Beth De Jong

A musician, artist, promoter, and budding producer from Hamilton, Ontario. Beth started playing guitar and singing as a teenager. Started playing in bands in 2014. After her first band Sensei was fizzling out in 2015 (disbanded in 2016), she picked up the bass for The Pucumber Sasssquash Family Band while their bass player Annie was away. After Annie returned, she then joined a local choir called Earth, Wind & Choir. After seeing the local band Pool People, she joined a no-wave band in 2017 with most of its members called Poorage. After the drummer left in 2018, they changed their name to Human Nun with Randy Gagne aka Man Made Hill on percussion and vocals. Later that year, Beth and Graham Bucci started the darkwave band Concavity. When Human Nun couldn't play a couple of gigs, Banananananana was spawned - a 2 piece synth-punk band consisting of Beth and bandmate Drew Taylor (3). When the pandemic hit, Human Nun was put on hold. A new project called FO-X.O. with Drew and Dan Hill on bass was formed in 2021 and will be releasing their material later in the year. During her time playing in bands, she also performed noise music with additional instruments such as autoharp, record player scratching, and other sound makers. Noise bands included Impure Haha, Barbaric Slaptonne, Hamilton Noise Orchestra, Gazorpazorp, Blarthtarp, Caccus, and other people in the scene. Beth has recently started using the name Babette laFlail, and still resides and performs in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.