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Mike Brown: Bassist | Composer

Mike Brown: Bassist | Composer

DISCOGRAPHY

devolver | collapse (2023)

david cieri | New Sounds WNYC Presents - Live at The Winter Garden NYC - The Passion of Joan of Arc (2023)

Devolver | rapid unscheduled disassembly (2023)

DeVolver | Now (2023)

Intelligent life | Not as two separate things (2022)

Mike Brown david cieri| dream of wires (2022)

Intelligent Life | The nothing that is (2022)

Intelligent Life | Twilight falls (2022)

intelligent life |Between the shadow (2022)

intelligent life | Receptacal(2021)

intelligent life | Thirty days of June (2021)“The next message you need is always right where you are.” — Ram Dass On the heels of the success of “Lost in Translation”, Intelligent Life presents “Thirty days of June”, their third album of boundary defying experimental music, recorded during Covid-19 lockdown. Right from the start, opening track “And when the time comes” evokes a potent sense of time and place. Underground travel through the dark tunnels of the NYC subway system. A sudden stop. A forward lurch. The unseen but ever present East River churning dangerously above. The hypnotic sounds of the album continue and intensify with each subsequent track. “Collective memory”, “Summer solstice” and “With the way things are” smoothly seduce the listener while, at the same time, give nothing away. True to its title, “Mysteriously silent on the subject” weaves a musical path that brings a feeling of peace and wonder and the magic of being in "the moment.” Title track “Thirty days of June” helps you get through the isolating days of Covid, yet you may not be quite sure just how it does that. Therein lies the genius. After the final track, “It is the time”, when you are fully immersed in the out-of-body experience that is Intelligent Life, you will leave with the sense that everything will be alright. It may be lot to expect from an album, but “Thirty Days of June" delivers.CREDITSreleased August 13, 2021 Jeff Düngfelder: Electronics Mike Brown: Contrabass Joshua Trinidad: Trumpet Recorded in Brooklyn & Queens, New York, and Denver, Colorado Mixed & Mastered at the Georgian Gardens Studio, New York City Artwork by Jeff Düngfelder — intelligent life | Thirty days of June (2021)

Orange Peels | celebrate the moments of your life (2021)Celebrate the Moments of Your Life is the first double album by the band, and an adventure into uncharted waters. Featuring more than an hour of new music, the album was recorded from summer 2019 though fall of 2020 at the band's former headquarters in the Santa Cruz Mountains, mixed by longtime collaborator Bryan Hanna in Minneapolis, and mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic in Los Angeles. Original artwork was created by collage artist Nereida Dusten. — Orange Peels | celebrate the moments of your life (2021)

wheelchair sports camp | alice in wonderland (2021)Written for Phamaly Theatre Co.’s original production of Alice in Wonderland — wheelchair sports camp | alice in wonderland (2021)

intelligent life | Beginner’s mind (2021)

intelligent life | lost in translation (2021)On the crest of “Everything is always the same”, Intelligent Life now presents their visionary second release, “Lost in Translation”. Joining the group is renowned trumpeter Joshua Trinidad, whose burnished tones and spellbinding improvisational skills beguiles the listener with an air of relaxed restraint. The alluring timbre of Brown’s contrabass gently floats the articulated notes of Trinidad’s trumpet, which then seamlessly interweave with the mystical texture of Düngfelder’s electronic world. Out of this fluidity of sound a new language is born. Boundaries are defused and the listener gets lost into an unchartered world. Düngfelder, Brown and Trinidad merge their individual experiences and talents to produce meditative music with an edge. With a blend of idiosyncrasy, depth and the unexpected it is a unique palette not come across in most experimental albums. — intelligent life | lost in translation (2021)

intelligent life | everything is always the same (2021)Intelligent Life makes its powerful debut with this genre-defying album. Ultimately unclassifiable and obsessively listenable, it is an ephemera of sound that defuse boundaries. A structural philosophy of experimental contrabass underscores the ambient, down-tempo and avant-garde components, which fluidly superimpose with the electronica. While the contrabass is clearly a foundational element, it serves more as a point of departure than a defining sonic envelope. Düngfelder & Brown take their disparate experiences and talents to attack convention. Alive with vivid colors they give the meditative music a real edge with the unexpected. It’s full of an idiosyncratic energy not found on most experimental albums. A brilliant debut. — intelligent life | everything is always the same (2021)

The Death particle | Selected works, vol. 1 (2020)

KOMUNYAKAA, CIERI, BROWN: DARK FURNITURE (2019)While Cieri was writing the music (along with Trent Reznor and Yo-Yo Ma) for Ken Burns’ The Vietnam War Documentary, he kept close Yusef Komunyakaa’s poetry book Dien Cai Dau as a source of insight and … — KOMUNYAKAA, CIERI, BROWN: DARK FURNITURE (2019)

universal hall pass | Lyra (2019)released April 17, 2019 Music/lyrics/voice/piano/synths & sound design: Melissa R. Kaplan Bowed double bass arranged and performed by Mike Brown: lilbrownbass.com Mix/Mastering - Kasson Crooker of Speed of Dark Music: speedofdarkmusic.com © 2019 all rights reserved BMI/(UHP) Universal Hall Pass — universal hall pass | Lyra (2019)

THE DEATH PARTICLE: TANGENT SONS | GHOST OF JUPITER (2019)Tangent Suns || Ghost of Jupiter, the new dual single release from The Death Particle. thedeathparticle.com — THE DEATH PARTICLE: TANGENT SONS | GHOST OF JUPITER (2019)

