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Andy Chase of BROOKVILLE is a New York-based musician and producer. He is best known as a member of the band IVY, and has co-produced and co-written all of the music on IVY's four critically acclaimed albums, as well as IVY's score for the Farrelly Brothers movie "Shallow Hal", and IVY's song I'll Be Near You for the film "Bee Season" (Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche). As a producer, he has enjoyed success with the French pop group Tahiti 80, whose debut album Puzzle was a critical and commercial hit around the world, particularly in Japan, where it went gold. This success in Asia led to numerous subsequent production and songwriting offers for Chase, including work with Japanese megastar Chara and several other artists, all of whom recorded songs that Chase had specifically written for them. Most recently Chase has finished producing & mixing the new Juliana Hatfield album coming out August 2008. Chase also co-owns Stratosphere Sound recording studio in NYC with former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and IVY bandmate (also in Fountains Of Wayne) Adam Schlesinger.
BROOKVILLE allows Chase to balance his talent for songcraft with his love for rich sonic landscapes and textures. It is a band where Chase is free to explore the type of languid, atmospheric music that is only hinted at within the tight pop framework of IVY's records. But the many contributing musicians that appear, including Eric Matthews, James Iha, The Brazilian Girls, Steve Osborne (New Order, Elbow, Doves), Jean-Pierre Ensuque (Autour de Lucie), Jody Porter (Fountains Of Wayne), Josh Lattanzi (Ben Kweller, The Lemonheads), Marty Beller (They Might Be Giants), and many others, suggest that BROOKVILLE is always a collaborative effort that leaves ample room for experimentation and exploration. Life In The Shade, BROOKVILLE's follow up to "Wonderfully Nothing", was released in June 2006.
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I absolutely need this new album!What talent, Ivy and Brookville are definitely my favourite bands! It's a shame that you're not known as it should be in France. I dream to seeing you live, your music is magic, thank you for everything Andy!:) xxx from France :)
can't wait to (hopefully) see you in Nov! i am working on a show in Detroit, but i should be back to the city by the time you do your NYC show. yay. best of luck with the shows you have lined up! andy, you are actually absolutely audacious. lots of a's for you, oh delicious one. xoxo.
The album is sounding great! Haven't been on in awhile, but I am really pressing for one of the weekend shows on this tour. wow......... even my husband knew what to get me for the anniversary....:)
Any chance you might be hitting Down Under (namely Australia) sometime in the near future? Would love to hear you live! The album sounds like it's going to be amazing as ever.
