simply amazing! David the best as always. same as it ever was! :-)

In this episode, Other Record Labels chats with Alec Hanley Bemis the co-founder (along with Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National) about starting and growing their record label over the past 20 years!

Introduction to Brassland: orcd.co/introducingbrassland

More about Other Record Labels: https://www.otherrecordlabels.com/

Brassland - (The National, Bartees Strange, Doveman)

Episode #12 w/ Mitski (2014)

i used to

careful what you wish for

Fusilier writes:  "I’m selling myself short here so whatever relationship I was taking about was never going to work. The whole song is me trying to compromise too much. I’m singing at the top of my range, I’m playing an instrument that I hate but by the end I just do what I would’ve done anyway and drop it. It was all worth it for that song though."

Sometimes I hold you
Just to make you stay
Or to shield you 
From what I could say

About the way I feel (slow down)
Falling fast (slow down)

Sometimes I wonder 
What you see in me 
Do we make summer 
Or have a stormy spring?

What’s in your heart (Tell me) 
Is it love?

Tell me, 
That I’m not alone loving by myself 
Cause I’m head over heels you control yourself 
Show me that you’re lost and you need my help 
In this love

Now I see you 
In my fantasy 
You and me at the Oscars 
A film about our history

When does it start (Action) 
And what’s our reaction?

You’ve got me thinking 
That I”m not alone loving by myself 
But I’m head over heel you control yourself 
Show me that you’re lost and you need my help 
In this love

Show me you’re lost by yourself 
Show me all of yourself 
--- everything I know 
About being alone 
You’re everything I love

DUTY EP

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"Multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Jherek Bischoff is the missing link between the sombre undertones of Ennio Morricone and the unpredictability of John Cale" -- NME 

Jherek Bischoff is a songwriter, producer, performer and composer from the Pacific Northwest who has been called a "pop polymath" (The New York Times) and a "Seattle phenom" (The New Yorker). We're trying not to get too braggy over here, but we are proud to be releasing this music!

Composed is a meticulously arranged, multi-tracked orchestral pop album featuring a host of famous guests, many of whom appeared at the sold-out Ecstatic Music Festival performance in New York that launched the project earlier in 2012. David Byrne collaborates on "Eyes," a piece of meta-pop as great as anything he's produced in the past decade. Brazilian Tropicalismo legend Caetano Veloso guests on "The Secret Of The Machines" with an avant-percussion solo by Deerhoof's Greg Saunier. Parenthetical Girls' Zac Pennington and French singer/actor Soko duet on "Young & Lovely." Et. cetera. Despite the impressive cast of characters, Jherek manages to make the album his own, without ever falling into the trap of self-indulgence that often besets multi-vocalist projects. The album is a consistently rewarding and uplifting body of work -- a testament to his clarity of vision.

The project's creation was informed by Jherek?s history of playing in indie bands, a fervent desire to make great pop music and a love affair with the potential of the orchestra. Just as an example of "home" recording Composed is quite unique. DIY in the purest sense, Jherek first composed the album on a ukulele. Next he arranged, produced and engineered the backing tracks, achieving an orchestral sound without the orchestral cost by recording the music one instrument at a time using a single microphone and a laptop. Yet sonically, the final product is consistently rewarding, following the composer's quirky vision while showing a deep familiarity with a catalog of compositional ideas & technique.

"I recorded each individual musician of the 'orchestra' in their own living rooms," says Bischoff, "and then I layered each instrument -- sometimes one violinist playing one part twenty times - until it was the size of a huge orchestra. I spent the summer riding my bike from house to house recording each musician. I finished the album by taking a road trip to record all the singers in person, except for Caetano Veloso and David Byrne, who recorded their own parts at home."

This approach reflected Jherek's desire to shake up the business-as-usual routine of being an independent rock musician. As he notes: "I realized a few years ago that being in several serious touring bands at the same time could be really frustrating, because I tend to work on music at least eight hours a day at home, and on tour you only get to make music for an hour a day. I realized that by producing records, doing soundtracks and collaborating on music for dance, I could be creatively involved with a ton of exciting music, and let it have its own legs without having to always be on tour."

This approach reflected Jherek's desire to shake up the business-as-usual routine of being an independent rock musician. A veteran of several music scenes, he has performed in numerous musical configurations over his 30-odd years, collaborating with Parenthetical Girls, Xiu Xiu, The Degenerate Art Ensemble, The Dead Science, Amanda "F**king" Palmer and The Wordless Music Orchestra. We think you'll agree Composed is a startling solo debut.

Jherek Bischoff - "Eyes (with David Byrne)"

tired week, social distance, rare chance to be in the studio, unintended challenge to cover a Buke & Gase song...the original is just a stunner.  i did my very best.  and love the song even more.  yeah.  you couldn't find a better friend than me.  go buy the real album "Scholars" on bandcamp: https://bukeandgase.bandcamp.com/album/scholars

Stumbler (Buke & Gase Cover!)

In turbulent times we need audacious artists like Fusilier. His just released EP, Upstream (Brassland), features the title track about isolation plus a sinister take on Martha and the Vandellas’ “Dancing in the Street” that ﬁnds the classic twisted into a protest anthem. The Brooklyn-based vocalist and multi-instrumentalist has also released self-directed videos for both songs. [This episode features the full-version of “Upstream” in its entirety.]

Visit Fusilier online:
https://www.instagram.com/blakeful
https://fusilier.bandcamp.com

The last live show I attended before the quarantine featured an incredible bill at Brooklyn’s Sultan Room with Fusilier and two other TMT guests: Wsabi Fox and Bartees Strange:

Wsabi Fox (Jennae Santos) TMT 169:
https://soundcloud.com/thisisboice/talk-music-talk-with-boice-wsabi-fox-interview-169

Bartees Strange TMT 206:
https://soundcloud.com/thisisboice/talk-music-talk-with-boice-bartees-strange-podcast- interview-206

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Written and Composed on an iPad by boice.

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"Talk Music Talk with boice" Fusilier Podcast Interview 210

Links & description: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2015/11/23/128480/ep-110-starting-from-scratch-bryce-dessner-aron-sanchez-so-percussion/

Classical Classroom

Classical Classroom Ep 110: Starting From Scratch - Bryce Dessner, Aron Sanchez, & So Percussion

Alec Hanley Bemis, writer and manager of cultural projects, co-founded the Brassland record label in 2001 along with his friends Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the band The National. Over the years, the label has become home to a community of like minded creative musicians who defy category. Last month Alec published a piece in Creative Independent called 19 things I’d tell people contemplating starting a record label (after running one for 19 years). Here we discuss what happened in between.&nbsp; Although this conversation was recorded in the before times of 2019, listening back I am struck by a few particularly interesting ideas that emerge in the talk: the distinction between culture and subculture; that we are now in an era of “constant content”; the shift over time from the taste maker as an institution to the taste maker as an individual personality; and what he describes as “the economy of cool”.    www.brassland.org

Alec Hanley Bemis

Brassland is an artist-operated label started in 2001 by The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner (http://brycedessner.com) and writer Alec Hanley Bemis (soundcloud.com/a-h-b). We encourage collaboration and creation among an evolving assortment of creative folks.

We are NOT actively seeking demos. But if you'd like to message us try http://brassland.org/contact.php

Jherek Bischoff - "Eyes (with David Byrne)"

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