IT IS OFTEN HARD TO HEAR OR SAY THE NAME “LONDON BECK” WITHOUT FOLLOWING WITH WORDS LIKE, “INNOVATIVE”, “AMBITIOUS”, AND “AUTEUR”. BECK IS A MULTI-TALENTED RECORDING ARTIST FROM SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. AS A SINGER, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, COMPOSER, sound ENGINEER, AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, THEY STAND OUT TO LEAD AMONGST A NEW GENERATION OF CREATIVES WHO ARE NOT ONLY ABLE TO RECORD AND PERFORM, BUT HAVE A HAND IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE CREATION OF THEIR STORYTELLING SOUNDSCAPES. EVERY RELEASE BY BECK IS MORE FLAVORFUL AND NUANCED THAN THE LAST, SHOWING THEIR WELL-ROUNDED LOVE OF MUSIC AS A WHOLE WHILE ALSO PROVIDING GLIMPSES INTO THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY AND WHERE IT COULD LEAD.

AFTER A REVITALIZING REBRAND, LONDON BECK RELEASED “BLINDED BY HUNGER” IN 2018. FROM THERE, BECK CONTINUED TO PERFECT THEIR CRAFT WITH THE “REVELATIONS EP” IN LATE 2018 AND “DRIFT EP” IN 2019. THE START OF 2020 BROUGHT ON BECK’S NEXT ERA WITH “ANGXL”, A CONCEPT ALBUM BASED ON THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS. HAVING RELEASED THE MISFIT TOYS LOOKBOOK IN APRIL 2019 ALONG WITH A FEATURE IN THE DETROIT METRO TIMES AS A STAFF PICK CHOSEN BY ANN ARBOR’S BLIND PIG VENUE, BECK WAS PRIMED TO LAUNCH FURTHER INTO THE STRATOSPHERE. AND THEN THE WORLD STOPPED.

STILL, LONDON BECK CONTINUED TO TRIUMPH, SCORING A SET FOR YPSI PRIDE IN JUNE 2020. IN NOVEMBER 2020, BECK WAS INDUCTED AS ONE OF THE FIRST FELLOWS FOR THE AMPLIFY PROJECT, AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF LOCAL BIPOC CREATIVES IN EXCHANGE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY, BECK WOULD USE THE TRYING, TRAGIC, YET SOMETIMES JOYOUS EXPERIENCES OF A PANDEMIC TO CREATE “THE BLACK SATIN SESSIONS”, NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS AND BANDCAMP. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2021, BECK PERFORMED FOR THE ANN ARBOR SUMMER FESTIVAL AND AS A GUEST OF THE ARK FOR ANN ARBOR’S ART FAIR. IN AUGUST of that year, THEY WON CURRENT MAGAZINE’S BEST NEW ARTIST IN WASHTENAW COUNTY. AS OF 2022, Beck collaborated with the Skyline High School symphony orchestra in Ann Arbor, MI to compose and premiere Beck’s first full-orchestra piece, Lever De Soleil Cramoisi.

After a brief hiatus, London Beck returned in a more nuanced capacity. They announced a return to the recording of their upcoming album, Vengeance Be Mine. To pay it forward and continue growing and inspiring other artists, they launched the production company (and their exclusive record label), Renivere Recording. As of October 2023, Beck serves on the board for the Ann Arbor Public School’s Spencer Steiff Student Support Grant, an initiative to uplift and empower budding, young musicians of the Ann Arbor school district.

WHETHER IT BE THROUGH EXPERIMENTING WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF MUSIC AS WE KNOW IT OR BY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY (YES, LONDON IS ALSO A CLASSICALLY TRAINED VIOLIST AND PRIVATE TEACHER), LONDON BECK IS PATIENTLY BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR A MOVEMENT THAT ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO SOCIETY DEEMED AS “OTHER” THAT THERE IS AN UNAPOLOGETIC, PERMANENT SPACE IN THE UNIVERSE THAT RIGHTFULLY RECOGNIZES THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE MEANT TO BE.

WITH BECK’S TALENT, DRIVE, AND CHARM, THERE IS NO CEILING THAT CAN’T BE BROKEN.