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The Brow Horn Orchestra

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Dirty jazz mixed with a tablespoon of reggae, five ounces of big-up-yo beats. Cooked with electronics and sifted thoroughly with sexy flamenco, a spoonful of ska and a pinch of soul. Let sit for three minutes and then spice with other flavours of the world.
The Brow is a zany six or so piece eclectic jam band from Fremantle who mix quirky melodies, vibrant horns, crafty conversations and bounce worthy beats. The band suffer a severe identity crisis and therefore dabble in the genre multitudes bringing a broad range or Jazz, Hip Hop, Ska, Electronic and Folk backgrounds to the table. Despite the personality disorder, The Brow have made a name for themselves with dynamic stage shows, catchy tunes and hectic mayhem which often ends up face down in the crowd.
Starting off as a youthful busking duo, Karri Harper Meredith & Nicholas Owen hit the streets of Fremantle armed with tacky Hawaiian shirts and a small portable amp spreading the message via a battery run Casio keyboard which was the foundation of the band's ever evolving sound.
Since then, The Brow have expanded their line-up picking people up from station to station, as the ever growing circus train rolls further and further down the musical track.


The Brow filled the stage with barely organised chaos including glowy ball twirling and a groove more infectious than swine flu.
- Sharyn Romaro, WA Editor, Fasterlouder
MC Peter Barr got the formalities out of the way and introduced one of the night's more unique acts, The Brow, representing Curtin and inspiring a fair bit of dancing. Blending folk, hip-hop and lounge, and with a dynamic stage show, the four-piece were definitely early contenders for the title. [National Campus Band Comp State Finals 2008]
- Tristan Broomhall, Drum Media


They should be seen live by everyone. Again and again and again.
- Anne Johnsen, FasterlouderI have known The Brow to be smattered with essential oils before they play a gig ... always necessary for a musical goodness I find.
- Damien Smith, Morning Magazine, RTRFMThe Brow are truly an alphabet soup of talent that blend genres seamlessly and effortlessly.
- Emiko Watanabe, Fasterlouder
For bookings / press contact: [email protected]

MERCHANDISE COMING SOON
To express an interest please email [email protected] with your name, a contact address and your desired sizing.


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/08/2007
Band Website: www.thebrow.co.nr
Band Members: Nicholas Owen
Karri Harper Meredith
Alex Vaughan
Rhian Todhunter
Sky Eaton
Angelique Ross
Lyndon Blue

Influences: Herbie Hancock, The Dap Kings, The Funk Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Thievery Corporation, Ernest Ranglin, Roni Size Reprazent, Mr Scruff, Nightmares On Wax, Guts, Quantic, Brother Ali, Nas, Sharon Jones, Jackson Jackson, Lupe Fiasco, Seth Sentry, Shapeshifter, Gustavo Santaolalla, Jazzanova, London Elektricity, Utah Jazz, Salmonella Dub, Gotye, Pez, Bonacci & Wood, Forthwrite, Void, Roy Ayers, Buckshot LeFonque, Architecture In Helsinki, Roots Manuva, Murs, Atmosphere, Souls of Mischief, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Jill Scott, Blockhead, Freq Nasty, Jamiroquai, Void, De La Soul, Saint-Germain, Finley Quaye, PNAU, Matisyahu, Pete Philly & Perquisite, Goldfrapp, Jurassic 5, The Cat Empire, Monsieur Camembert, Groove Armada, Massive Attack, Blackstar, The Roots, Public Enemy, The Herbaliser, Gorillaz, The Cinematic Orchestra, PJ Harvey, Manu Chao, Gnarls Barkley, Max Romeo, Lee Scratch Perry, Mad Professor, Aesop Rock, Blockhead, The Orb, The Sunshine Brothers, Tijuana Cartel, RJD2, Jack Johnson, Jamie Lidell, Björk, Vampire Weekend, Chick Corea, Del The Funky Homosapien, Easy Star All Stars, Ry Cooder, The Flaming Lips, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Horace Andy, The Wailers, The Doors, Bob Marley, Talking Heads & of course The Beatles!
Sounds Like:

Record Label: None
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Send The Brow packing with a Boogaloo!

You've got a winning combo when one of The Brow's favourite bands The Accumulated Gestures team up with the highly acclaimed Funk Club House band and top DJs Greg Packer & Charlie Bucket.  Chuck into ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:23:00 GMT

An open letter of thanks to the WA music scene

To all the beautiful people of Perth supporting local live music; Still slightly hung-over and indescribably ecstatic, we thank one and all for coming down to The Rosemount Hotel last night (on ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:10:00 GMT

THE BROW PLAY LIVE ON RTR / NCBC SET TIMES

Wake up to THE BROW HORN ORCHESTRA interviewed on RTRFM 92.1, BREAKFAST WITH BARR this WED 9th Sep, 8.00AM To shake things up a bit and add comical stress to what would normally be a cozy quite mornin...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:28:00 GMT

Wrapping up the Revenge

Revenge of the Horns panned out to be one of those really special occasions for audience and bands together. The night brought us up and down, left and right through many amazing musical spheres wi...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:27:00 GMT

REVENGE OF THE HORNS INFORMATION

Hey guys, really sorry for the unneeded spam. This is just a quick final note to let you know there has been a slight change to the evening's schedule due to some unforeseen problems. This is the FI...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:02:00 GMT

A million and seven things that have happened us.

I'd first like to clear up a certain ambiguity about the title of this post.  Indeed a million and seven things have happened to us since our last post in October; however most of those things are bet...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:40:00 GMT

Songs, Thongs & Barbeque Tongs

.. .. Hello lovelies. It's the silly season and Christmas hasn't even fallen upon us!  However how awesome is this intermittent summer.  What a tease :P  We are all ex...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:19:00 GMT

Press + Varietease

.. Thanks to everyone that came down to boogie and bounce to our tunes at the National Campus Band Competition last Saturday.  We really appreciated the vibe you got going for us.  Big up...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:46:00 GMT

Titillating Your Oscillator (Ahem)

NCBC SET TIMES8.30 - 8.50 The Brow (Curtin)9.05 - 9.25 John and the Inverarities (UWA)9.40 - 10.00 The Killer Grapes (Curtin)10.15 - 10.35 Radio Empire (UWA)10.50 - 11.10 Kollective (ECU)11.25 - 11....
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:49:00 GMT

The Musicians Live Guide to Things That Can Go Wrong

Theres a big book of things that can wrong in a lot of different professions and last night The Brow sped read through The Musicians Live Guide to Things That Can Go Wrong; because everything that...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:11:00 GMT