Chris Brokaw (born August 1, 1964) is an American musician, best known for his work with the bands Come and

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Life and career

While studying at Oberlin College, Brokaw met many people who became figures on the American

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scene of the 1990s, among them

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, with whom Brokaw formed Codeine, as well as Sooyoung Park of Bitch Magnet and

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, and

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. Soon after graduating from Oberlin, Brokaw played drums for a number of bands, including 7 Or 8 Worm Hearts and

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. He then joined

and played drums on their first two studio albums, as well as helping to kick-start

's career. In 1990 he returned to the guitar, one of his two main instruments, and teamed up with Thalia Zedek (Dangerous Birds, Uzi,

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), a well-known figure in New York's post- No Wave scene. The two formed Come, a band that never gained much mainstream popularity, despite the critical praise they garnered throughout their career. Brokaw and Zedek took a break from Come at the end of the decade, and the band never regrouped in the studio, though the pair has since performed and recorded together on many occasions. In November 2008 the band convened for one performance at the Tanned Tin Festival in Spain. After Come, Brokaw has released several albums in his own name, from the instrumental Post-Rock of ''Red Cities'', through the composition and performance of the musical score for ''"i was born, but..."'', to the powerful rock-pop song structure of ''Incredible Love'' and ''Gambler's Ecstasy''. Both Brokaw and Zedek were invited to participate in a limited edition series of albums by Normal Records, a German record label. Brokaw recorded his contribution to the series, ''Wandering As Water'', in a single day, playing all instruments on the record. Additionally, Brokaw has played in the bands Pullman, Rivulets,

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, and The New Year and played as accompanist to such artists as

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, Evan Dando, Steve Wynn,

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77 Boadrum performance which took place on July 7, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in

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. In addition to this, Brokaw was one of the guitarists performing

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's ''A Crimson Grail'' at the

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, as part of the center's Out of Doors series on September 14, 2010. The performance was a 200-guitar version of Chatham's work, which was commissioned by the city of

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and premiered at the basilica of Sacré-Coeur in 2005, originally scored for 400 guitars. Between 2005 and 2006, Brokaw performed with the Chris Brokaw Band, which included

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's Jeff Goddard on bass and

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's Kevin Coultas on drums. Later, in 2011, Brokaw would perform again under the same moniker with Elisha Wiesner and Sal Esposito, both formerly of Kahoots, on bass and drums respectively. In 2007, Brokaw formed Dirtmusic with Chris Eckman (

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) and Hugo Race (

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). Named after Tim Winton's 2001 novel Dirt Music, the band released their homonymous debut album on Glitterhouse Records in November 2007. In 2008, Dirtmusic performed at The Festival in the Desert, in

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, where they met the Touareg band Tamikrest, in collaboration with whom they would record they following album, ''BKO''. ''BKO'', their second album, was recorded in January 2009 at Ali Farka Touré's old studio in

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, Mali, and was released the following year. Brokaw formed his own record label, CAPITAN RECORDS, in 2008, through which he has released several solo albums of predominantly instrumental music (''Canaris'' and ''Gracias, Ghost of the Future''), in addition to his collaboration with Wrekmeister Harmonies, ''Live in NYC''. Stemming from Brokaw's many musical projects and his enviable work ethic, '' DigBoston'' has called him "one of the most prolific and active artists to call Boston home." Likewise,

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has stated that "Chris Brokaw is one of America's busiest musical talents."

Soundtracks and scores

Brokaw has provided music for productions of two dance companies: the Daghdha Dance Company (

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, Ireland), where Nicole Peisl commissioned him to create new pieces, and Kino Dance (Boston), where he collaborated with playwright Rinde Eckert and director Robert Woodruff on ''Highway Ulysses'', which in 2003

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named "the best production of the year." Brokaw has also scored Roddy Bogawa's 2004 documentary ''"i was born, but..."'' and Leslie McCleave's 2005 feature film ''Road'', which won him the Best Original Score award at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. Furthermore, he scored Roddy Bogawa's 2011 documentary ''Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis'', for which he is also credited as co-producer. More recently, he has—with Animal Hospital's Kevin Micka—scored

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's 2011 experimental documentary ''Sospira'' and Jason Cortlund's 2012 feature film ''Now, Forager: A Film About Love & Fungi''. Brokaw also contributed a soundtrack to Holly Anderson's collection of

