Brazzaville (band) explained

Brazzaville
Origin:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:	Indie pop, bossa nova, chamber pop
Years Active:	1998–present
Label:	South China Sea
Website:	http://www.brazzavilleband.com
Current Members:	David Brown Richie Alvarez Paco Jordi Brady Lynch Ivan Knight
Past Members:	Joel Virgel Vierset David Ralicke Kenny Lyon Mike Bolger Joe Zimmerman L. Cedeño

Brazzaville is an American indie pop band founded in 1997 by David Brown. Brown was at one time Beck's saxophonist^[1] and took part in recording of Odelay and Midnite Vultures. On May 7, 2009, David Brown officially announced the dissolution of the band, stating that he would henceforth be recording and releasing music under the name David Arthur Brown, albeit with "many of the wonderful musicians who have contributed to Brazzaville records." However, June 23, 2009, David once again announced that the band will continue to exist in parallel with a solo career.

Members

David Arthur Brown: songwriter, vocals, guitar.
Richie Alvarez: keyboards.
Ramon Aragall: drums.
Mike Bolger: trumpet, piano, accordion.
Rob Gibiaqui: drums.
Smokey Hormel: guitar.
Paco Jordi: guitars, backing vocals.
Feryin Kaya: bass.
Ivan Knight: drums.
Brady Lynch: bass.
Kenny Lyon: guitar, ukulele, melodica, backing vocals.
Maria Pi-Sunyer de Gispert: vocals.
David Ralicke: saxophone, trombone.
Dima Shvetsov: drums.
Joel Virgel: drums, percussion, backing vocals.
Oleg Zaytseff: keyboards.
Joe Zimmerman: bass, backing vocals.

Discography

Albums

2002 (South China Sea, 1998)
Somnambulista (South China Sea, 2000)
Rouge On Pockmarked Cheeks (South China Sea, 2002)
Hastings Street (Zakat, 2004)
East L.A. Breeze (Zakat, 2006), (Vendlus Records, 2006)
21st Century Girl (Zakat, 2008), (Vendlus Records, 2008)
Brazzaville in Istanbul (Doublemoon Records, 2009) — live album
Jetlag Poetry (Zakat, 2011)
Morro Bay (2013)
The Oceans of Ganymede (2016)
Dream Sea (2018)
Sheila's Dream (2020)

Compilations

Welcome to... Brazzaville (Web of Mimicry, 2004), (Zakat, 2005)
Welcome to Brazzaville II (Zakat, 2012)

Radio singles

Star Called Sun (Viktor Tsoi cover, 2006)
The Clouds in Camarillo (2007)
Teenage Summer Days (Alexin cover, 2009)

Music videos

Foreign Disaster Days (2005)
Jesse James (2006)
Star Called Sun (2006)
Peach Tree (2006)
Bosphorus (2006)
The Clouds in Camarillo feat. Minerva (Russian: Вершина мира) (2007)
Girl From Vladivostok (Devushka From Vladivostok) (2009)
Anabel 2 (2011)
Rather Stay Home (2011)
Boeing (2012)
Barcelona (2012)

References

Web site: Net Music Countdown: Beck . 2006-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060908144525/http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/artist.php?artist=Beck . 2006-09-08 . dead .