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Brown Wing Overdrive

the last BWO performance: http://youtu.be/fyLFY12Z6ag Brown Wing Overdrive is Chuck Bettis (electronics + throat), Mikey IQ Jones (electronics, objects, percussion, vocals) and Derek Morton (electronics, banjo). They started as a duo of Bettis & Morton, then with the addition of Mikey IQ Jones, became a trio for a couple of years until IQ went rogue shortly after BWO's Tzadik record was released. For a few years BWO explored rituals as an amorphous group that constantly included Bettis & Morton plus many great musicians; influenced by pollution, angry shamans, burning circuitry, lonely poltergeists, sandpaper, dental work, alarm clocks, hallucinogenic banjo claw hammer, trash trucks, beat box'in, synthy modular meltdown and chaotic analog.  Now IQ has returned from his walkabout and BWO ha

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Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

22

Albums

11

Total audio

6h 19m 21s

FMA listens

6,626

Favourites

25

Avg bitrate

262 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

GenreTracks
Experimental1
  • Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 22

Top Tracks by Listens

TrackAlbumYearDurationListens
Resurrection Invocationlive at Silent Barn 5/22/13201314m 35s589
trk2_faenzalive @ Clandestino (Faenza, Italy) 11/15/1020105m 43s589
Century of Heavy GlassL Phantasm20103m 00s490
Live at Issue Project Room 9/12/2008Live at ISSUE Project Room 9/12/2008, curated by Kurt Gottschalk (WFMU)200836m 01s489
trk1_frosinonelive @ Cantina Mediterraneo (Frosinone, Italy) 11/14/10201035m 55s441
pajama squid (live at the Stone 1/18/12)w/ C.Spencer Yeh & Mike Pride201236m 10s368
trk2_frosinonelive @ Cantina Mediterraneo (Frosinone, Italy) 11/14/1020106m 07s366
Live on WFMU 5/22/2007live on WFMU 5/22/2007200733m 18s342
Sweeping GrayL Phantasm20103m 20s337
Strange Truths [featuring Yuriko Higuchi]live @ Coco66 June 19th, 2011201124m 45s336

Track Length Distribution

LengthTracksShare
1–3 min29.1%
3–6 min940.9%
Over 6 min1150%

Release Timeline

1
2006
1
2007
1
2008
16
2010
1
2011
1
2012
1
2013

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Track Catalogue

22 tracks shown

Track Album Genre Duration Listens Licence
Resurrection Invocation [1, 15, 38] live at Silent Barn 5/22/13 2013 14m 35s 589 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
pajama squid (live at the Stone 1/18/12) [1, 15, 38] w/ C.Spencer Yeh & Mike Pride 2012 36m 10s 368 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Strange Truths [featuring Yuriko Higuchi] [1, 15, 38] live @ Coco66 June 19th, 2011 2011 24m 45s 336 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Claw by Claw [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 5m 14s 251 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Sweeping Gray [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 3m 20s 337 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Century of Heavy Glass [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 3m 00s 490 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
The Lion and the Deer [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 2m 32s 319 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Diamond Road [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 4m 23s 191 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
The Wind Speaks of Many Things [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 3m 20s 107 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Ma'quebelle Supper [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 2m 38s 85 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Hazel Fix [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 5m 59s 63 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Perfume Ridge [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 4m 25s 86 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Adjustment Slain [1, 15, 38] L Phantasm 2010 5m 06s 207 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
trk1_frosinone [1, 15, 38] live @ Cantina Mediterraneo (Frosinone, Italy) 11/14/10 2010 35m 55s 441 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
trk2_frosinone [1, 15, 38] live @ Cantina Mediterraneo (Frosinone, Italy) 11/14/10 2010 6m 07s 366 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.