Biography
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Members
- Café
- Pamela Driggs
- Phil Markowitz
- Romero Lubambo
- Sérgio Brandão
http://www.myspace.com/brasilia
Brasilia A Life Desired
Jen S. - organ and voices,
Katrina R. - guitar and voices,
Roy S. - bass and stuff,
Jeremy Scott - analog synthesizers and stuff,
Ali. - 4 drums and 3 cymbals,
friends - inspiration
Mixed By – Andrew Prinz, Brasilia
Producer – Brasilia, Jeremy Scott
Recorded At – Civil Defense, Brooklyn, Woodser, Brooklyn
Of course, Brasilia isn't a group with a shelf life, as they pull equal amounts of inspiration from Factory bands like the Wake or Section 25, 4AD's dream pop roster, and the modular psych-Kraut inspired drones of Stereolab and Broadcast. A Life Desired was recorded and produced by the band and Mahogany's Andrew Prinz, the dense layers of swirling organ lending a certain grandiosity to the music, but there's also an overall modest, organic feel to the whole outing.
This is no doubt partly due to Sunderland's melodies, sung with a deliberately icy detachment that's comparable to a mix of Nico and Trish Keenan. Tracks like "Sublimation" or "Evening Dinner in the Cul-De-Sac" move along a linear path, the thick bass and drums often directing the dynamic counterpoints – it's an ebb and flow that will have you gazing down at your shoes one minute and then provoke simultaneous head-nodding from everyone present in the room.
Brasilia is keeping this vinyl-only release pretty limited. Only 600 LPs are available, all come in letter-pressed packaging assembled in the band's Unovis Workshop.
Brasilia tread in territory similar to Broadcast and Stereolab. Synth driven with real back up instruments. The songs float in a trancelike shoegazer way with droning keyboards, dream-like female vocals, and throbbing bass lines. There is a haunting tone throughout that pulls you in, and puts you in the moment. I could, and do, listen to this for days on end. –M.Avrg (Obscurist Press)
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