Beam Up

Even if Beam Up deliver like a modern reggae sound system based in Jamaica, they comprise a U.K. native, an Australian DJ, and a former swing band trumpeter, who are actually all the same man, Brian May. May's music career began at the age of six when he took the usually adult job of playing in a nostalgic big band. Jump ahead a decade-and-a-half and May's job as a party promoter brought him to Australia, while DJ gigs at club events gave him the alternative names DJ Delay and Beam Up. A day gig at Melbourne's PBS FM introduced radio listeners to his free-form style, then the ...