Budhi Brown
Album: The Time or the Place
Label: Green Room Records
Producer: Michael Rich
Release Date: 2/24/04
The Time or the Place marks the first full-length studio album for Los Angeles-based rock noir band, Budhi Brown. Their music has been described as "a car crash between Morphine and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion" and as the soundtrack to a film noir movie. What makes Budhi Brown so unique is the supplanting of traditional guitar with two instruments rarely found in contemporary rock bands: the two-string slide bass and the baritone saxophone.
In addition to the three band members, this album also includes tenor saxophonist, Goz Inyama, who has recorded and performed with Macy Gray and Ozomatli.
Budhi Brown is an original band that performs with a jazz/blues ascetic. They've been performing and recording together for more than six years, getting their start in Fort Collins, CO. After completing several regional tours, the band relocated to Southern California, where they can be found spreading the word of rock noir throughout dark, smoky, whiskey-drenched lounges.
Begun in February 2004, efforts supporting the release of The Time or the Place initially focused on southern California, but are now widening to include northern California and parts of the Pacific Northwest. Upcoming events include CD listening parties, in-store appearances, interviews in local publications, and local and college radio play. Included in this marketing push is a video for their single, "Death is a Flower," which is available for viewing online.
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What is rock noir?
Budhi Brown has been playing rock noir music for years,
but how do you describe this genre with words?
The band offers up their interpretation of rock noir:
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Rock noir captures the essence of a true gritty reality, full of imperfect people living imperfect lives.
The music is not sweet, slick or glossy.
It is thick and layered with the dark and moody undertones of back alleys and smoke filled bars.
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-Sid
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Rock Noir - (literally "black rock") - A style of rock music derived from the blues and jazz,
although more in feeling than in form. Heavily influenced by themes and attitudes attributed to film noir.
Characterized by unusual instrumentation not typically used in the pop world. Not only a genre but also a mood.
Pieces often brood with meloncholy, anxiety, disillusionment, and the inhumane side of human nature.
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-Jim
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Rock noir is music that pulses with the beat of nocturnal foot steps down a city sidewalk,
stopping at smoky bars, neon-lit hotels, and all-night diners along the way.
The listener experiences a highly stylistic sound that may vary from a minimal swing to a brash stomp,
yet which always leaves space for reality.
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-Johnny
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