Brainville (band)

Brainville was an English avant-garde supergroup fronted by Hugh Hopper (bass) and Daevid Allen (guitar) – both formerly in Soft Machine.[1][2]

Brainville
GenresCanterbury sound
Years active1998–2006
LabelsShimmy Disc
Associated actsSoft Machine, Gong, Bongwater, Henry Cow
Websitehttp://www.rermegacorp.com/
Past membersDaevid Allen
Hugh Hopper
Pip Pyle
Kramer
Chris Cutler

The band started as a quartet with Pip Pyle (drums) and Kramer (bass, producer). They performed two concerts in one evening at NYC's Knitting Factory in 1998, and days later went into Kramer's Noise New Jersey studio and recorded The Children's Crusade, released the following year on Kramer's Shimmy-Disc label.[1][2] Reduced to a trio, Brainville: Live in the UK, released as by "Daevid Allen with Hugh Hopper and Pip Pyle", came out in 2004.

The band, Allen, Hopper and Chris Cutler (drums) operating as the Brainville 3, played shows in 2005-2008.[1] They released a live album, Trial by Headline in 2008.[3]

This line-up played at the Canterbury Festival in October, 2006.

Discography
Brainville
Brainville 3

References
  1. "Hugh Hopper". The Canterbury Website. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  2. Powers, Jim. "Brainville". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  3. Couture, François. "Trial by Headline". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
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