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About Me

At age 27, BRZOWSKI is laying his heart and mind open w/ all the desperation and explosive energy of a nervous breakdown coupled with a mid-life crisis. The Portland, ME by-way-of Providence,RI emcee kicked around the Massachusetts and Rhode Island music scenes in varying projects since 1993, before taking a permanent vacation to the northeast tundra, where long winters and unsuspecting audiences could better nurture his creative spirits / personal demons. Joining forces with producer/technophile-at-large AGENT8 and a revolving cast of disc-jockeys in the studio and on stage, he has been steadily amassing a sizable groundswell of indie hip-hop true believers who clamor for something more artfully substantial than the mainstream stranglehold can spoon-feed them.After self-releasing the efforts "New England Gothic" and "Perpetual Winter", whose hand-to hand sales reached several thousand, the workaholic MC set his sight on releasing a proper full-length album on the seminal indie label Milled Pavement."MaryShelleyOverdrive" is a dense and demanding solidification of the dark thematic elements set forth on 2002's "New England Gothic";"...like Robert Frost contemplating suicide in a cabin in the woods..."The Portland Phoenix, June 2003. The album contains many truly atypical aspects: lengthy songs, techno/industrial influenced beats, literary and visual culture references, a touch of the defiance of early 90's punk rock, and a dark cloud behind every silver lining. Adding variance to an already potent mixture, DJ MAYONNAISE (Anticon), K-the-I???(Mush Records), ASTRONAUTALIS (Fighting Records), and NOMAR SLEVIK (Siq Records) all make musical or vocal contributionsWinning poetry slams, consistently ranking in the finals in mc battles, tour stints with Sage Francis, Epic and Galapagos4, as well as playing to packed clubs opening for the likes of Hangar 18, Killah Priest, Atmosphere, Sole, jdwalker, Murs, Dalek, Brother Ali, Doug E. Fresh, Josh Martinez, Grand Buffet, DJ Vadim, Astronautalis, Sleep, Moshe, K-the-I???, members of the Shapeshifters, and myriad others have cemented BRZOWSKI a reputation for quality live performance.BRZOWSKI is set to 2 discs in the coming year (late 07/mid 08), racking up compilation and guest spots on labels spanning the western hemisphere, all while scrambling to continue a hectic performing schedule. For the New England Gothic herald of poetic doom, the future appears curiously luminous.

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Member Since: 9/30/2004
Band Website: milledpavement.com, raygunomics.com,
Influences: The Milled Pavement Collective,The TFD Massive, The Basement Troubadour mindmeld,The Subversiv family,The Beat Pimps Brotherhood,Experimental Hiphop,Long Winters,Gothic New England,(real) Punk Rock, Doom metal, My own personal Iron Goddess, Beer, insomnia, friends + family, so-called friends, biters, snake-tongue masters of disguise,pushing boundaries of good-taste, thinly veiled enmity, unrequited yearnings, high school surrealism, cultural criticism, industry locusts, space-rap,nerd-hop, New Wave, No Wave, and "Conspiracies" (i.e. the truth.).
Sounds Like: New England Gothic Hiphop. Progressive, yet bitter.... sometimes expansive, yet often introspective....and other analytical scalpel-scraping.
Record Label: MilledPavement/TFD/Subversiv/BasementTroubadour
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Summer Tour 2008 Press Release

BRZOWSKI+GRAYMATTER- BLOODDRIVE 2008 Summer TourAt age 27, BRZOWSKI is laying his heart and mind open w/ all the desperation and explosive energy of a nervous breakdown coupled with a mid-life crisis....
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:22:00 PST

BRZOWSKI article...

http://www.mainetoday.com/stories/080513brzowski.htmlT his hit the web about a week ago...Thanks to Jaye Drew.East Coast Tour of the U.S./ Blooddrive vol.2 coming in June!!!!peas ...
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Sat, 24 May 2008 08:23:00 PST

VOTE in the BMPs 2008!!!

VOTE BRZOWSKI in 08!For the 3rd year in a row, I have been nominated by the Portland Phoenix for the Best Hiphop category. With my homegirl Sontiago not on the list this year, I actually stand a snowb...
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:16:00 PST

1000 Apes in a Room (Michael Nhat+K-the-I???)

On tour I had the pleasure of staying across from Hollenbeck Park in L.A. w/ K-the-I??? and Michael Nhat last month, and was made privy to a project they have been working on together entitled "1000 A...
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:20:00 PST

BRZOWSKI cds available in Cali stores...

Hey folks, the "Maryshelleyoverdrive" and "Blooddrive vol.1" cd’s are available for purchase at the following locations in southern California:Amoeba Music6400 Sunset Blvd.Los Angeles, CA90018ww...
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:09:00 PST

Leaving comments...

Hey folks. When leaving comments that double as advertisements:-unless I am directly involved or closely affiliated with the show/release being promoted, I often deny it.-If you are a friend of mine i...
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:00:00 PST

GOOSE BUMPS 2x Digital Compilation is AVAILABLE NOW

This right here is the new heat. Digital-only this time around kiddies. Buy some mp3's! Milled Pavement Records presents: VA- Goose Bumps - 2xDigital Compilation Now Available!Milled Pavement Records ...
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:58:00 PST

BEST ARTIST 2007 - WPB AWARDS!!!!

Well, its been about 3 weeks since this was announced at the wepushbuttons.com website, but I've been busy as hell.I want to say thanks to the thousands of people that voted in these awards, the peopl...
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:06:00 PST

BRZOWSKI discography

BRZOWSKI Discography: solo,compilations,collabos, and features BRZOWSKI-"Glass House Music" cd [P.O.E.,2001] CULTURAL ICONS (brzowski+s.one)-"Another Day" cd single[P.O.E.,2002] BRZOWSKI-"New England ...
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

BRZOWSKI- "maryshelleyoverdrive" AVAILABLE ONLINE!!!!

BRZOWSKI - " maryshelleyoverdrive " AVAILABLE ONLINE!!! http://www.milledpavement.com/store.htm ..the album features: dj Shortrock, K-the-I???, Agent8, dj Mayonnaise, Nomar Slevik, and Astronau...
Posted by BRZOWSKI on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:53:00 PST