http://virb.com/vert Some Beans & an Octopus: "a very, very unique album... Listen from start to finish and you're guaranteed to come out of the experience with a newfound muscial mindset" BPM "unique melding of turn-of-the-century piano with quirky pop and electronic flourishes" Remix "a mashup masterstroke of sonic exploration" Illinois Entertainer "a magic infused wunderkammer set upon robotic legs that dances a mean swing and jag" Asthmatic Kitty At the age of 6, Adam Butler started his musical career with his first piano lessons. At the age of 13 he swapped the piano for the electric guitar. At the age of 20, after a night taking acid found him outside the local music shop at opening time, wanting to swap his guitar for a sampler. At the age of 24, ankle damage forced him to stop skateboarding, and he became Vert. Since then, he has released 3 albums on Sonig, including The Koln Konzert, a sample-free bastardpopisation of the original jazz classic. After a crippling studio burglary in 2004, he emerged butterfly-like into the world, having transformed himself into a rusty crunk showtune singer-songwriter, and produced an album full of skewed pop classics, Some Beans & an Octopus (Sonig, October 2006), in cahoots with musicians such as rapper Noah 23, turntablist DJ Elephant Power and a mysterious Serbian double bassist.]]> Virb 2.0 (@vert) en http://virb.com/vert/audio/78946 Sun, 13 May 2007 10:22:35 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78946 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78945 Sun, 13 May 2007 10:19:10 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78945 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78943 Sun, 13 May 2007 10:16:59 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78943 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78941 Sun, 13 May 2007 10:12:16 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78941 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78940 Sun, 13 May 2007 10:09:57 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78940 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78939 Sun, 13 May 2007 10:07:06 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78939 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78937 Sun, 13 May 2007 10:03:56 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78937 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78935 Sun, 13 May 2007 10:01:31 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78935 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78443 Sat, 12 May 2007 06:32:41 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78443 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78440 Sat, 12 May 2007 06:30:41 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78440 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78439 Sat, 12 May 2007 06:28:54 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/audio/78439 http://virb.com/vert/videos/1734156 Sun, 13 May 2007 19:03:00 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/videos/1734156 http://virb.com/vert/posts/text/38563 Mon, 14 May 2007 06:33:54 -0700 http://virb.com/vert/posts/text/38563