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| From | mike vancha <mvancha@sasktel.net> |
| Subject | Re: Chris Brown |
| Date | Sun, 22 Jan 2006 04:05:52 -0600 |
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Hi everyone,
I don't know about both "Chris Browns" but this one at Notlame is great.
Check it out if you like any kind of well produced/mixed and played pop.
Mike V
> From: David Bash <bashpop@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:40:57 -0800
> To: Audities <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: Re: Chris Brown
>
> --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Craig Leve" <CraigL@o...> wrote:
>>
>> Hey folks,
>>
>> I'd been meaning to mention it here - but you all should go check out
>> www.chrisbrownmusic.com - After listening to the disc, I directed Chris
>> to Not Lame and KoolKat and Bruce has a RAVE review of this one up on
>> new releases for the week. It's definitely going to be a big favorite
>> for me in 2006 and I think the pure poppers here will similarly dig.
>> Indeed, since I'm on record as never writing a review I could stand to
>> look at again, I'll quote Mr. Brodeen's offering...
>>
>> Holy Cow, out of the blue, arrives Chris Brown who fans of intensely
>> highly stylized power pop will fall down and worship at the Altar Of
>> Brown. Co-Produced and Mixed exquisitely by Chris Manning (Jellyfish)
>> with Chris Bellman(The Who, Neil Young) the Mastering Engineer, "Now
>> That You`re Fed" blossoms with a fresh aired spirit of deeply engaging
>> production flourishes which frequently exert a quiet and haunting
>> allure. Brown laces his songs with vivid imagery, shimmering acoustics
>> and haunting, rewarding melodies. Brown plies his trade with aplomb and
>> craft and vocally is an unusual combination of lush, warm Elliot Smith,
>> Josh Rouse, Duncan Sheik, Kevin Tihista, John Cunningham and, believe it
>> or not, Freddie Mercury---the Queen influence is strong with the
>> seductive soft sighs in the vocal arrangements, you will hear them in
>> more than a handful of places. Brown also brings to mind a more upbeat,
>> more engaging Kyle Vincent, as well as Andy Pratt(think "Avenging
>> Annie"). You`ll hear vague, but familiar refrains of Jellyfish, but they
>> are less prominent than the aforementioned bands/artists. What you will
>> find out front is the simple fact that these 12 songs mesh and merge
>> with a suite-like intimacy, rare to find. As his bio says, it`s a shot
>> of pop oxygen for smoggy musical times.
>>
>> "Perfect power pop is oft-attempted but rarely attained. By which I mean
>> it rises above the standard formula of chiming chords, hook-filled
>> choruses, and clean guitar strumming. When it`s perfect, the
>> unpredictable arrangements, the lyrics that make you wanna rewind to
>> hear them again, the perfectly-timed bridges, and the ridiculously
>> pretty chord progressions all conspire to make the considerable effort
>> involved seem effortless, timeless, classic, and just plain great. Chris
>> Brown`s glorious, sunny debut album is all that and more, a gorgeous
>> record produced by Chris Manning of fellow power pop geniuses
>> Jellyfish."-Windy Chien. Evidently Chris Brown is an award winning indie
>> filmaker but here the musicianship is such that one would guess that
>> making projects like "Now That You`re Fed" is his day job. Simply a
>> stunner, for folks with high expectations for their pop and big time
>> Extremely Highly Recommended!
>
> Yes, I love the album as well, and in a cool instance of serendipity, when I
> first read about this album on the Kool Kat monthly update, I decided to try
> to find Chris Brown on myspace. When I went to www.myspace.com/chrisbrown
> it displayed with a musician from Nashville whose songs were really
> excellent, and funny enough, pretty much fit with the description I'd read!
> I figured it was the same guy, and I contacted him with an invite to IPO
> Nashville, which thankfully he accepted. Then I found out that the Chris
> Brown who'd been written about was from San Francisco, so I contacted him,
> and it looks like he'll be playing IPOs Los Angeles and San Francisco!
>
> Two great Chris Browns on the pop music scene! Whouda thunk it??
> --
> Chris Browns Rule!!!!!
> Take Care,
> David
>
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