BIRTH + EVOLUTION.................Around the time that Mission Of Burma was winding down it's 13 year reunion run[?!!], I started to do 8-track bedroom recordings, mostly angular instrumentals with bass/drum loops and ghostly samples. That became the first Minibeast LP, Look, Don’t Look. The first group put together to play this stuff live were great players from my new adopted home [providence,r.i.], but the group was not jelling yet............so we disbanded and I recorded another solo minibeaster, Free Will. The first one was a blueprint and this was more hi-fi and thought out. another live version popped up that had some mojo [Adam Autry and Eric Baylies].........when Adam left, i stumbled into percussion monster, keith seidel, who i play with to this day. he was lured in by me name dropping names like fela, public image and the stooges. eric,keith and i recorded 2 full length records called ISM Volume Silver and ISM Volume Gold. the material was super rhythmic and wild, the sound kinda murky.increased touring,opening for post punk heroes like wire,gang of 4,and mike watt.eric left,enter neils la white, who riveted his minimalist bass throbs into the sound with amazing force. This led to On Ice, a stretched out 2 record set that sounded and felt just right. Drummer, Keith, is a graphic illustrator and has done most of the cover art since isms. we invited killer saxmen, russ gershon and dana colley, to add psycho sax sounds to On Ice, as well as new sounds and production help from an amazing engineer, guitarist and producer by the name of pete weiss. last year, we slowly but surely plowed through our newest record, The Maze Of Now, finished and released in January 2025................this year, Neils moved on and Pete Weiss moved in on his original instrument, bass guitar………and this is where we are at-solid as a throbbing rock.......................................a few notes about the minibeast modus operandi-we never play the same set the same way twice...............songs vary in length................i "play" guitar,keys,samples and voice...in my way.......................we do not believe live music should be a static experience. it should be celebratory,absurd,unpredicable and transcendent and we do everything we can do keep it that way.........the name comes from my nickname for our black cat, buddy. he observes quietly, but struts around like he is a lot bigger than he is. take that as you will!......................peter prescott.........................