Billy Fuller

Billy Fuller brings a distinctive yet versatile touch to all of his projects, whether playing with Beak>, artists ranging from Massive Attack to Robert Plant, or on his own. The Bristol, U.K.-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter is a bassist first and foremost, and his finesse with Motorik grooves and hypnotic rhythms provided the heart as well as the backbone for Beak>'s albums starting with their 2009 self-titled debut. Fuller's work with Plant on albums such as 2005's Mighty Rearranger and with Baxter Dury on albums including 2025's Allbarone -- as well as collaborations with Rachid Taha, Lucrecia Dalt, and many others -- reflected the grounding in folk, jazz, dub, prog, and psych that stretched back to his time with the Bristol group Fuzz Against Junk. With his 2026 debut solo album Fragments, Fuller united these sounds in pieces that were as mysterious and evocative as any of his work with Beak>.