Brown Note Collective (formerly Spermatic Chord)

BNC Music:
Formerly Known as Spermatic Chord , Brown Note Collective is an experimental music collective in Hong Kong of undefinable musical genre.
As a music collective, their approach to music is ambiguous, combining traditional and experimental forms, with a provocative mix of composition and improvisation. They are a collective of over a dozen accomplished musicians, many being multi-instrumentalists. They blend and contrast styles in compelling and sometimes shocking ways with deep understanding and mastery of the individual styles of music they play. Brown Note Collective’s music is cerebral, vibrant, and daringly playful. Audiences often describe Brown Note Collective’s sound is an abstract mixture of jazz, math rock, prog-rock, tech metal, indie rock, post rock, fusion, bossa nova, grindcore, Middle Eastern music, Klezmer, noise, electronica and videogame music. Their live performances are usually unpredictable and absurd, often leaving the audience either in awe or in total confusion.
Brown Note Collective, previously under the name of Spermatic Chord has released 3 albums, 1 split and has been on various compilations. The most comprehensive album being "Calculating Stupidity". All songs are named by numbers. The group is known for wild unpredictable improvisations on stage and often posts complete live bootleg recordings online for people to download
BNC History:
The band was founded and lead by Adam since 2002. Initially named Spermatic Chord and was renamed Brown Note Collective in 2008. The main objectives of the band has always been to explore the experimental side of music, maintain a creative environment for all the members involved, and to expose Hong Kong audiences and musicians to less conventional approaches to music. The performing lineup of Brown Note Collective always varies, and depends on which of the members happen to have free time, and which members happened to be in the city. Thus lineups often range from as little as 2 members up to at many as 12 members on stage at a time.
Members of the band have also formed a Hong Kong based DIY record label Brown Note Records, specialising in distributing DIY music of lesser known underground artists in Hong Kong.
To contact or book Brown Note Collective: email - [email protected]