plot like Jerry Bruckheimer” on Mouthin’ Off for No Good Reason and Regurgitator’s quirky pop and a Miss Kitten-alike are their foundations for And This is What She Said… Quan’s Big Day Out shows were a rocking revelation, flowing like a harpoon daily and nightly with only a drummer and his bag of tricks. His downright filthy yet highbrow lyrics are way ahead of most home-grown MCs. Too dope to cope. MC The verdict: **** In a word: professional. Mikey Cahill (published by HIT 5 Feb 2009)

BIG DAY OUT 2009 Gold Coast parklands 18 Jan 2009: Quan Yeomans, appearing on stage wearing a gigantic sneaker on his head, has lost none of his absurdist flair, but rapidly stakes a claim as the stand-out performer of the day. The little MC that could, Yeomans’ performance this evening is nothing short of revelatory. The Regurgitator frontman’s energy is ridiculous, while the decision to support his hip hop set with a live drummer only adds intensity to his ludicrously precise and engaging performance. (RAVE)

QUAN – back on the footwork 2009!!!