Brazzaville (band)

Brazzaville
David Brown
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres	Indie pop, bossa nova, chamber pop
Years active	1998–present
Labels	South China Sea
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
Website	http://www.brazzavilleband.com

Brazzaville is an American indie pop band founded in 1997 by David Brown. It was named after Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo. Brown was at one time Beck's saxophonist 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)
• Lazy Days in Eixample (2024)

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)

External links

• Official Brazzaville site
• Brazzaville at AllMusic
• Brazzaville songs lyrics
• Brazzaville page at Wimstream.com