Brix Smith

Blimey, Van Dyke Parks.....

I thought it was James Eller or Craig Gannon.

Both of them. Gannon on guitar, Eller on bass.

I like the singles much more than the full length album, the latter being overproduced and fairly boring. The photography and artwork is really beautiful, I must admit.

My favorite Adult Net song is "Fat Hell", with Brix reciting spoken word over The Fall's "Elves" being played backward.
One day I will transfer them to digital files, along with all the other old Fall Lp's and singles I've collected.

Funny how old I feel when I talk about this band! I was fifteen at my first show, apparently the worst Fall gig Brix ever played, and I haven't seen her perform live since. I'm kind of sad I missed the Light User Syndrome reunion, but it would be weird seeing her.

Yes, Brix made The Fall more poppy and accessible, but I think I would have had a harder time tracking down their earlier work if it wasn't for her influence and ability to make The Fall's message available to a wider audience.

But did you go to her highschool?

Terry Waite sez: Hey baby hey baby hey

WTF?! Who knew she put out an album this year?!

I just grabbed it from eMusic. One listen so far but it seems good!

cheeky, it's called neurotica...

http://www.emusic.com/album/Brix-Smith-Neurotica-MP3-Download/11006224.html

A bit "mom-rock" maybe, but it's alright. Surely better than Juliana Hatfield.

does anyone know if a concert film of "kurious oranj" with the michael clarke performance/ ballet/ whatever exists? i've seen clips on various docs, like the leigh bowery "hidden lives" thing, but would like to see the whole thing.

i brought a ton of records to the record store for trade a couple of weeks ago and at the last minute i took my edie single back out and held on to it. i still love get around. probably my fave adult net b-side. l.a. is a great fall/brix b-side too. i love the whole brix era of the fall. cruisers creek to kurious orange is a fine slice of fall.

agreed... I love the Brix era and I wouldn't trade in any of my Adult Net singles either!

One of you journalists ought to give her a break and write up her album. :-) I haven't seen or heard one thing about it yet outside of eMusic.

Seems downright newsworthy actually.

I think it's only an internet/digital release, don't think there's a physical version, which would account for it slipping through the cracks.

Brix surely helped the Fall move on from one period to another. Some prefer the poppy Brix era - it was my entre to the Fall - but these days I find it's the stuff I listen to the least.

Adult Net wasn't a patch on The Fall. I believe there was a comp that came out in the last year or so.

I've kindof wondered that myself, Jed, about the Kurious Oranj. But I've never heard of one.

I saw some excerpts from the ballet at (or shortly after) the time it was running so it had to have been filmed. I have not watched the Fall movie yet, is it in there? Would be great to see!

Adult Net wasn't a patch on The Fall.

btw, I don't think anyone (certainly not me) is attempting to compare the Fall and the Adult Net for quality or importance. (Adult Net might get a few points for brevity tho).

I have heard the post-Fall sessions that Brix did with Stephen Duffy in the mid-90's and THOSE were great, tho will probably not ever be released.

Strange that the industry is supposedly headed in the digital-only direction and then when someone who is actually of interest to people releases something this way, it gets ignored/slips through the cracks.

What Fall movie are you referring to? The Perverted By Language BIS is the only one I'm aware of and it only has stuff from the Perverted era and earlier.

not sure, really... I downloaded one and haven't watched it yet. The film footage I saw was on the BBC (of the ballet).

I honestly don't think about the Fall too much anymore. I have about 20 (or is it really about 40?!) of their CDs and I kind of decided a long time ago not to spend quite so much money on them anymore.

I am more excited about a new Brix album, as you can see.

That 7 piece version of The Fall with Brix and Marcia Schofield was brilliant live, partially due to the female glamour element. Not my favourite period for records but a long way from the worst.

I used to quite like the Adult Net too and have, I think, three singles by them. Waking Up In The Sun used to sound good.

that kurious oranj thing (with michael clark with no bottom in his trousers) was whistle test (or something similar) filmed specifically for the bbc, i think. my clip has mark ellen introducing it.

brix was on something on tv recently in her new role as boutique proprietor, judging or commenting on some aspiring designers first catwalk show. only caught the end.

classic for covering White Night by the Lines at least!

Brix has a knack for covers, methinks. I wouldn't rule out her having had some role in selecting Fall covers during her tenure there.

I think Brix rescued The Fall from disappearing up their own arses - I know people like "Perverted By Language", and I like some of it, but, Jesus, dreary penitential hairshirt-wearing indier-than-thou obscurantism or what? OK, "The Wonderful and Frightening World..." isn't great but "This Nation's Saving Grace" surely is...

Wonderful and Frightening World is pretty great!

Pretty great but not quite great

Yeah it is.

Prticulrly the CD/Cassette version.

(I'm leaving that bad typing in.)

the CD version is def top 5 Fall
SEE ARR EEE EEE PEE

Wonderful & Frightening and Bend Sinister are only marginally less great than Nation's and all three are soaked in Brix.

Also BAZDAD/STATE COG/ANALYST = immortality

with frenz like these...

She was friendless...

And alone...

http://www.dosometalking.com/images/banana.gif

Everything I Needed To Know About Goethe I Learned From Bend Sinister

who would have thought

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXFlMMb-M5Y

Well she's been appearing on one of Gok Wan's programmes on the same channel for a while now, so not that a big surprise. Was a bit weird the 1st time I saw her though (I'd missed the switch to fashion design).

The Fall's "Victoria" video was on TV the other day, I pointed out Brix to the kids, they were OMG and that.

> brix was on something on tv recently in her new role as boutique proprietor, judging
> or commenting on some aspiring designers first catwalk show. only caught the end.
> - koogs, Tuesday, September 11, 2007

2007... 8)

best album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A3cHzFQsqI

best song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIZ7AhqflYM

She's got a memoir coming out:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Rise-Fall/dp/057132505X

Also, shopping around for a record deal for her band Brix Smith & The Extricated (featuring Steven/Paul Hanley), as heard on their recent session with Marc Riley:
https://www.mixcloud.com/Hoagyc/brix-the-extricated-marc-riley-session-2016/

Ex-fall pile-up!

New album, "Part 2", is out!

http://drownedinsound.com/releases/20082/reviews/4151370

It's surprisingly fun, though not a crucial release.

So she put out a an album with Marty Willson-Piper last year, and it’s pretty great