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Michael Brook
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Michael Brook (born 1952 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian guitarist, inventor, producer, and film music composer familiar with many disciplines including rock, minimalism and film scores. Along with Brian Eno, Brook is considered a founder of the ambient music movement.
He is most famous perhaps for his sonic contribution to U2’s multimillion-selling 1987 album The Joshua Tree in the form of his invention, the Infinite guitar; he is also known for Peter Murphy’s 1995 album Cascade. Brook is a specialist in timbre and texture. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1996 for his production work on Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s album Night Song. He is also known for many other contributions including the album Sleeps With Fishes which he made in 1985 with singer Pieter Nooten and his effortlessly crafted solo masterpiece 1992’s Cobalt Blue. A new solo album was due out in mid-2006.
Brook toured as a member of the Sylvian & Fripp tour group, with the final concert at the Royal Albert Hall in December 1994 documented on the album Damage. He also opened the concerts with a solo set, featuring the Infinite Guitar with effects and sequencer backing.
Brook breaks many of the “rules” of electric guitar. Brook does not use voiced guitar amplifiers , but instead plugs directly into a preamp to broadcast the sound using a variety of effects and processors, many of which he has pioneered.
He is most famous perhaps for his sonic contribution to U2’s multimillion-selling 1987 album The Joshua Tree in the form of his invention, the Infinite guitar; he is also known for Peter Murphy’s 1995 album Cascade. Brook is a specialist in timbre and texture. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1996 for his production work on Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s album Night Song. He is also known for many other contributions including the album Sleeps With Fishes which he made in 1985 with singer Pieter Nooten and his effortlessly crafted solo masterpiece 1992’s Cobalt Blue. A new solo album was due out in mid-2006.
Brook toured as a member of the Sylvian & Fripp tour group, with the final concert at the Royal Albert Hall in December 1994 documented on the album Damage. He also opened the concerts with a solo set, featuring the Infinite Guitar with effects and sequencer backing.
Brook breaks many of the “rules” of electric guitar. Brook does not use voiced guitar amplifiers , but instead plugs directly into a preamp to broadcast the sound using a variety of effects and processors, many of which he has pioneered.
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whatsername707 wrote:
The Into The Wild score changed my life. Goes perfectly with the movie = )
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crawler2k8 wrote:
he refers to the into the wild score made by michael brook, dude.
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Into The Wild is made by Eddie Vedder, dude.
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javiwer wrote:
Into the Wild's OST is simply amazing.
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Leonstan wrote:
Pure xtc !
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136 wrote:
. beautiful
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satskone wrote:
http://remitur.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/hello-world/
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soundaddict wrote:
i think i heard his music in Transformers...
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serenitymusic wrote:
exquisite musician!
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uncle_aubrey wrote:
I like the soundtrack for An Inconvenient Truth and it's partially free to download too! Very nice.
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westkast wrote:
An impressive and powerful composer! Ultramarine scored for the movie HEAT is my ultra favorite song. Brook forever!
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satskone wrote:
http://remitur.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/hello-world/
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shinoque wrote:
OK, when is the BELLCURVE supposed to be released? It was originally scheduled for May!
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ecirtap wrote:
He was a guest on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. You can download it as a podcast from www.kcrw.com - audio or video; pretty awesome, me thinks!
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Rojavida wrote:
I saw Michael Brook support David Sylvian in 1993 I think it was - awesome! 1 man, 1 guitar, surrounded by banks of equipment and an incredible sound!
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fandorinmusic wrote:
description: inventive guitarist, ambient, ethno, creative. someone remove the clichés!
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theplasticpoet wrote:
someone write a description
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