CLIBBUS INTERNATIONAL
HISTORY OF CLIBBUS INTERNATIONAL
Alex “Beefus” DʼAurelio (B. 1992 )
“An Elliptical in my jaw holding a stick and capturing the the sounds of vehicles
and animals in a tin can with one arm. While I donʼt generally care for much , it
more than likely has the capability of being captured with a different scent or color
or time allowing me to make it easier for documentation purposes. If itʼs even
harder pressed, extending my throat might help it sit still for a cognitive
photograph. Are you going to say itʼs not that or what it might be, maybe you are
right but its still not true by both sides”
You may have heard that unique scream or stream of conscious verbal flutter
before. Some say it is reminiscent of a contorted mammal with a mouth full of
candy and marbles, sprinting towards its ticklish demise into a 10ʼx10ʼ microwave
oven. Whether you heard it on a stage, record , video, the radio, or even a random
street corner it is a sound unlike any other. In fact it was the first thing Ann
DʼAurelio head on the afternoon of June 20th 1992, when she squeezed out her
baby “Beefus”.
Alex “Beefus” DʼAurelio is based out of Rochester, NY, where he runs his
multimedia company “Clibbus International”. His main focus Is on making music
and drawings to accompany those sounds. His band “Clibbus” started as a solo
recording project in his late teens, and although he has been very active in
Rochesterʼs underground music scene and playing in various other musical groups
Clibbus always remained a personal outlet for his musical ideas that were
considered more “off center” by many thus making it harder to use in any of his
projects at the time.
In just a few short years Clibbus would release 2 official full length solo records
for Clibbus (2015ʼs Pabloom Mannequin Palace, and 2018ʼs Spider Collection),
various comedy records for DʼAurelios friend Denis Chibhammer (Under the
moniker 8=Denis to society) through Clibbus International, an industry started in
his head turned bedroom, that would operate all of the outlets of the Clibbus world
in which he would combine Audio, Video, and drawings amongst other platforms to
release with the Clibbus International aesthetic.
Years later in late 2018 DʼAurelio joined forces with Graham Balcomb and Mike
Mcgee to finally turn Clibbus into a band that would expand upon both old and
new ideas of DʼAurelios, as well as collaborating as a trio to fashion a whole new
sound and material for the live element. In less than a year the Trio has gone on 2
mid-west/ east coast tours, released a full length album (2019ʼs Crowning For
Dog) and recorded various B-sides which have been released as singles or
featured on compilations.
While much of the music clearly reflects itʼs influence of punk rock, avant-garde,
and experiential sounds of the past century, there has never been any limitation as
to what sounds can be made as Clibbus has always been an outlet to create what
you want at that moment. In fact most of the sounds are extensions and
documented perceptions of various fascinations of that moment and are supposed
to be just as much a visual endeavor as they are an aural one.
With the right hand on the record button, DʼAurelioʼs left hand is usually holding a
pen drawing most every day drawing in note books making small crude comics or
large detailed surrealistic pictures that are either used as muses for the music or
scatter brained ideas to be turned into a larger reality. Alongside with various
forms of prose and poetry he collects these drawings into zines that become a
larger story on perceptions of the human condition and subversive thoughts on
the current state of existence. Over the years he has released various zines and
most recently his first book of drawings titled “Thereʼs No Runway Here” through
Clibbus International.
Aside from the music and drawing, Clibbus International also tackles various other
artistic platforms including video production (Releasing his own short film “The
Parade of Naked Clowns”, in which DʼAurelio wrote, directed, scored and starred
in) performance art, clothing design, photography, painting, and had a radio show
on 104.3 FM in Rochester (The Hey Doggy Variety Hour). Bearing no hesitation to
learn or create DʼAurelio has used Clibbus International as a vessel to take any
artistic platform and put the sauce on it to his taste without any consideration for
the rest of us at the table, he is clearly using any outlet possible to redesign the
facts of his reality and mold it into his own world.
DʼAurelio was born and raised in Rochester, NY. He has only a high school diploma
and is completely self taught in all fields of his production. He currently works as a
freelance Guitar/ Backline Technician and audio engineer spending most of his
time on the road with various touring musical groups. Aside from running Clibbus
International he spends time studying electrical / audio engineering learning how
to build and repair guitars, amplifiers, pedals, and other musical equipment, which
he is planning to integrate under the Clibbus International output. He also enjoys
traveling (aside from work) and spending time in nature interacting with animals,
most notably Dogs, but also horses, birds, llamas and turtles when they are near.