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and mesostic poetry ''The Night She Slept With a Bear'' (2012). He has also contributed a song to the original soundtrack to the German sci-fi thriller film ''Centerland'', directed by Enko Landmanns. In 2017, he composed the score to Julia Halperin and Jason Cortlund's independent feature film ''La Barracuda,'' which was nominated for the SXSW Gamechanger Award and the SXSW Grand Jury Award. Also in 2017, Brokaw wrote the score to Nick Frangione's film ''Buck Run'', starring

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, which had its world premiere at the 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Regarding Brokaw's score, Variety commented that " e drifting electric guitar of Chris Brokaw’s score further amplifies a timelessly melancholy air." In 2018, he contributed -with Claudia Groom, under the moniker The Fly Aways- the original song "I'm The Only One For You" to the soundtrack for Derek Johnson's psychological-thriller ''Mother's Garden'', starring Eryn Rea. Since 2013, Danish guitar pedal manufacturer Reuss has been developing, with Brokaw's input, prototypes for a pedal named CB-01 Recidivist, after the Come song from their final album ''Gently, Down the Stream''. It eventually was made commercially available in a limited edition in February 2021. Of late, Brokaw has been collaborating with Findlay//Sandsmark, a performance company working based in Norway which creates dance, theater, video art, and live music performances. Findlay//Sandsmark and Brokaw have been developing a new multimedia piece, provisionally entitled "Florida (lowlands)," which they are scheduled to perform in November 2021 in Kansas City. The piece was originally debuted in March 2019 at Rimi/Imir SceneKunst in Stavanger, Norway, as well as at the Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival 2019.

Collaborations and Session Work

Brokaw has been a member of several bands over the years, most importantly Come and Codeine, though the list includes The New Year, Empty House Cooperative, Consonant, Dirtmusic, Hidden Tooth, Martha's Vineyard Ferries, Pullman, and GG Allin's solo band. Aside from his collaborations with Geoff Farina, Ryley Walker, Jeff Barsky, Holly Anderson, David Michael Curry, and Kevin Mikka, and split EPs with Bastro during his tenure in Codeine and Viva Las Vegas as a solo artist, Brokaw has worked with a number of bands and recording artists, including Cobra Verde, Dave Derby and the Norfolk Downs, Tamikrest, Evan Dando, Fifty Bucks, Gramercy Arms, Jumbo, Tara Jane O'Neil, Hugo Race, The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, Kahoots, Karate, Lemonheads, Loog, Manta Ray, Molasses, 7 Or 8 Worm Hearts, Bedhead, Thurston Moore, Rhys Chatham, Rivulets, Christina Rosenvinge, Rosa Chance Well, Snares and Kites, Via Tania/Tania Bowers, The Boredoms, Willard Grant Conspiracy, and Wrekmeister Harmonies, as well as some of Thalia Zedek's and Steve Wynn's respective solo work, to name but a few. Brokaw has also begun a musical collaboration with Mark Morgan on guitar, Greg Kelley on trumpet, and Brokaw himself on drums and bass. They perform under the name Dark Money and they recorded and mixed their first batch of music at Oddfellows in Weymouth, MA, in October 2021. He has been asked to play drums on Dan Burton and Chris Carothers' new record. Burton and Carothers have been making music under the name Ativin since 1994. They convened to work on the new material in New Orleans in August 2021 and plan to go into the studio in December 2021 in Chicago with the help of audio engineer

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Discography

Solo

*''Chris Brokaw & Viva Las Vegas'' EP (Kimchee Records/Acuarela Records, 2002) Split release with Viva Las Vegas *'' Red Cities'' (12xu, 2002) *'' Wandering As Water'' (Return to Sender, 2003) *''My Confidante+3'' EP (Normal Records, 2004) *''

Incredible Love ''Incredible Love'' is Chris Brokaw's third solo album, the follow-up to 2003's '' Wandering As Water''. Background Released on October 25, 2005, ''Incredible Love'' was recorded in 2004 between the months of March and September. Whilst th ...

