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Brother

Grace (SONOROUS) & Junction (INFLUENCE) OUT NOW!

About Me

Here is a little bit about Brother, a solo artist who has been producing his own drum and bass tracks since the summer of 2005. Although relatively new to working with software and sequencers, Brother has several years experience in music making, writing songs and performing in bands, both live and recorded.
From being influenced by the likes of The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, it wasn't until around 1997, and the Reprazent album 'New Forms' that the drum and bass bug first bit Brother. This was the beginning of a totally new kind of sound that opened up a wholy different environment, culture and way of life, one that would influence Brother significantly. It was at this time that he, along with two friends, formed a live drum and bass band, focusing on the heavier side of the genre, with performances at several gigs around London and Essex.
Realising the physical and technical restraints of a live band, Brother decided to pursue a more independent path. Taking his inspiration from the new soulful liquid drum and bass sounds of artists such as Calibre and Marcus Intalex, as well as old jazz, funk and blues, he has developed a sound that is true to his eclectic musical tastes. If asked what his sound was, he may have difficulty in pinning it down, maybe a little melancholic, maybe uplifting but always distinctive.
With tracks scheduled for release on Rubik Records, Sonorous Music, Fokuz, Future Thinkin, Industry, Jerona Fruits and Influence Records, radio play from Fabio and DJ Flight, and support from the likes of LTJ Bukem, Nookie, Kubiks, Atlantic Connection, Stunna, Jazz Thieves, Ash-A-Tack and Aaron Jay, things are going well for Brother
(words by Andrea B)
BROTHER DISCOGRAPHY:
2007 'Second Time Around' (FOKUZ) [feat on 'Chronicles Of The Deep' LP]
2008 'Blue Notes' (INDUSTRY) [b/w Hold Tight 'Equilibrium']
2008 'Grace' / 'Little Child' (SONOROUS)
2008 'Junction' / 'Make A Life' (INFLUENCE)
FORTHCOMING RELEASES:
'Deep Thread' / 'Cold Aura' (RUBIK)
'Watermark' (FUTURE THINKIN)
'Do The Right Thing' (FOKUZ)
'Reversal' (FOKUZ DIGITAL)
'Ever After' (DEEP SOUL MUSIC)
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Member Since: 8/22/2006
Band Website: musicv2.com/artist/brother
Band Members: me, myself and i.....plus collaborations in the pipeline with Elle Rollo, Lenzman, Squash, Notion, Jazz Thieves, Stunna, Amalgam and Kharm.
Influences: 4hero, curtis mayfield, nina simone, trojan records, calibre, gil scott heron, marcus intalex, d bridge, st files, orbital, good looking, breakage, st germain, chess records, signature, soul:r, massive attack, sabre, jazzanova, ltj bukem, de la soul, fabio, creative source, future sound of london, commix, james brown RIP, gotan project, photek, metalheadz, bassbin, liquid v, horizons, motown, d.kay, alix perez, hospital records, lynx, miles davis, john coltrane, the beatles, average white band, jimi hendrix, the orb, marvin gaye, happy mondays, jurassic 5, high contrast, reprazent, stevie wonder, otis redding, defunked, lee perry, primal scream, john martyn, badly drawn boy, nick drake, simon & garfunkel, fleetwood mac, the stone roses, among many, many others.................
Record Label: Rubik, Future Thinkin, Sonorous, Fokuz, Influence
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Junction / Make A Life reviewed in ATM mag Mar/Apr 2008

(taken from the March/April 2008 copy of ATM magazine): Brother Junction / Make A Life  (Influence Records) Influence is a brand new label from Swerve resident Aaron Jay. As a statement of intent...
Posted by Brother on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:42:00 PST

Spotlight on Brother mixed by D Funk

Now Uploaded to my Musicv2 site is the 'Spotlight on Brother' mix, by D Funk, originally broadcast on 7th Feb 2008 on his Funked Up Radio show on http://www.bassdrive.com It features 15 of my tracks, ...
Posted by Brother on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:17:00 PST