Brazzaville (band)
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Brazzaville is an indie pop
band founded in 1997 by David Brown. Brown was at one time Beck
's saxophonist and took part in recording of Odelay
and Midnite Vultures
. On May 7, 2009, David Brown officially announced the dissolution of the band, stating that he would henceforth be recording and releasing music under the named David Arthur Brown, albeit it with "many of the wonderful musicians who have contributed to Brazzaville records." However, June 23, 2009, David once again announced that the band will continue to exist in parallel with a solo career.
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band founded in 1997 by David Brown. Brown was at one time Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
's saxophonist and took part in recording of Odelay
Odelay
Odelay is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock artist Beck, originally released on June 18, 1996, by DGC Records.After the mainstream success of "Loser", Odelay featured several hit singles, including "Where It's At", "Devils Haircut", and "The New Pollution"...
and Midnite Vultures
Midnite Vultures
Midnite Vultures is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock artist Beck, released in November 1999 by Geffen Records...
. On May 7, 2009, David Brown officially announced the dissolution of the band, stating that he would henceforth be recording and releasing music under the named David Arthur Brown, albeit it with "many of the wonderful musicians who have contributed to Brazzaville records." However, June 23, 2009, David once again announced that the band will continue to exist in parallel with a solo career.
Members
- David Arthur Brown (singer) David Arthur Brown (singer)David Arthur Brown is an American musician and the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Brazzaville .Life and career=David Arthur Brown was born in Los Angeles on June 19th, 1967. He was a runaway who later became obsessed with low budget travel and poetry. He traveled through Asia, South...
: SongwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, VocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. - Richie Alvarez: KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
. - Paco Jordi: GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, Backing Vocals. - Brady Lynch: BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
. - Ivan Knight: DrumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s.
Albums
- 20022002 (Brazzaville album)2002 is the first album by Brazzaville.-Tracklisting:# "Deng Xiaoping"# "Caldo de Cana"# "Sewers of Bangkok"# "Pablo's Lament"# "Ocean # "Voce"# "Oi"# "IMF"# "Shioda"# "Shams"# "1963"...
(South China Sea, 1998) - SomnambulistaSomnambulistaSomnambulista is the second album of Brazzaville.-Track listing:# "Air Mail"# "Foreign Disaster Days"# "Sandman"# "Boeing"# "Casa Batllo"# "Lazy, Flawed and Hopeless"# "Jane"# "Super Gizi"# "4 Am Osaka"# "Old Man Dub"# "3rd and Broadway"...
(South China Sea, 2000) - Rouge On Pockmarked CheeksRouge On Pockmarked CheeksRouge on Pockmarked Cheeks is the third album by Brazzaville.-Track listing:#"Motel Room" – 4:56#"Samurai" – 6:25#"Queenie" – 4:28#"1980" – 4:50#"Rainy Night" – 3:12#"Genoa" – 6:29#"Trona" – 4:30#"Xanax and Three Hours of TV" – 3:17...
(South China Sea, 2002) - Welcome to... BrazzavilleWelcome to... BrazzavilleWelcome to… Brazzaville is a best of songs album by the indie group Brazzaville. It was released in two editions. At first, it was put together when only three albums of the Brazzavile were recorded; the next time Welcome to… was released in Russia—after Hastings Street became...
(Web of Mimicry, 2004), (Zakat, 2005) – a Greatest Hits album. - Hastings Street (Zakat, 2004)
- East L.A. BreezeEast L.A. BreezeEast L.A. Breeze is the fifth studio album of the indie group Brazzaville. For the first time this CD was released by a Soyuz Records sub-label Zakat in 2006...
(Zakat, 2006), (Vendlus RecordsVendlus RecordsVendlus Records is an American independent record label currently based in Washington, DC. It was founded in 2002 by Joseph Cortese. Vendlus has an eclectic profile, releasing records in many genres, such as black metal, indie-pop, industrial, avant garde metal and electronica.-Artists:* Aerial...
, 2006) - 21st Century Girl21st Century Girl21st Century Girl is the sixth studio album of the indie group Brazzaville.-Track listing:- Personnel :* Richie Alvarez – keyboards* Paco Jordi – guitars, backing vocals* Brady Lynch – bass...
(Zakat, 2008), (Vendlus Records, 2008) - Brazzaville in Istanbul (Doublemoon Records, 2009)
- Jetlag Poetry (TBD, 2011)