A concept album of experimental music exploring the fusion of man and machine.
Jack Brouse -- Pocket Chicken (Theme Song) I and Bluck, Bluck, Bluck IV; composer, lyrics, electric guitar
Christopher Brouse -- Return Policy / Balls of the Feet; producer, composer, lyrics
Daniel Brouse -- producer, engineer, composer, lyrics, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, trumpet, vocals, synthesizers, organ, melodica, harmonica, percussion
Brave Knew World on Spotify
Audio
- Pocket Chicken (Theme Song) I.mp3
- Slug, Electric I.mp3
- An Experiment (Such as This) V.mp3
- Melting Ice Cube I.mp3
- Muted Response I.mp3
- Return Policy / Balls of the Feet.mp3
- Slug, Electric II.mp3
- Music is (What Feelings Sound Like).mp3
- At Hand.mp3
- Muted Response II.mp3
- Blow Your Own Horn.mp3
- Slug, Electric III.mp3
- Melting Ice Cube II.mp3
- Melodic Ahh.mp3
- Yes. Ah ha. IV.mp3
- You Can't Back Up Here.mp3
- An Experiment (Such as This) VI.mp3
- Slug, Electric IV.mp3
- Bluck, Bluck, Bluck IV.mp3
Videos
An Experiment (Such as This) V.mp4
An Experiment (Such as This) VI.mp4
At Hand.mp4
Blow Your Own Horn.mp4
Bluck, Bluck, Bluck IV.mp4
Melodic Ahh.mp4
Melting Ice Cube I.mp4
Melting Ice Cube II.mp4
Music is (What Feelings Sound Like).mp4
Muted Response I.mp4
Muted Response II.mp4
Pocket Chicken (Theme Song) I.mp4
Return Policy / Balls of the Feet.mp4
Slug, Electric I.mp4
Slug, Electric II.mp4
Slug, Electric III.mp4
Slug, Electric IV.mp4
Yes. Ah ha. IV.mp4
You Can't Back Up Here.mp4
graphics
About the Album
In the 1980s, I was in my twenties and had been experimenting with sound engineering and production since my teens. I decided to start writing my own songs and formed a band called The Electric Slugs. The band was an experimental garage band pushing the limits of home studio recording. By the end of the '80s, I had produced seven different projects. After facing massive rejection from record labels, I decided to start my own record label, naming it after what Electric Slugs leave behind -- Glistening Trails.
In September 1992, I created what I believe to be the first 'home digital recording studio.' The other band members nicknamed me 'Digital Yoda.' At first, I took offense to the name, but eventually embraced it as I realized I had pioneered digital home recording.
In 1994, I achieved my dream of bypassing the record industry's criminal distribution syndicate with the first worldwide digital releases via the internet. The Electric Slugs' first album, Join the Slugfest, was one of these albums. Thirty years later, the next generation of Slugs continued the tradition of home digital recordings by combining humans and AI to create Brave Knew World -- a concept album of experimental music exploring the fusion of man and machine. In the same vein as Join the Slugfest, this album invents new sound engineering, recording, and music production methods.
So come join the slugfest in a brave new world!
Sincerely,
Digital Yoda
