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'One Day''
a new album by BROTHER
available now

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a mongrel musical
history...
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We've been making
and recording music for a long while now, since
before we first landed in America in 1991. Like
ourselves the music changes, evolves, (mutates?)
as time rolls on. We're not who we were.
Nor is our music, though threads weave thru ...
Suddenly one day you turn around and have quite
a colourful history behind you. It's interesting
having a soundtrack to go with that history,
those
stories ...
The revisiting began early in 2006 (or was it
late 2005?) with the process of putting together
'As You Were', the first ever BROTHER
compilation. It continues now as Hamish and i
choose tracks - many now out of print, others
previously unreleased - and remember the music
and the times ...
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remembering the music
and times...
one
day
Recorded on the verandah of a farmhouse
in the Australian bush. The first BROTHER
album recorded in Australia.
The Terrain
Around Here is Far Too Dangerous
(currently out of print)
This album is a record of our first real
live theatre show, complete with actors and
multimedia. 2 stereo microphones captured the
final performance night as it was. An intimate
little theatre. A live acoustic performance.
Some very special guests.
As You Were
A collection of 20 favourite songs from
the first 13 years of BROTHER, voted for by you.
We think you chose well. Includes a powerful
remix/remake by Dave Dale of the first BROTHER
tune ('The Machine', recorded in 1991) to ever
use bagpipes.
Pax Romana MMV
We really wanted to capture the feel of
how we were playing these songs live. All the
basic tracks went down nice and quick, just like
we were on stage. Overdubbing was a magic
experience with some very talented friends
helping us weave a real middle eastern
atmosphere through the whole album.
Mongrel Mythology, Vol. 1
This dvd really captures where we were
that year. Back on the road with Dalbo again.
Playing shows. Doing workshops. Making videos.
Trying to explain what it is we do. Brothers Bob
and Sam did an amazing job directing and editing
this offering.
Urban Cave
We love the surprising places we go to on
this one and that it challenged so many people
and their perception of us.
I You You Me (currently
out of print)
We really push our own creative envelope
with some of these tracks. The band was feeling
powerful. It remains a pretty quirky little
offering.
This Way Up
(available
in digital download)
Recorded at The Coach House a few weeks
into our first few shows after having been off
the road for nine months when we'd turned our
big van into a rollercoaster in the desert. We
definitely caught the high energy bagpipes and
rock 'n' roll vibe of the time.
Your Backyard
(currently out of print)
Recorded at Colin Hay's studio in
Topanga. It felt like a cross between middle
earth and the Aussie bush. More than ever
before, we were improvising, being in the
moment, trusting, and letting go.
Digging Bone
(available
in digital download)
The live recording of these raw tracks in
our rehearsal space was probably the band at its
best in terms of capturing live energy in the
studio environment. We'd love to strip this
album back one day and rebuilt it. There's a log
of magic within - unseen.
Exit from Screechville
(available
in digital download)
We were wanting to be a rock band in the
studio, playing our songs. We were widening the
groove as it were. "like tribesmen playing rock
'n' roll" is still one of our favorite review
quotes from that time.
Black Stone Tramp
(available
in digital download)
The energy of coming straight off the
road and into the studio - a converted garage -
and recording it all in a week, really made the
album. Some intense moments. But it all paid
off.
Pipe Dreams
(available
in digital download)
The plan was to go into the studio and
record in a day what we were playing busking
(street performing)... Some tracks were left
pretty raw, others we wanted to have some fun
with.
Black & White (aka Four Heads)
(currently out of print)
I really like a lot of the lyrics from
this early period, but the band certainly had
not yet begun to develop any kind of original
sound.
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rhubarb records releases... |

one day
(2008) |

The Terrain Around Here
Is Far Too Dangerous...
(2006) |

As You Were
(2006) |

Pax Romana MMV
(2005) |

Mongrel Mythology,
Vol. 1 DVD
(2005) |

Urban Cave
(2003) |

I
You You Me
(2001) |

This Way Up
(2000) |

Your Backyard
(1998) |

Digging Bone
(1997) |

Black Stone Tramp
(1996) |

Exit from Screechville
(1995) |

Pipe Dreams
(1994) |

Black & White
(1992) |
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other credits... |
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BARAKA
- Hamish, Angus and
Fergus' bagpipes are heard with Japanese koto
drums over gripping footage of the Kuwaiti oil fires
ER 'True Lies', episode 22 (NBC,1995) -
Hamish, Angus,
Fergus, and Brett play the part of Dr
Morgenstern's nephews serenading the injured
doctor in hospital with their pipes and drums
Twilight Zone 'Harsh Mistress' (UPN, 2002) -
episode written around BROTHER's song, 'Bitch'
Transcendental
Highway - CD by Colin Hay (Men
At Work), 1997,
bagpipes and
vocals on 2 tracks
Miles Away - CD by Sam Morrison (youngest Miles
Davis band member), 2005, lead vocals on 2 tracks |
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