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artist · oh krill
release · chasing the one
year · 2001
genre · lo-fi
label · d.c. recordings
catalogue · dc 38
website · www.dcrecordings.com
date · 18-nov-2005
quality · alt-preset standard
source · vinyl
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a1 chasing the one 7:28
b1 seven up swing (cherrystones remix) 3:34
playtime · 00h 11m 02s
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described by nme as a "spiritual disco-technician," max brennan
has recorded some of the most consistently imaginative music of
the last decade. describing himself as "on a spiritual tip, into
cosmic things," max was initiated into transcendental meditation
(as taught to the beatles by maharishi mahesh yogi) some years ago
and describes his current life as "attempting to stay balanced in
the western world." meditation, he says, gives him the "nice inner
states of bliss i was always looking for with class a drugs. i'm
getting more detached from all the bad things in the world and i
definitely see that as a good thing."
making his home on the isle of wight, where he has lived all his
life, the distinct lack of anything else worth doing leads max
into the far reaches of philosophical and extraterrestrial
thought. "we sit around for hours chewing the fat about conspiracy
theories - and you end up with a head full of amazingness. me, i'm
into the idea that there are things up there helping us evolve
down here. call them angels, aliens, whatever you like."
these interests have always been reflected in his music, from his
own alien to whom?, the "joyous stomping. . disco-techno, alien
encounter..feel-good" of we are part of us and so are you, and o.h
krill's the krill papers, to fretless azm's astral cinema, and of
course his maxwell house projects for peacefrog.
max records with a makeshift assemblage of ancient synthesizers,
live instruments and modern samplers to achieve a special blend of
live organic sounds with a contemporary twist. something of an
electric bass virtuoso, max is also a dab hand at keyboards,
tabla, double bass and any number of instruments that cross his
path, mixing influences from funk, disco, jazz, indian classical
and movie soundtracks. some of his best music consists of
collaborations with local and london-based musicians, including
tom vernon, paul butler, rupert brown and james nye. but max is
also a seasoned solo performer, combining driving bass playing
with sojourns at the mixing desk and keyboards, and usually
stealing the show at any live gig in which he participates. he has
performed at many festivals throughout europe. max is also much
sought after as a dj and remixer.
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