'' (12xu, 2005) *''Forestry'' EP (I and Ear, 2007) 7" vinyl only, limited to 500 copies *'' Canaris'' (Capitan Records, 2008) CD only; reissued on vinyl by Omentum Records in 2017 *''Gracias, Ghost of the Future'' (Capitan Records, 2009) Vinyl only, limited to 100 copies *''VDSQ Solo Acoustic Volume 3'' (Vin du Select Qualitite, 2010) *''Tundra'' (Capitan Records, 2010) CD only, limited to 40 numbered copies *''I Ace Sociopathic King'' (Already Dead Tapes, 2011) Cassette only, limited to 200 copies. Reissued in 2014 for Cassette Store Day. *''Live At Porchlight'' (Capitan Records, March 2011) CDR, limited to 22 copies *''

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'' EP (Limited Appeal Records, 2012) *''

Gambler's Ecstasy ''Gambler's Ecstasy'' is American musician Chris Brokaw's sixth solo studio album. Background The recording of ''Gambler's Ecstasy'' took place between 2008 and 2012 in a number of different studios: Soma in Chicago, IL; The Echo Lab in D ...

'' (12xu/Damnably, 2012) *''Tidal Mud'' (Robert & Leopold, 2012) CD, limited to 20 copies; cassette, limited to 100 copies *''The Coyote of Deadhorse Canyon'' (Capitan Records, 2013) Cassette only, limited to 49 copies *''With My Little Eye'' EP (Fear of Speed, 2013) CD only, limited to 150 copies *''Avalanche'' EP (Mouca, 2013) Cassette only *''Chambers of Light'' (Capitan Records, 2013) Cassette only, limited to 25 copies *''Macanudo Avenues'' (Capitan Records, 2013) Cassette only, limited to 25 copies *''Jukers Junction'' (Capitan Records, 2013) Cassette only, limited to 25 copies *''Solo'' (Capitan Records, 2013) Cassette only, limited to 20 copies *''Wages of Fear'' (Capitan Records, 2014) Cassette only, limited to 12 copies, each with handmade collages *''The Periscope Twins'' (12XU, 2015) Vinyl only, double LP *''The Hand That Wrote This Letter'' (Capitan Records, 2017) CD only, featuring classical guitar renditions of David Bowie and Prince songs *''End of The Night'' (VDSQ Records, 2019) LP (tak:til, 2019) CD *''Puritan'' (12XU, 2020) LP *''Four Kings'' (Jellyfant Records, forthcoming 2021) Double LP, includes ''Tundra'' EP, ''Tidal Mud'' and the previously unreleased "Central District Blues" *Title TK (Crack'd Rabbit, forthcoming 2021) CD only, limited edition, ambient music

Original soundtracks

*''"i was born, but..."'' - Original Film Score (

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/12xu, 2004) *''Road'' Original Film Score (Jellyfant Records, 2011) Vinyl only, limited to 300 copies *''Sospira'' Original Film Score

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(Capitan Records, 2011) Limited to 100 copies *''The Night She Slept With a Bear''

ith Holly Anderson The Ith () is a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands which is up to 439 m high. It lies about 40 km southwest of Hanover and, at 22 kilometres, is the longest line of crags in North Germany. Geography Location The Ith is immediat ...

(Jank Editions, 2012 on CD; Jellyfant, 2017 on vinyl) Book with soundtrack *''Now, Forager'' Original Film Score ( Dais Records, 2014) LP only *''Music For Peter Hutton'' (Tape Drift Records, 2019) CDR only, containing live film scores

With
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* '' Frigid Stars LP'' ( Glitterhouse, 1990) * ''

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'' EP (

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, 1992)

With Come

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/Placebo, 1992) *''

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, 1994) *''

Near-Life Experience ''Near-Life Experience'' is the third studio album by Boston alternative rock band Come, released in May 1996 on Matador Records in the US and on Domino Records in the UK. __TOC__ History After Come's 1994 release ''Don't Ask Don't Tell,'' bassi ...

'' (

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, 1996) *''

Gently, Down The Stream ''Gently, Down The Stream'' is the fourth and final album by Boston indie rock band Come. __TOC__ History Recorded and mixed by Paul Q. Kolderie at Fort Apache in 1997 during the month of June and released in early February 1998, ''Gently, Down ...

'' (

, 1998)

With Pullman

*'' Turnstyles & Junkpiles'' (

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, 1998) *'' Viewfinder'' (

, 2001)

With Snares & Kites

*''Tricks of Trapping'' (Inbetweens Records, 1999)

With The New Year

*''

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'' ( Touch & Go Records, 2001) *'' The End Is Near'' ( Touch & Go Records, 2004) *'' The New Year'' ( Touch & Go Records, 2008) *''

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With Empty House Cooperative

*''Improvisational Preparation For Church Studio Recording'' (

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, 2001) *''Half the Mixes from Nine Rectory Lane'' (Self-released, 2001) *''Improvisational Dinner Music at Middle East Restaurant'' (Hinah, 2001) *''Improvisational Music'' (Hinah, 2001) *''Painted Plane'' (

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, 2004)

With
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*''Consonant'' (

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, 2002) *''Love and Affliction'' (

, 2003)

With Dirtmusic

*''Dirtmusic'' (

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, 2007) *''In the Desert'' (

, 2008) *''BKO'' Tamikrest">ith Tamikrest(

, 2010) *''The Tent Sessions'' Tamikrest">ith Tamikrest(

, 2010) Limited to 1000 copies

With Wrekmeister Harmonies

*''Live in NYC'' (Capitan Records, May 2009) LP only, limited to 100 copies

With Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina

*''

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'' (Capitan Records/ Damnably/Jellyfant, 2010) *''

The Boarder's Door ''The Boarder's Door'' is the second studio album collaboration by Chris Brokaw and Geoff Farina as a duo. __TOC__ Background The album was released on Damnably in late 2010. As ''The Angel's Message To Me'', the album includes several ...

'' ( Damnably, 2010) *'' All Out & Down'' (Landland ≠ Record Label, 2016) Vinyl with digital download card. Also limited tour pressing in numbered edition of 125

With Martha's Vineyard Ferries

*''In the Pond'' 12" EP (

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, 2010) 4-song, one-sided 12" vinyl w/ an etching by Rosemary Hoeft on side B, limited to 500 copies *''MASS. GRAVE'' (Kiam Records, 2013) *''Suns Out Guns Out'' (Ernest Jenning Record Co., 2021)

With Hidden Tooth (w/David Michael Curry)

*''Lost Records'' (Capitan Records, 2010) CD only, limited to 100 copies *''Hidden Tooth'' EP (Robert & Leopold, 2012) 3-inch CD only, limited to 52 copies *''Break the House'' (Capitan Records, 2013) Cassette only, limited to 25 copies *''Bicoastal Arsonistas'' (Fear of Speed, 2013) CD only, limited to 100 copies

As Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw

*''AM 982 "Strangled Pairs" Vol. Thirteen'' (American Tapes, 2014) One-sided LP, vinyl only, limited to 100 copies

As Sunset to the Sea (w/Jeff Barsky)

*''Sunset to the Sea'' (Tape Drift Records, 2016) TD81/C60, cassette only *''LOT COP.'' (Tape Drift Records, 2022) cassette only, limited edition of 50 copies

With Charnel Ground (w/
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and Kid Millions)

*''Charnel Ground'' (12XU, 2018) LP

With
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*'' Varshons'' ( The End Records, 2009) *'' Varshons II'' ( Fire Records, 2019)

External links

Official website

Official Bandcamp site

Chris Brokaw interview Rocker Magazine 2012 - includes video

Evan Dando & Lemonheads fan site plus forum on Chris Brokaw, Tom Morgan, Nic Dalton, Givegoods, Sneeze, Smudge, Barefoot Bushmen and $talker records77 Boadrum Site Profile
Viva Radio, Sep 2007. (

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)

Notes

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Life and career

Soundtracks and scores

Collaborations and Session Work

Discography

Solo

Original soundtracks

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With Come

With Pullman

With Snares & Kites

With The New Year

With Empty House Cooperative

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With Dirtmusic

With Wrekmeister Harmonies

With Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina

With Martha's Vineyard Ferries

With Hidden Tooth (w/David Michael Curry)

As Ryley Walker & Chris Brokaw

As Sunset to the Sea (w/Jeff Barsky)

With Charnel Ground (w/James McNew James McNew is an American musician. He has been the bass player for the rock band Yo La Tengo since their 1992 album, '' May I Sing with Me''. He was previously a member of the band Christmas, being featured on their third album ''Vortex''. ... and Kid Millions)

With The Lemonheads The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily, and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member. After their initial punk-influenced releases and to ...

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James McNew James McNew is an American musician. He has been the bass player for the rock band Yo La Tengo since their 1992 album, '' May I Sing with Me''. He was previously a member of the band Christmas, being featured on their third album ''Vortex''. ...
and Kid Millions)

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The Lemonheads The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily, and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member. After their initial punk-influenced releases and to ...