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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 America and Europe for many years. Along the way he learned to play the saxophone. He played sax with Beck from 1997 through 2000. During that time he learned how to play the guitar and began writing songs and singing.
He formed Brazzaville in Los Angeles, in late 1997. They have released 7 CDs since then:
2002 (also known as Brazzaville) (1998- JVC, South China Sea, Soyuz)
Somnambulista (2000- JVC, South China Sea, Soyuz)
Rouge On Pockmarked Cheeks (2002- JVC, South China Sea, Soyuz)
Hastings Street (2004-Soyuz)
Welcome to Brazzaville (2004-Web of Mimicry, Soyuz)
East L.A. Breeze (2006/2008-V2, South China Sea, Soyuz)
21st Century Girl (2008- Soyuz)
Brazzaville’s early years (1997-2003) were spent largely in Los Angeles. They recorded and released 3 full length albums during that time and played countless shows in L.A. With the exception of two East Coast Tours in 2002, they did little touring due to David being on the road with Beck. David and Beck were friends from the East Hollywood coffeehouse scene of the late 80s/early 90s.
Brazzaville’s first 2 albums, 2002 and Somnambulista, were produced by Michael Rozon at the S.S. Clove Factory in North Hollywood. They featured musicians such as Smokey Hormel (Beck, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Smokey and Miho), Danny Frankel (Lou Reed, Fiona Apple, K.D. Lang), David Ralicke (Dengue Fever, Beck), Kenny Lyon (David Baerwald, Lemonheads), Joel Virgel-Vierset (Nina Hagen), Joe Zimmerman and many others. Their third album, Rouge On Pockmarked Cheeks featured production work by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck, Travis, Sir Paul M.) and Tony Hoffer (Air, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Supergrass, Grandaddy) as well as Michael Rozon.
In 2003 David moved to Barcelona, where he formed his European version of the band. Brazzaville’s fourth studio album, Hastings Street (2004), was recorded in both Los Angeles and Barcelona and was mixed in Los Angeles. It featured musicians like Victor Indrizzo (Willie Nelson, Queens of the Stone Age, Dave Gahan), Greg Kirstin (Beck, Action Figure Party), Erica Garcia, Joe Zimmerman, Mike Bolger, Kenny Lyon, David Ralicke and many others.
In 2006, Brazzaville released their first CD recorded entirely in Barcelona. It was entitled East L.A. Breeze and featured members of Brazzaville’s European line up: Brady Lynch (bass), Paco Jordi (guitar), Richie Alvarez (keys) and Pep Terrecabras (drums). Regular drummer, Ivan Knight was in India at the time the record was recorded. The record reached the top of the charts in Russia due to its version of Star Called Sun, by the legendary Russian rock band, KINO. In 2008, East L.A. Breeze was released in parts of Western Europe by V2 Records.
In late 2007, Brazzaville finished their 7th studio album, 21st Century Girl. It was released in Russia in Feb. 2008 and will be released in the US and Canada on the Bus Stop Label in August 2008.
Since moving to Europe, Brazzaville has played sold out shows in such diverse places as Moscow, New York, Barcelona, Istanbul, Amsterdam and many more. They have been favorably reviewed in The New Yorker, The L.A. Times, Afisha, Time Out New York, The Onion, La Vanguardia, Telerama and many other publications. They enjoy a cult following in many countries.
In 2008, Brazzaville has tours planned for Europe, Russia, China, Turkey and the USA. David Arthur Brown lives in the Eixample neighborhood of Barcelona with his wife and two young children. He enjoys reading before bedtime.

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Member Since: 4/22/2005
Band Website: brazzaville-band.com
Band Members: David Brown- Vocals/guitar
Ramon Aragall- Drums
Brady Lynch- Bass
Paco Jordi- Guitar
Richie Alvarez- Keyboards
Influences: James Hamilton-Paterson, David Mitchell, James Lee Burke, Dylan Thomas, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Antoni Gaudi, Prince, The Clash, Thomas Pynchon, Jorge Ben, The Kinks, Hide Kawanishi, The Pretenders, X, The Extremes, The Screamers, Magazine, Tim Hawkinson
Sounds Like: first drops of a summer downpour, 4 am mockingbird sound, airport PA system, coffee brewing in the morning, burning field smell, taste of mangosteen

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EAST L.A. BREEZE (2006)
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HASTINGS STREET (2004)
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ROUGE ON POCKMARKED CHEEKS (2002)
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SOMNAMBULISTA (2000)
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2002 (1998)
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MUSIC VIDEO for "Star Called Sun" from "East L.A. Breeze"

MUSIC VIDEO for "Bosphorus" from "East L.A. Breeze"

On the Road with Brazzaville in Russia

Record Label: Bus Stop/Soyuz/V2
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ST. PETERSBURG NEWS STORY

This is a news story about Brazzaville that was filmed in St. Petersburg on our last tour in Russia. It's in Russianhttp://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJ_sgJE3vY
Posted by Brazzaville on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:41:00 PST

Russian Tour Journal-2008

RUSSIAN TOUR 2008 (part 1)It's incredible to me that less than a month has passed since I packed up my old guitar and headed out on the latest Brazzaville/David Brown solo tour of Russia. Since that d...
Posted by Brazzaville on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:03:00 PST

Brazzaville News Feb. 28th 2008

-We played 3 really fun shows in Turkey last week. The first was at Locus Solus in Ankara. A lot of people turned out for the show and, even though there was a fair amount of talking during our set, ...
Posted by Brazzaville on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:12:00 PST

Heliogabal (Live review in Spanish)

Brazzaville - Heliogàbal 27-01/08Miércoles, 30 de Enero, 2008 " Jordi PuntoNoches de domingo diferentes. Eso es lo que ofrece el club Heliogábal, en pleno barrio de Gràcia de Barcelona. Así, el doming...
Posted by Brazzaville on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:39:00 PST

Le Cool Barcelona

Le Cool (Barcelona) Jan 27th, 2008concert BrazzavilleReasons to see Brazzaville: they are from Los Angeles, they've recorded in BCN, their leader David Brown was a saxophonist for Beck, the New York T...
Posted by Brazzaville on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:35:00 PST

Interview for Turkish Newspaper

Questions for Mr. David Brown / Radikal-All the members in your band have worked with various number of artists and your music has been likened to the music of Tom Waits, Morphine and Leonard Cohen. W...
Posted by Brazzaville on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:27:00 PST

Brazzaville News Jan 2008

-V2 Records will be releasing East L.A. Breeze in Benelux in January-We will be playing a big show at the legendary Paradiso with the Dutch band Coparck on January 17th-David will be playing a solo sh...
Posted by Brazzaville on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:24:00 PST

Brazzaville News Nov. 2007

NEWS NOV. 2007-We have been in Cristian Vogel's Station 55 studio mastering our latest CD. It should be all finished by next week.-V2 Records has licensed East L.A. Breeze for Holland, Belgium and Lux...
Posted by Brazzaville on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:14:00 PST

News-March 2007

NEWS-MARCH 4TH, 2007 (BARCELONA) It's an unusually warm day for this time of year. People are out on their terraces and balconies planting flowers and herbs. There was a lunar eclipse last night. I...
Posted by Brazzaville on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:34:00 PST

Russian Winter Tour 2007

RUSSIA- GLOBAL WARMING TOUR Jan 27TH-Feb 9TH 2007SaratovNizhniy NovgorodSt. Petersburg (Decadance)St. Petersburg (Maina)MoscowEkaterinburgNovosibirskBarcelona, 6:23 AM"prop plane". It was a text mes...
Posted by Brazzaville on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:31:00 PST