bio
Brasil and the Gallowbrothers Band is a second, after One Inch of Shadow, headquarters of t.e.r., Dominic Savio and Mirt. Since 1995 theyve created music together and solo. As One Inch of Shadow, Mirt, Dominic Savio and Brasil they had recorded for numerous labels (Perun, Nefryt, MonotypeRec., Digitalis Industries, Last Visible Dog) including their own, Cat Sun. On stage they collaborated e.g. with Black Forest/Black Sea and Stworywodne.Jaszczury. They performed, among others: at Wroclaw Industrial Festival, Muzyka w Krajobrazie in Inowlodz, Audio Art in Warsaw, Temple of Silence and Apostazja Festival. Many of their compositions were placed on compilations among such artists as Legendary Pink Dots, Tony Wakeford, Hybrids, Tor Lundvall, Birchville Cat Motel, My Cat is an Alien, Fursaxa or Bardo Pond.
discography
wander till spring | catsun/nefryt | 2002
the band plays on, the dunes move on (caught me with your eyes closed) | last visible dog | 2004
(...)There is a brooding, dark atmosphere that pervades throughout, hanging heavily in the air as the focus shifts between ramshackle downbeat pop songs and more experimental instrumental workouts. Sparsely employing an arsenal of instruments that include clarinet, guitar, trumpet, glockenspiel, broken harmonium, drums and vocals to name but a few, the group manages at times to sound something akin to Jandek giving an impromptu performance one hot summers night at a seedy lounge-jazz club in Eastern Europe, backed only by the dirgesome house band who have become suddenly and alarmingly aware of their own mortality and a newfound love for indie-rockers Low. If that sounds like a bizarre and implausible description, just wait until you actually hear it! Field recordings are also an incredibly important element in the mix and not unlike the way in which artists such as the Jewelled Antler folks use them to capture different aural-textures to recreate a place or moment in time, so too can the same be said here, only on this album these methods, intentionally or not, convey an image of bleak urban decay as opposed to tranquil rural environs; even what could be the innocent shouting between two young boys playing football from a street below on opening track Song From The Roof seems strangely oppressive and strangled to me. This album isnt going to be to everybodys taste and, even I must confess, I would have to be in the right mood to listen. However, if theres one thing that can be said for certain about this disc, it is that I have never heard anything quite like it before and living in an age where so much art that is being produced is comprised of the recycling, remarketing and regurgitating of old ideas, I commend Brasil and The Gallowbrothers Band for their fresh approach and unique musical identity. James Blackshaw (foxydigitalis.com)
legionowo | monotyperec. | 2006
Legionowo is an postindustrial soap opera which libretto is written by the housewivess longing to eldorado from TV, the fear of leaving their poky rooms, as well as mumbling of their husbands when sipping beer. Despite of it they still believe that is all right, safely and it has never been better than now. The album praises the warm slowly beating heart of the town as well as its gray, rough and squalid crust. The town perceived as dormitory. Oh, it would be fantastic to sleep through whole life, not to attract anybodys attention lovers, bosss, terrorists, neighbors. Legionowo has nothing to do with morality play, it is rather a collage created by field recordings and their interpretation, snatches of memories, improvisations, melancholy and dirt straight from rubbish tip full of substitutes.
hi brasil is where we are | monotyperec. | 2007
After two years of silence Brasil and The Gallowbrothers Band come out from the shadow with their new album "Hi Brasil Is Where We Are". After conceptual and urban in style "Legionowo" which was warmly acclaimed, it's time for a change. First of all, "Hi Brasil Is Where We Are" consists of six songs, built on polyrhytmical structures basis. Work on traditional tissue of Brasil braided with the rhytm determined a new direction of operating. Two drummers were invited to work on album together with Brasil: Karol Koszniec (Stwory) and Tomek Gadomski (Band of Endless Noise). They took care after all kinds of percussive instrumens, starting from old Russian electronic drum machine, going through exotic percussive gadgets from all over the world, and ending with traditional drum kit. New elements were perfectly melted with blurred structures made with electric piano, guitars, trumpet and analogue sythesisers, well known from previous releases by the band. On "Hi Brasil Is Where We Are" you can find mixed echoes of postrock, psychedelia, ambient, new wave or even world music. And all of it, as always, spiced up with lo-fi sound.