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Luxor is the thirteenth studio album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in March 2003 on Hitchcock's own Editions PAF! label. The album contains thirteen self-composed tracks, including the instrumental title song and several love songs to Hitchcock's partner Michele Noach.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2003 CD release of "Luxor" on Discogs.
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Brion was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, on December 11, 1963. He comes from a musical family; his mother, LaRue, was a singer and administrative assistant, and his father, Keith Brion, was a band director at Yale. His brother and sister became a composer/arranger and a violinist, respectively. Brion grew up in Connecticut, where he dropped out of...
The Bats
In the early 1980s, Brion and musician/producer Bill Murphy began a writing collaboration in New Haven, Connecticut. They eventually enlisted bassist Don "Riff" Fertman and together formed the Bats (not to be confused with the New Zealand group or South African group of the same name). The Bats released a single, "Popgun", and one album, How Pop Can You Get?, on Gustav Records in 1982. The recordings had much critical acclaim, but little commercial success, and the trio eventually disbanded.
Session work
In 1987, Brion moved to Boston, where he played solo gigs, formed the short-lived band World's Fair and became a member of the last touring version of Aimee Mann's new wave band 'Til Tuesday. He contributed guitar work to Jellyfish's 1993 album Spilt Milk, and in 1994, joined Dan McCarroll, Buddy Judge and ex-Jellyfish guitarist Jason Falkner in the short-lived pop band the Grays. He also played guitar on the Wallflowers' hit song "One Headlight", using a screwdriver that was sitting atop a n...
Production
After being recognized as an accomplished session player, Brion branched out into production on then-girlfriend Mann's 1993 solo debut, Whatever, and its follow-up, I'm With Stupid. He has also produced albums by Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, Eleni Mandell, Rhett Miller, Robyn Hitchcock, Brad Mehldau and Evan Dando, and co-produced Kanye West's Late Registrationin 2005. In the fall of 2002, Brion began producing the album Extraordinary Machine with Fiona Apple, but she later brought in produ...
Brion is renowned for his regular Friday-night gigs at the Los Angeles club Largo, which feature covers and original songs, a variety of instruments and occasional guest musicians and comedians. He works without a set list, instead using audience suggestions as a jumping-off point. He uses a "jigsaw puzzle" approach to performing songs, and uses lo...
Brion lives and works in Los Angeles. Brion had relationships with Aimee Mann during the late 1980s-early 1990s and with Mary Lynn Rajskubfrom 1997 to 2002.
Solo
1. Meaningless(2001)
The Bats
1. The Bats – How Pop Can You Get?(1982)
The Grays
1. The Grays – Ro Sham Bo(1994)
Jon Brion at IMDbJon Brion discography at MusicBrainzEmbrionic Press: Jon Brion articles (via the Internet Archive)Jon Brion (Glen Ridge, 11 dicembre 1963) è un polistrumentista, compositore, cantante e produttore discografico statunitense
Pubblica da solista Robyn Sings, album registrato dal vivo con brani di Bob Dylan e Luxor. Nel 2004 sempre Jonathan Demme lo chiama per una piccola parte in The Manchurian Candidate . Forma i Venus 3, sorta di supergruppo composto da Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey degli Young Fresh Fellows e Bill Rieflin dei Ministry .
1 nov 2006 · Given away at Robyn's 50th birthday show in London in March, "Luxor" is a relatively production-free collection of naked songs. Yes, "Luxor" does contain a miniscule amount of overdubs and a few special guests (Jon Brion and Scott McCaughey) but it remains an unique listening experience even when compared to the diversity of the ...
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25 feb 2020 · Jon Brion: Melancholy Melodic Beatmaker. The pop craftsman and film scorer has worked with Beyoncé, Kanye, Mac Miller and others. February 25, 2020 by Morgan Enos. Jon Brion had recently scored the 2004 trippy rom-com Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind when he got a call from an unlikely admirer: Kanye West.
