Max Brennan

Real Name:Max Brennan
Profile:Described by NME as a "spiritual disco-technician," Max Brennan has recorded some of the most consistently imaginative music of the last decade. Describing himself as "on a spiritual tip, into cosmic things," Max was initiated into Transcendental Meditation (as taught to the Beatles by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) some years ago and describes his current life as "attempting to stay balanced in the Western world." Meditation, he says, gives him the "nice inner states of bliss I was always looking for with class A drugs. I'm getting more detached from all the bad things in the world and I definitely see that as a good thing."

Making his home on the Isle of Wight, where he has lived all his life, the distinct lack of anything else worth doing leads Max into the far reaches of philosophical and extraterrestrial thought. "We sit around for hours chewing the fat about conspiracy theories - and you end up with a head full of amazingness. Me, I'm into the idea that there are things up there helping us evolve down here. Call them angels, aliens, whatever you like."

These interests have always been reflected in his music, from his own Alien to Whom?, the "joyous stomping. . disco-techno, alien encounter..feel-good" of We Are Part Of Us And So Are You, and O.H Krill's The Krill Papers, to Fretless AZM's Astral Cinema, and of course his Maxwell House projects for Peacefrog.

Max records with a makeshift assemblage of ancient synthesizers, live instruments and modern samplers to achieve a special blend of live organic sounds with a contemporary twist. Something of an electric bass virtuoso, Max is also a dab hand at keyboards, tabla, double bass and any number of instruments that cross his path, mixing influences from funk, disco, jazz, Indian classical and movie soundtracks. Some of his best music consists of collaborations with local and London-based musicians, including Tom Vernon, Paul Butler, Rupert Brown and James Nye. But Max is also a seasoned solo performer, combining driving bass playing with sojourns at the mixing desk and keyboards, and usually stealing the show at any live gig in which he participates. He has performed at many festivals throughout Europe. Max is also much sought after as a DJ and remixer.
URLs:http://www.myspace.com/maxbrennanaka
Aliases:Fretless AZM, Maxwell House, O.H. Krill
In Groups:Helmet, Nine Yards Orchestra, Universal Being, Wight Light Orchestra
Name Variations: All | Max Brennan | M. Brennan | Max
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Releases:
Omiga Point (12")   Sublime Records (3) 1997
Alien To Whom? (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Sublime Records (3) 1998
Alien To Whome? (12")   Sublime Records (3) 1998
Old Codger And Remixes EP (2x10")   Sublime Records (3) 1998
Let's Go There Together (12")   Sublime Records (3) 1999
Biggest Story Rmxs EP (12", EP)   Sublime Records (3) 2000
We Are Part Of Us And So Are You ◄ (3 versions)   Sublime Records (3) 2000
Free Will (12")   Abundance Recordings 2003
Pull Thy Boots (12")   Cide  
Remixes:
Cactus TV (12")   Holistic Recordings 1998
Heddohon Sho Ryoko (12") Rekodoten Disuko (Max ... Ferox Records 1999
Revenge Of The Killer Bees (CD) Nevermind (Max Brennan... Electric M.E.L.T. 2000
Production:
Astral Cinema (LP)   Holistic Recordings 1997
Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2 (CD, Comp) From The Temple To The... Leaf 1998
I'll Be Your Dog (12", EP)   Groove Attack Productions 1999
Features / Coco Valve (10")   Groove Attack Productions 2000
Versions 3 & 4 (12")   Groove Attack Productions 2000
Appears On:
The Kudos Digest: Issue C (Is For Cherries) (CD, Comp) Selidor Kudos 1995
Astral Cinema (LP)   Holistic Recordings 1997
No Such Thing (12")   Phono 1997
Prairie Dog (CD, Promo) Prairie Dog (Remix (By... Sire Records Company 1997
Space Mood & Electric Soul (CD) Brogal Frets Plastic Records 1997
The Archives (CD, Album)   Holistic Recordings 1997
Future Sounds Of Jazz Vol. 5 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) 1300 Milliseconds Of B... Compost Records 1998
Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2 (CD, Comp) From The Temple To The... Leaf 1998
Oceans Of Light (LP, Album)   Holistic Recordings 1998
Sonar 98 (4xCD) Under Currents So Dens 1998
The Rebirth Of Cool Seven (3x12", Comp) Size Of An Elephant Island Records 1998
1999 ◄ (3 versions) On & On, Lonely Comets Sublime Records (3) 1999
Elephant Fusion (2xLP)   Holistic Recordings 1999
I'll Be Your Dog (12", EP)   Groove Attack Productions 1999
Lightbulb (CD, Album) Big Bad Bluecoat, Happ... Holistic Recordings 1999
Millenium Butterflies (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Holistic Recordings 1999
On & On Remixes (CD)   Sublime Records (3) 1999
Our Backyard (CD) Intro, Sleep Waltzing,... Groove Attack Productions 2000
The Krill Papers (CD, Album, Dig)   D.C. Recordings 2000
10.100.02 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Almulantarah Peacefrog Records 2001
Fabric 01 (CD, Comp, Mixed, Met) Early Riser Fabric (London) 2001
Red Curb (Album) ◄ (3 versions) The Backstroke Sublime Records (3) 2001
Jerome Pacman's Family (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Choose To Except (Phil... FAMILIES 2003
Lost In Space (2xCD, Comp) Prairie Dog (Maxwell H... Too Pure 2003
Forward Going Backward (CD) Drinking Tea From An E... D.C. Recordings 2005
Chaos And Consciousness (12")   Care In The Community Recordings 2008
あさげ Selected Re-Mix & Re-Arrangement Works / 1 (CD, Comp) Alien To Whome? (Rei H... Music Mine Inc. 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Sublime The Adolescence (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Banging The Bass Sublime Records (3) 1997
The End Of The Beginning (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Mixed) Touched Up Phono 1997
Further Adventures In Techno Soul (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Sirius At The Pier Ferox Records 1998
Future Sounds Of Jazz Vol. 5 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) 1300 Milliseconds Of B... Compost Records 1998
Invisible Soundtracks Volume 3 (12") From The Temple To The... Leaf 1998
Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 2 (CD, Comp) From The Temple To The... Leaf 1998
Sonar 98 (4xCD) Under Currents So Dens 1998
Sublime The Rmxs (CD) 1300 Millseconds Of Br... Sublime Records (3) 1998
Unique Sounds: Sonic Elements From The Stars (CD) Drum Beat Samples: Rid... Future Music Magazine 1998
Space Ibiza 99 (2xCD) 1300 Milliseconds Of B... Vendetta Records 1999
Same Planet - Different Language (2xCD) Pull Thy Boots Shady Acorns Music 2000
Test Three (2xCD, Comp) Choose To Except (Phil... Nova Records 2000
Test Three CD-One (CDr, Promo) Choose To Except (Phil... Nova Records 2000
Pranksters Present Infused (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Saraswati Hydrogen Dukebox 2001
Sounds From The City (CD, Mixed, Comp) Biggest Story Choice Productions 2001
Test The Box (5xCD) Choose To Except (Phil... Nova Records 2001
The Discerning Dancefloor (CD) Facial Expressions Codek Records 2002
Jerome Pacman's Family (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Choose To Except (Phil... FAMILIES 2003
Nova Classics Five (CD, Dig) Let's Go There Together Nova Records 2004
あさげ Selected Re-Mix & Re-Arrangement Works / 1 (CD, Comp) Alien To Whome? (Rei H... Music Mine Inc. 2009
Do Androids Dream Of... Techno Jazz (2xLP) 1300 Miliseconds Of Brass Cuadra  
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