- Bright (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Bright
Img_capt = Mark Dwinell and Joe LaBrecque
Background = group_or_band
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Origin =Boston, Massachusetts
Instrument = Vocals,accordion ,clarinet ,electric guitar ,Fender Rhodes ,mandolin musical keyboard ,steel-string acoustic guitar
Genre =Post-rock
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Years_active = 1993 – present
Label =Ba Da Bing!
Strange Attractors Audio House
Associated_acts =Sunburned Hand of the Man
URL =Bright is a
post-rock andambient music group based inBrooklyn ,New York .Background
Bright formed in
Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 initially as a recording project, withMark Dwinell (guitar, vocals) andJoe LaBrecque (drums) creating songs with minimal vocals, extensiveKrautrock -influenced improvisation and repeating measures. Initial raw sessions were documented at theAlbatross Guest House on a 4-track recording machine and were lateroverdubbed . Acassette tape culled from these recordings initially released onEek records made its way into the hands of Ben Goldberg atBa Da Bing! records. To fill out the group and facilitate live performance Bright brought more musicians into the fold –Jay Dubois (bass) andPaul LaBrecque (guitar, trumpet)In 1996, they released their eponymous self-titled debut on
Ba Da Bing! records with veteran studio engineerJacques Cohen (Mercury Rev ,Silver Apples ,Jerkwater ) recording.In 1997,
The Albatross Guest House 4 track sessions was released and Bright reverted to a duo by the following year. During that time, the group recorded the mostly instrumentalBlue Christian forDarla records Bliss Out series. Parting ways with Jay and Paul, Bright recordedFull Negative (or) Breaks in 1999.In 2000, the band now included
Michael Torres (electric guitar, nylon string guitar, violin) andMike Cory (bass guitar) and coveredCaptain Beefheart 's "Korn Ring Finger" for a tribute album tofrontman Don Van Vliet and his "Magic Band".At the close of 2001, Bright went on hiatus; Mark Dwinell recorded his solo debut
NONLOC in 2002 (including various back-up by Torres) . In 2003, Bright began performing again sporadically, at times a six piece with all former members performing, and also picking upNate Longcope before heading back to the studio in 2004 to recordBells Break Their Towers , released byStrange Attractors Audio House in 2005.Discography
LP Recordings
* Bright (1995 cassette-only release on Eek, limited to 100 copies)
* Bright (1996 release on Ba Da Bing!)
*The Albatross Guest House (1997 release on Darla)
*Blue Christian (1998 release that also served as Bright's contribution to theBliss Out series on Darla)
*Full Negative (or) Breaks (2000 release on Ba Da Bing!)
*The Miller Fantasies (2002 release on Ba Da Bing!)
*Bells Break Their Towers (2005 release on Strange Attractors)Singles, EPs and Compilations
* V/A Dreamboat (1997 release on Cassiel Records)
* Fuxa / Bright "City and Metro" and "How I Reached Home" (1997 split 7" on Darla Records)
* "Plymouth Rock" b/w "Superstrings," "Nova" (1998 7" on Ba Da Bing!)
* V/ABadaboom Gramophone , Vol. 2 (1998 release on Ba Da Bing!)
* V/ADarla 100 (2000 release on Darla)
* V/ANeon Meate Dream of a Octafish : A Tribute to Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (2003 release on Animal World)
* V/A Yeti #4 (2006 Yeti Magazine CD compilation)Trivia
*An album entitled "My Life and Style" distributed by The Orchard is often misattributed to this band. The recording was done by a little-known hip hop outfit that happened to use the same moniker (they spell their name "BRiGHT").
*A CD single, "Turning Point," by a Swiss pop band also called Bright appeared in 2006; it is mistakenly included with the band's releases on retail and informational websites.
*Paul LaBrecque, who appeared on Bright's debut CD, went on to become a member of
Sunburned Hand of the Man , the Other Method, Astral Blessing, and others; he also joined with Sunburned member John Maloney andThurston Moore ofSonic Youth for a 2006 Belgian performance.*
Jonathan Lamaster ofCul de Sac began performing regularly with Bright for live performances in 2005.External links
* [http://www.strange-attractors.com/catalog/saah038.html Band bio from Strange Attractors Audio House]
* [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/cellars/documents/02682847.htm Feature on Mark Dwinell from the Boston Phoenix]
* [http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/live/documents/05091762.asp Review of Bright live from the Boston Phoenix]
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