EPIC BEARD MEN: THIE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN (2019)EBM are on the road throughout 2019, starting in the US in April on the "Come To The Sand Dunes" TOUR: fanlink.to/EBMTour2019 This Was Supposed to Be Fun, the debut LP (and second ofﬁcial offering) f… — EPIC BEARD MEN: THIs WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN (2019)

THE MAYO CLINIC - UNITY OF FORCES (2018)Released September 28, 2018 Bill Frisell – guitars Putnam Murdock – guitars Dan Brantigan – flugel horn and trumpet Jay Frederick – drums and percussion David Cieri – piano Rubin Kodheli – cello Yoko Waynen – … — THE MAYO CLINIC - UNITY OF FORCES (2018)

KOTORINO: SEA MONSTER (2017)Dark, elegant and rambunctious; a collection of spavined waltzes, latin flavored post-punk struts, and neurotic rock confessions. Songs of adventure, triumph and unease. credits released November 15, 2017 Credits: Jeff Mo… — KOTORINO: SEA MONSTER (2017)

DAVID CIERI: NOTES FROM THE UNDERSCORE - 10 YEARS WITH FLORENTINE FILMS (2017)Collaborating with Florentine Films over the course of the last 10 years has yielded music which I am very grateful and excited to share. To remove these compositions from… — DAVID CIERI: NOTES FROM THE UNDERSCORE - 10 YEARS WITH FLORENTINE FILMS (2017)

YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA, DAVID CIERI, MIKE BROWN: WHITE DUST (2017)‘I cued up White Dust without warning; by that I mean I had no advance notion of what it was. In seconds I was locked in - that voice, those voices! Everything seems to fall together withou… — YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA, DAVID CIERI, MIKE BROWN: WHITE DUST (2017)

CARTA: THE SAND COLLECTOR'S DREAM (2017)Saint Marie Records is honored to release the fourth album from SF Bay Area collective Carta. The evocative titled The Sand Collector’s Dream is everything music should be in 2017—completely original and soake… — CARTA: THE SAND COLLECTOR'S DREAM (2017)

MSB: Nope (2017)The long-awaited release from Denver's premier trio, Nope stands at the 5-point intersection where jazz, pop, rock, improvisation, and avant-garde converge. This music is the soundtrack for the full spectrum of a city. MSB is: Becca … — MSB: Nope (2017)

Room 40 (2016)Recorded in Denver, CO and featuring: Doug Anderson: Accordion / Composer Carrie Beeder: Violin Mike Brown: Double Bass / Composer Al Scholl: Guitar / Composer Timothy Quigley: Percussion Produced by Room 40 All tracks: Engineered by G… — Room 40 (2016)

Wheelchair Sports Camp: No Big Deal (2016)NO BIG DEAL, the first official studio album from Denver’s WHEELCHAIR SPORTS CAMP, is produced by the late, great IKEY OWENS (Jack White, The Mars Volta, Free Moral Agents.) This musical milestone details the signature experience of lead vocalist, Kalyn Heffernan, a shit-talking emcee and activist whose unique circumstance provides perspective unlike those heard almost anywhere. — Wheelchair Sports Camp: No Big Deal (2016)

B. Dolan: KILL THE WOLF (2015)B. Dolan’s latest record is the self-produced “KILL THE WOLF”, a sweeping, powerful opus five years in the making. The album reinforces Dolan’s status as a complex lyricist and introduces him as a ambitious, versatile producer, dedicated as ever to concept and vision over fleeting hip-hop trends. — B. Dolan: KILL THE WOLF (2015)

WHEELGRABBERS (2015)After years of dedicated prep and fresh off a month long national tour to SXSW, the Wheelchair Sports Camp + GirlGrabbers collaboration is out now. — WHEELGRABBERS (2015)

CHARMING DISASTER: LOVE, CRIME & OTHER TROUBLE (2015) — CHARMING DISASTER: LOVE, CRIME & OTHER TROUBLE (2015)

KOTORINO: BETTER THAN THIS (2013) — KOTORINO: BETTER THAN THIS (2013)

AFUCHE: I MADE DOTS (2009) — AFUCHE: I MADE DOTS (2009)

ABBS, BROWN, HARDY, JEWELL: MARQUISE DANCE HALL (2008) — ABBS, BROWN, HARDY, JEWELL: MARQUISE DANCE HALL (2008)

AFUCHE: CARAJO IS WORSE THAN HELL (2008) — AFUCHE: CARAJO IS WORSE THAN HELL (2008)

BROWN, JEWELL, MEICHT, MEICHT: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW BRILLIANT YOU ARE (2008) — BROWN, JEWELL, MEICHT, MEICHT: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW BRILLIANT YOU ARE (2008)

DAVID CIERI: USE YOUR INSIDE VOICE (2007) — DAVID CIERI: USE YOUR INSIDE VOICE (2007)

DAVID CIERI: THE GOAT AND THE VIOLIN (2007) — DAVID CIERI: THE GOAT AND THE VIOLIN (2007)

KENNY CAMBRE: THE GUY YOU CHEER FOR (2006) — KENNY CAMBRE: THE GUY YOU CHEER FOR (2006)

PAINTED SAINTS: COMPANY TOWN (2006) — PAINTED SAINTS: COMPANY TOWN (2006)

GLADHAND: YOU JUST SQUISHED MR. ITCHY FISH — GLADHAND: YOU JUST SQUISHED MR. ITCHY FISH

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