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guillermo e. brown

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About Me

GUILLERMO E. BROWN is a musician (drums, electronics, voice), multidisciplinary performer (text, video, theatre) and producer. He was awarded a 2001 Artist-in-Residence and 2003 Van Lier Fellowship from Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center. Featured on over 25 recordings, he has performed or recorded with David S. Ware, William Parker, Matthew Shipp, Marlies Yearby, Rob Reddy, Roy Campbell Quartet, Spring Heel Jack, Anti-Pop Consortium, Anthony Braxton, DJ Spooky, El-P, Carl Hancock Rux, Vernon Reid/DJ Logic's Yohimbe Brothers, Mike Ladd, George Lewis, and Vijay Iyer, among others. His albums include Soul at the Hands of the Machine, The Beat Kids' Open Rhythm System, Black Dreams 1.0, and Handeheld. His one-man theatre piece, Robeson In Space, premiered at Luna Stage in Montclair, NJ October 2005. He is currently at work on a new solo record "Shuffle Mode" premiering with a live performance at The Apollo in '08, The Beat Kids' recording "Sound Magazine," a large group performance piece "Syrup" and his ensemble Cut Up Quintet & BiLLLL$. A graduate of Wesleyan University (BA) and Bard College (MFA), he is an Adjunct Professor at NYU's Clive Davis Dept. of Recorded Music and Gallatin School of Independent Study.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/13/2005
Band Website: soon come guillermebrown.com
Band Members: me (of course), (@ different times past present future=Will Johnson, Keith Witty, Latasha Diggs, Neil Ochoa, Cochemea Gastelum, Shoko Nagai, Liberty Ellman, Scotty Hard, Sharmaji, Samita Sinha, Evan O'Reilly, Matana Roberts, Taylor Ho Bynum, Peter Evans and.....
Influences: Max Roach, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Billy Cobham, James Brown, Pheeroan AkLaff, Ed Blackwell, Bad Brains, Living Colour, Fishbone, 24-7 Spyz, Follow For Now, Public Enemy, KRS 1/BDP, Bustah Rhymes/LONS, Eric B. & Rakim, Special Ed, Daniel Givens, Isotope 217, Company Flow, 4 Hero, Nubian Mindz, Codek Records, Blue Note Records, Mush, Ghostly, Stones Throw, Timbaland, Missy, Aaliyah, Ginuwine, D&B, House, Detroit Techno, Can, Disco, Archie Shepp, AACM, Tortoise, Henry Threadgill, Breaks!!!, Fela, Tony Allen, The Good Good, Lee Scratch Perry, Sun Ra, Sir Coxsone Dodd, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Will Calhoun, Konkrete Jungle, Carl Craig, Digable Planets, King Britt, King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, Horace Andy, Massive Attack, Mad Professor, Bjork, Grandmaster Flash, Don Cherry, Wu-Tang, Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force, Fania All-Stars, Lisa Lisa, Shannon, Lisette Melendez, P-Funk, Model 500, Cybotron, Drexciya, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Metalheadz, Khemistry and Storm, Olodum, Afrocuba de Matanzas, Susana Baca, Abby Lincoln, Jimi Tenor, Nicole Willis, Flanger, Christian Vogel, Jamie Lidell, Supercollider, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Tony Williams, Ndugu Chancler, Donna Summer, Ubiquity, Soul Jazz, Blue Note, Impulse!, Johnny Hartman, Coltrane, Mingus, Monk, Yusef Lateef, Black Jazz Records & Doug Carn, Dorothy Ashby, Leon Thomas, Steve Coleman, Ruben Blades, Willie Colon, Joe Bataan, Ray Barreto, Johnny Pacheco, Alex Acuña, Daniel Carter, Giant Step back in the day and more......
Sounds Like: http://www.youtube.com/guillermoebrown
Record Label: Melanine Harmonique
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

What is BiLLLL$?

OK so I do my thing as guillermo e. brown solo/duos/trio/quartet/Cut Up Quintet/Arturo Klauft/Breuklen Tek/The Beat Kids/playing with whoever I play withOK so Gordon Voidwell/Will Johnson does his thi...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Fri, 16 May 2008 04:05:00 PST

The Scott Harding Fund

Scott and I were all set to continue working on a project together then this happened. He is an amazing person and stellar producer. I look forward to his recovery and working with him again ASAP.TH...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:31:00 PST

Iridium

This past weekend July 13/14 was all "BUSINESS" literally when we took it to Iridium in midtown Manhattan. Free Jazz, Times Square, definitely a harbinger of an oldr more seedy side of NYC, like when...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:19:00 PST

The noche last.

played at Luna Lounge a great cavernous venue in W'burgMonika H killed itso did Shaka Zulu (replete with 2 guitars, gold dope rope chain, and fine bass mechanics)then MC Jim Kelley rippedthen we went ...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:25:00 PST

Recordings released in anticipation of "Shuffle Mode"

OK so I've got this record "Shuffle Mode" that I am working on. It'll be out sometime next year.In the meantime I've got a coupla rereleases and other such that I will advert here, right now with tra...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:27:00 PST

AND then....

we played our hearts out last night me Liberty Keith and Will opened for Tortoise and Four Tet. That will stand as one of my most memorable music performing experiences playing my choons! I loved ev...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:10:00 PST

Egress/Dixon Place/NYC

Last night I finally got to see Baraka de Soleil and his company D'Underbelly do their thing. I understand this was a smallr production than last year's "First Dark Drama" which I missed, But I was to...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:21:00 PST

These past experiences...

whoa this past weekend was type BERZERKFriday night I saw Cochemea play with the Budos Bandsick grooves/arrangements/serious front line horn section ovah bass/drums/perc/cowbell/keys...what a wonder!t...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:04:00 PST

New (oldr) Videos!!!

I'm definitely going to be putting more and more videos up. These are two from the past. 1 is me and my friend Lyn Goeringer just making a great forest-racket. The other is a solo work that I've be...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:30:00 PST

Project Update

Keith and I are ALMOST done with the NEW BEAT KIDS record called "Sound Magazine"Been diligent in the studio lacing my beats with live instrumentation and vocals and more, imagine the beat Besancon in...
Posted by guillermo e. brown on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:42:00 PST