Beanfield
Beanfield is a trio of German musician/producers allied with the excellent groove label Compost Recordings. The group resides among a generation of dance acts like Faze Action, Fila Brazillia, and A Forest Mighty Black (the latter are close compadres) who balance their status in the electronic community by producing extraordinarily organic sounds, inspired by earthy '70s sounds from funk to Latin and Brazilian jazz to disco. Beanfield formed around keyboard player Tobias Meggle and bassist Jan Krause (formerly with the acid jazz unit Poets of Rhythm), along with Compost label boss Michael Reinboth. All three played heavy parts in the recording and production of the first few Compost records (circa 1995) by A Forest Mighty Black, Knowtoryus, and Fauna Flash. Beanfield's first single, 1995's "Charles," earned heavy rotation on Gilles Peterson's BBC radio show and gained airplay in the world's more laid-back clubs. The band released their self-titled debut album in 1997, followed by two volumes in a series of remix EPs. Earning even more praise from DJs and critics, Human Patterns followed in 1999.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Atmosphere/Invert EP
Techno - Released by E+ AXA on 20 June 2025
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Tides (feat. Bajka)
Electronic - Released by AETERNA Records on 9 Aug 2024
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Tides (feat. Bajka) (Extended)
Electronic - Released by AETERNA Records on 9 Aug 2024
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
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Tides Remixes / Looking Up
House - Released by Compost Records on 2 Dec 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Human Patterns
Acid Jazz - Released by Compost Records on 29 Nov 1999
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
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Whistling in Tongues / Tides EP
House - Released by Compost Records on 16 Apr 2016
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
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Tides (Toto Chiavetta Edition 2022)
Techno - Released by Compost Records on 11 Feb 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Tides - Ripperton Mix, Till the End (Panoptikum Instrumental Mix)
Dance - Released by Compost Records on 29 Feb 2008
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Birds & Bees
Dance - Released by Compost Records on 20 Sept 2004
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Compost Black Label #104
House - Released by Compost Records on 18 Oct 2013
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Close the Gap
Dance - Released by Compost Records on 15 Dec 1998
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo