The Brymers band is a five piece rock-n-roll group
from the 1960's known for its fuzz guitar, pounding harp, hammond B3,
and melodic harmonies. The group's influences were The Kinks, The
Byrds, the Stones, and The Allman Brothers. the Brymers are known for
their 60's classic hit of "Sacrifice." The Brymers have three CD's on
the market and over 90 recorded tracks in their catalog that cover all
genres. Visit: www.thebrymers.com or call 541.683.2263.
Instrumentation
All
original members perform and record with The Brymers. Dick Lee (drums,
vocals); Jim Mellick (vocals, harp, lead guitar); Bill Brumley (bass
guitar, vocals), Kenny Sinner (vocals, keyboards, sax), and Kenny
Valentine, (vocals, guitar, keyboards).
Discography
LP: "Boulders" 1980's featuring "Sacrifice"
CD: "Sacrifice" featured on Garage Punks Unknowns.
CD: 'Sacrifice" 24 tracks of Brymers 1960's recordings - released June 2007.
CD: "Where Are They Now" - 14 original tracks from the Brymers - released October, 2007.
CD: "40 Year Brotherhood" 18 tracks released by The Brymers - October, 2008 (new) Visit: www.thebrymers.com
Links
| http://www.thebrymers.com |
| Akasha is a rock band formed in San José, Costa Rica in 2002. Guitarist Emmanuel Sotela founded the band, and shortly after guitarist Roberto Artavia joined in. Later, after trying out and playing with various musicians, lead vocalist Julio Nájera, bass player and background vocals Manuel Villalobos and drummer Narayan Barrantes joined Akasha to complete a line-up they we are all happy with and most importantly, that was effective playing their unique style of rock. In only five years the band has grown, accomplished many goals, and has participated in over 100 concerts, both national and international. Towards the beginning, in 2003, they participated in a tour entitled “El Ciclo de los Grandes” (Cycle of the Great), where only the most recognized bands in the country were included (all bands that played exist since the early 90’s, yet Akasha, founded only a year before, was the only new band that had reached the level required to participate). Also in 2003, the band participated in two music festivals called “Feria Rock” (Rock Fair), and again, Akasha was the only relatively new band that was included. Finally towards the end of the year, the band played in a concert called “Festival Panamericano 2003” which is held every year in Latin America’s most recognized business school, (INCAE Business School) with more that 5000 people in attendance. In 2004, the band exclusively dedicated their time to compose new material and worked to polish existing songs, playing in only local gigs to try out the material and keep active. In 2005, when they formally came back to the stages, Akasha was hired by one Latin America’s most important brand names (“Ron Flor de Caña”), to play three large concerts in Nicaragua which were a great success. After returning to Costa Rica, Akasha (for the second time) was one of four bands that played in the “Festival Panamericano 2005”. Recently, in November 2006, Akasha won first place in a contest, with over 80 bands participating, organized and sponsored by one of the largest breweries in Latin America (the Argentinean “Quilmes”). This brought them a contract offer from Alejandro Taranto, one of Latin America’s most recognized managers and producers (he worked with highly acclaimed bands such as Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and A.N.I.M.A.L.), to distribute their new album throughout South America. Currently Akasha has offers for a tour in Guatemala and is awaiting confirmation for a tour in South America to promote their album, Descriptar. On February 28, a short documentary based on the recording process of the album, press conference, and Q&A with fans was broadcasted on national television, along with the music video for the first single, Cartas Marcadas. The Album: Descriptar Akasha is currently promoting their first album titled Descriptar, which was released on March 15, 2007. The album was recorded in August-September of 2006 with producer Jesse Alvarado in Audio Arte Studios, the most important recording studio in the country, mixed at Sonic Response Studios (Los Angeles) and mastered in World Class Audio (Los Angeles). The record consists of 11 tracks (8 songs and 3 interludes), including Estatuas de Sal (Salt Statues), Arrodillados en la Sombra (Kneeling in the Shadows) and Cartas Marcadas (Tainted Letters), the first single that reached radio stations on February 15. Their first music video began rotating in music television on February 28 and was a instant hit. Currently Akasha just finished a tour called the Costa Bazooka with US producer Bruce La Pierre, alonside of various bands, including the grammy nominated Turning Point from Texas, Ionia and Stereopath from New York, Endway and Death by Fame from Boston and Before the Fall from Dallas. Akasha will be touring the US in May of 2008 playing dates in Boston, Texas and New York, and also playing the In Rock We Trust show in upstate NY. They are also expected to play in late of 2008 the Locobazooka show. Instrumentation Emma - Guitars Nara - Drums Mauni - Bass and Vocals Bob - Guitars Julio - Vocals Discography "Descriptar" released on March 2007 independantly Has sprung the hit single "Cartas Marcadas" and is soon to release the second single and video, "Descriptar". Record can be found at itunes music and cdbaby.com |
