East L.A. Breeze is the fifth studio album of the indie

Indie (music)

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 group Brazzaville. For the first time this CD was released by a Soyuz Records sub-label Zakat in 2006. Until released by some Western record label

Record label

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, the album's been available only in CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

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All songs are written by David Arthur Brown, except "Star Called Sun" which features music by Victor Tsoy (Виктор Цой), the leader of the Russian rock group Kino

Kino (band)

Kino was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one of the most famous Soviet rock groups of the 1980s.-History:The band was formed in the summer of 1981 in Leningrad, USSR Kino was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one of the most famous Soviet rock groups of the...

 (Кино).

Regular Russian edition track listing

1. "Peach Tree" – 2:39
2. "Star Called Sun" – 3:41
3. "East L.A. Breeze" – 3:18
4. "Mr. Suicide" – 3:19
5. "1983" – 3:51
6. "Jesse James" – 3:48
7. "Madalena" – 3:44
8. "Bosphorus" – 3:18
9. "Ugly Babylon" – 3:04
10. "Taksim" – 3:07
11. "Blue Candles" – 3:29
12. "Morning Light" – 4:19

International availability

On October 9, 2006 East L.A. Breeze was released in Spain on South China Sea / Discmedi. For North America this album is promised to be published by Vendlus Records

Vendlus Records

Vendlus 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...

 in late 2006.

Digipak

In July 2006, the album was reissued by Zakat/Soyuz in a digipack

Digipak

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 (limited edition?). This version has two songs more ("Lena", "Lazy Boy") and a "Star Called Sun" promotional video.

In Soyuz shops it is available at the same price as the regular album, but the quantity of Digipaks is smaller (roughly speaking, one Digipak by eight regular releases).

Track listing

All tracks by David Arthur Brown except were noted

1. "Peach Tree" – 2:41
2. "Star Called Sun" (Brown, Victor Tsoy) – 3:43
3. "East L.A. Breeze" – 3:20
4. "Mr. Suicide" – 3:21
5. "1983" – 3:53
6. "Jesse James" – 3:50
7. "Madalena" – 3:46
8. "Bosphorus" – 3:20
9. "Ugly Babylon" – 3:06
10. "Taksim" – 3:09
11. "Blue Candles" – 3:31
12. "Morning Light" – 4:23
13. "Lena" [bonus track] – 3:48
14. "Lazy Boy" [bonus track] – 2:27
15. "Star Called Sun" Video

Personnel

• Richie Alvarez – piano
• Jeroen Blankert – cover photo
• David Brown – guitar, vocals
• Luna Cohen – vocals
• Kenny Lyon – guitar
• Cristian Vogel – mastering