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Mike Brown

About Me

Mike Brown was born in Buckeye Country (A.K.A. Columbus, OH) and spent most of his adult life in Denver, CO with stop-offs in San Francisco, CA and Boston, MA. Mike currently calls Brooklyn, NY his home.
Mike is also on the new release from Ryan Jewell/ Ed Chang entitled "Wood Box" on Lost Treasures of The Underworld. 3 discs/ 3 live shows in NY with a different lineup for each performance. Hand painted boxes/ CDRs available at: Lost Treasures of the Underworld SOLD OUT!
NEW RELEASES!
Brown/Jewell/Meicht/Meicht - "I Have No Idea How Brilliant You Are" c52 ltd.100
A late night jazz session, masterminded by Percussion/Noise maestro, Ryan Jewell from Columbus, OH. Serious chill out vibes tossed to the ground and violently hate-fucked into submission by blasts of free jazz purity. Transparent grey tapes, hand typed labels and one panel j-card on TEENAGE WHORE TAPES (Their words, not mine).
Abbs/Brown/Hardy/Jewell - "Live at the Marquise Dance Hall" dosetwentyone
last summer, i was out visiting a friend in brooklyn. We were out roming around and we popped into this odd record/book store. we were looking through the record bins and heard some pretty incredible sounds coming from the back of the store. we went back there, and found these four guys playing some of the most incredible music I've ever heard. Tom Abbs on Contrabass, Mike Brown on Contrabass, Lathan Hardy on saxophone, and Ryan Jewell on percussion. i'm not sure I've seen musicians so in sync with one another before. the show was amazing. this is a recording of that that performance. if you are into free jazz and improv, you'll likely want to check this out. 67 minutes across four tracks. edition of 88 packaged in a custom cut folded, card with insert. On SMALL DOSES
I also have copies available, please send me a message if you would like to purchase one directly from me.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/22/2006
Band Members: An ever changing cast of those that will allow me onstage with them... Some bands/people/projects I have played with:
Charles Atlas
Hogzilla
Afuche
Ryan Jewell
David Cieri
Nate Wooley
Gladhand
John Vecchiarelli
Kenny Cambre
The Painted Saints
contributed to the soundtrack for Hannah House Discography:
Gladhand: Pudding Tip
Gladhand: Pelota Viva
Gladhand: You Just Squished Mr. Itchy Fish
Room 40: Room 40
Painted Saints: Company Town
MSB: Punk Jazz
Kenny Cambre: The Guy You Cheer For
David Cieri: The Goat and the Violin
Afuche: Carajo is Worse Than Hell
Brown, Jewell, Meicht, Meicht: I Have No Idea How Brilliant You Are
Abbs, Brown, Hardy, Jewell: Live at the Marquise Dance Hall

Influences: Here's a short list... Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, A Silver Mt. Zion, Eric Dolphy, Shostakovich, Bertram Turetzky, Mingus, Minutemen, Faraquet, Mark Dresser, Black Sabbath, Ernest Tubb, Elliot Smith, Charlie Haden, Bela Bartok, Ken Vandermark, Ken Filiano, Gerry Hemingway, Ron Miles, Fred Hess, Blonde Redhead, Tom Waits, the Dutch...etc (you know - all of it)
Sounds Like:
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

New Cassette Release!

That's right - going old school! You remember cassettes don't you?Brown, Jewell, Meicht, Meicht: I Have No Idea How Brilliant You AreAvailable for only $8.00 PPD US from Teenage Whore Tapesor if you p...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:08:00 GMT

Hogzilla in the New York Times

Well sort of, they used our music for the audio slide show presentation for the "CHEAP SEATS: Live Rock on a Small Bankroll" write-up. Hilary and Mimi also make an appearance in the first slide. Here ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:04:00 GMT

David Cieri CD Reviewed by Cadence

Here is a review of David Cieri's CD entitled "The Goat and the Violin" (which I played on) from Cadence Magazine.1) DAVID CIERI,THE GOAT AND THE VIOLIN,SMALL E RECORDS 4200.The Sea / Elegy / Margaret...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:10:00 GMT

Afuche Record Review

So, the Afuche CD was released a few weeks ago and here is what one critic has to say about it...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:01:00 GMT