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Return of the Golden Rhodes in stores now on TVT! |
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| Location: | CHICAGO, Illinois |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 10, 2008 (570 days back) |
About Me |
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| Back in 1983, when Jason Hinkle and TJ Widner were just kids, they had a code word: Baldwin. "We used it to mean someone who was in-the-know," says TJ. "It was just some in-joke. So the name really never had anything to do with those other Baldwins." Indeed: While Alec, Billy, Stephen, and Daniel were lapping up the highlife in Hollywood, the other Baldwin Brothers were in Chicago, working out that elusive musical link between jam bands and laptop electronica. Machine music could ooze sex, they were convinced; it could have the spontaneity of a live performance but the structure of a pop song. And the results of their efforts? Voila! The brilliant Cooking with Lasers, a blend of live funk and studio-created beats that owes as much to Herbie Hancock and the JBs as it does to Kraftwerk. Threaded through with '70s pop culture references, from "Sanford and Son" ("Funky Junkyard") to "The Six Million Dollar Man" ("Bionic Jam"), Cooking with Lasers revives the me-decade's soul but avoids its kitsch. "Urban Tumbleweed" is a groove-driven phantasm, its vintage organ, live drums, and brass horns all but commanding your hips to move, while "That's Right" is a cut-up collage of conversation snippets and deep, hard beats. "Are You There Margaret? It's Me, God" is a sly, cool-jazz take of Judy Blume's coming-of-age novel, while "Viva Knievil" is a tribute to both the daredevil rider ("I had an Evel Knievil doll when I was younger," admits Jason) and a stripper whom the Brothers encountered on a visit to NY. Nodding to the future as much as the past, the Brothers also enlist a bevy of babes to inject more flavor into the set. Miho Hatori, of Cibo Matto and Gorillaz fame, breaks into a rap in the jazzy "Dream Girl," Angie Hart, of Frente!, contributes an incredibly fragile, clear-eyed vocal to "Deep Down" and Geri Soriano Lightwood from Supreme Beings of Leisure adds polished soul to the gossamer, twitching "Ether." The Brothers do make room for one guy -- underground hip-hop lyricist Barron Ricks (who's thrown it down with Prince Paul, Cypress Hill and DJ Hurricane) checks in on "Urban Tumbleweed." The Baldwin Brothers began more than fifteen years ago, when Jason and TJ met in junior high in Kokomo, Indiana. The son of a musician, Jason was already playing guitar and bass, and was soon to add drums to his repertoire; he discovered TJ played piano (he had been taking lessons since age six) and invited him over to jam. In the Hinkle family's basement there was a treasure trove of recording gear ("It was a playground," says TJ, "There was a reel-to-reel recorder, a drum machine, and lots of toys and effects"), so in no time the pair were experimenting with the equipment and taping their results. They continued to record all through high school, between stints in pop and alternative rock bands (TJ) and a heavy metal cover act (Jason, who still reckons he's "The Jimmy Page of the drums -- technically sloppy but very soulful."). Fast-forward to the mid-nineties, when, post-college, the two met up in Chicago. Although they'd spent nearly a decade apart, the pair started writing and recording again, just for fun. When they had enough material for a 30-minute set, they approached a local club and convinced its managers to let them play live. Calling themselves the Baldwin Brothers, they delivered a mixture of lounge music and funk, with TJ's trusty 1978 Fender Rhodes electric piano emerging as the star of the show. (It's the keyboard of the '70s," he explains. "Billy Joel, Elton John ... just a ton of musicians used a Rhodes. It's the best.") |
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Music:Member Since: 1/20/2006Band Website: baldwinstyle.com Band Members: From right to left; Jason Hinkle, Tj Widner, Dan Gottesman, Oren"FORM"Kopperl Sounds Like:
Return of Golden Rhodes In Stores Now Click HERE to watch the video for "Dream Girl" Record Label: TVT Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Electro / Lounge / Funk) |
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Chicago is the greatest city in the world! |
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| Chicago has got to be one of the greatest cities in the world... in the summer! Everbody knows that winter sucks, but Chicago summers rule!Have you been to Chicago? If you have, leave a co... Posted by The Baldwin Brothers on Mon, 28 May 2007 04:35:00 PST |
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Christmas Shopping w/ The Baldwins! |
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| All Express, Guess and Marciano stores have added our song "Matter of Time" featuring Sarai to their in-store playlist for the holidays. If you do any shopping at one of those stores, be sure to... Posted by The Baldwin Brothers on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 03:42:00 PST |
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ArtistDirect Feature and Interview |
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| artistdirect.com has featured the Baldwin Brothers today on their site including a song-by-song interview with TJ and Jason. Check it out at http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/genre/info/0,,8... Posted by The Baldwin Brothers on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:36:00 PST |
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"RETURN OF THE GOLDEN RHODES" IN STORES NOW! |
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| The Baldwin Brother's highly anticipated album release of "Return of the Golden Rhodes" is finally here and there are tons of ways to hear it and buy it by clicking below.iTunesNapster RealEmusicUrge ... Posted by The Baldwin Brothers on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:17:00 PST |
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Baldwins Remix on Snakes on a Plane Sountrack |
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| Baldwin Brothers remix of the All American Rejects song, "Can't Take It (El Camino Prom Wagon Mix)" is included on the already cult classic flick 'Snakes on a Plane' soundtrack starring Samual L. Jack... Posted by The Baldwin Brothers on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:05:00 PST |
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How did we find you? |
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| Hey, we're late getting to the party here! If you're wondering why we added you as a friend, it's because we searched for people who listed Baldwin Brothers as a musical influence and added you ... Posted by The Baldwin Brothers on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:08:00 PST |
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MySpace here we come |
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| It took us a while but we finally made it here to MySpace. Thanks for checking out our little slice of web 2.0. The new record comes out next week so please pick up a copy from your local ... Posted by The Baldwin Brothers on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:54:00 PST |
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