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brenmar

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About Me

Brenmar was a name given to me by my then 2yr old brother. Music that doesn't easily fit into category, I construct tunes out of old dusty records, digital and analogue synthesizers, microphones, samplers, pedals, toys, and found sounds. On stage I utilize live loops, improvisation, drums, found instruments, turntable and noise. I try to keep things from falling apart on me. Most times I perform solo, sometimes I don't.

I've performed with Dosh, Styrofoam, Z'ev, Indian Jewlery, Bird Names, Daniel Givens, Waterbabies, Black Bear Combo, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Fog, Skeletons and The Girl-Faced Boys, Alex Delivery, Michael Columbia, Lovely Little Girls, Our Brother The Native, Clipd Beaks, WZT Hearts, Todd Carter (TV Pow) among others.

I also play drums and electronics in These Are Powers

www.myspace.com/thesearepowers

remixes, shows, etc. email: [email protected]

ichat: bottlenecktie

please dont spam the page.

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Member Since: 11/25/2004
Band Members: Bill Salas
http://www.flickr.com/photos/billsalas/
Influences: my 6 year old brother and cities
Sounds Like:zine
Record Label: Candy Animals
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Remixes!!

So for the next few months I will be in remix mode, I'll be doing much traveling and thus can only lug around so much gear, remixes allow me to continue writing with a very minimal setup plus they pus...
Posted by brenmar on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:25:00 PST

TAP Polaroid Tour Blog

I'm on tour right now with These Are Powerswww.myspace.com/thesearepowersI've been taking polaroids in different cities as i see fit. I have a folder for them under my pics, check em out....
Posted by brenmar on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:28:00 PST

These Are Powers, new band, label, tour...

"These Are Powers" are made up of Anna Barie (ex: Knife Skills) and Pat Noecker (ex: Liars, no Things) and myself, Bill Salas on electronics and drums. www.myspace.com/thesearepowersThe wonderful Hos...
Posted by brenmar on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:43:00 PST

I Almost Died

On the highway at 3pm going about 70mph May 8th, on my way to Minneapolis for a show, my left rear tire began to wobble and then exploded.  I lost control of the van as it swerved left and right....
Posted by brenmar on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:29:00 PST

Chicago Reader-Sharp Darts

One-Man Music Machine by Miles Raymer april 20, 2007   Bill Salas, the 21-year-old musician known simply as Brenmar, says his whole life is "broken up into a series of phases," but I think obsess...
Posted by brenmar on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:55:00 PST

Chicago City Arts Review

Meet Brenmar by Sophia Khan Brenmar , a.k.a Bill Salas, is an electronic music producer who puts the energy into lack-luster electronic sets by playing a plethora of instruments along with his MP...
Posted by brenmar on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:37:00 PST

Prize Pig / Oh, Gasoline Girl

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2145/prizepigartwl5.jpg http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9949/prizepigrecordmg4.jp g Candy Animals has released a new, very limited, colored 7inch. The "a" side fea...
Posted by brenmar on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:04:00 PST

UR Chicago Interview/Feature

The Next Generation Of Avant Electronica Young Brenmar Someday combines free jazz, hip hop, rock, and unorthodox instrumentation for a brand new sound. Words: Leonard PierceMarch 2006   You know ...
Posted by brenmar on Tue, 09 May 2006 10:09:00 PST

Disaster For Breakfast

Elissa P. and Brenmar Someday met in a Chicago basement in the summer of 2004, just a few weeks before Elissa was leaving to school in Los Angeles. Brenmar had been introduced to Elissa's fourtra...
Posted by brenmar on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:24:00 PST