Brothers Bud first came to the attention of Finger Lickin' in the summer of 2002 when Dom turned up at Vinyl Addiction with the first 10 copies of the soon-to-be Finger Lickin' monster, 'Herbgrinder'. Including a blinding re-rub from in-house legends the Drumattic Twins, the release was a massive international success leading to compilation licences and radio support in every corner of the globe. It also made the number 1 spot in the Breaks chart in DJ Mag - not bad for a debut release! Having found a home in the boxes of the Plump DJs, Dreadzone, Rennie Pilgrem, Kid Kenobi and Ali B, to name but a few, it simply had to join the Lickers catalogue.
Following a pair of lauded one-off white labels, The Alarm and Pump Box, which gained a wealth of underground support, Brothers Bud are soon return to the Finger Lickin fold with a tasty double header of club bullets in form of 'Crazy Jack' (release date 18th September 2006) and the infectious 'Don't Stop' (AA).
Brothers Bud are Dom Farrington and Ollie Gregson. Contrary to popular myth, the 'Brothers' are not actually related and with Dom's music history ranging from funk through hip-hop and with a healthy dose of late-eighties rave culture and Ollie's more 'traditional' musical upbringing, (Grade 8 drummer with distinction, don't you know?) they certainly must have had a lot to talk about when they first hooked up! The pair met when Ollie gave a mutual friend from an infamous midlands record shop a CD to pass on to renowned scene stalwart Dom. Within hours of listening to the CD Dom had called Ollie and the pseudo-siblings have been inseparable ever since.Their differences in approach come together to form something great - chunky beats, screeching leads and bottomless subs - not to mention the second to none production skills - which have become a Brothers Bud trademark.
Dom also has a nice little sideline in the more commercial side of dance music with his heavy involvement with Ministry of Sound who are currently licencing a number of his productions. See if you can spot the tunes!
Ollie's musical background is the stuff of genuine awe. A drummer from age 7 (patient parents!), guitar at 9 and bass guitar from the age of 13 he has put in the hours to achieve his expert status. He has been in bands from a young age and loves composing and songwriting. After achieving high grades in all three disciplines he moved onto a Music Technology and Production course lasting 3 years and is currently looking to continue his education at uni studying Acoustics and Studio Design.
With three decades of DJing experience between them, these guys are no strangers to spinning a few tunes. Brothers Bud launched the first night for White Rhino in Brighton and still hold a 11 year residency at Atomic Jam. They have appeared on Metalheadz tours, the Rizla tour with Bugged Out, the Finger Lickin 5th Birthday Party, Eargasm's 2nd Birthday at Fabric and they have a regular bi-monthly residency at The Custard Factory in Birmingham.
Dom headlined the Gatecrasher Black and White Ball whilst working as SolarStone DJs, and at 14 he had a show on Midlands' pirate radio station Freedom FM, (including jingles!), and also ran pirate station, Bass Station 105.9FM, launching him into the early rave era with residencies at Pandemonium, Fantasia and Quest.
Ladies and gentlemen it is with great pleasure we bring you the dope beats of the Midlands finest - we give you The Brothers Bud.
how was glasto??? watched oor amy on the tele wobble around lots, was funny. that was all i saw though :0S
also just got my results back from groove school, 4 distinctions and a merit!! am still a bit baffled on arrangement and EQing but suppose ill figure it eventually. going to do two remixes over the next few weeks just for something to focus on while school is out.
new brothers bud one mate... the lead riff is wicked!! can you send me it plz?
all good on productions front. finished working for t-mobile a few weeks back so finally getting more solid time on it! about to invest in some hardware too, does me freaking head in lookings at a monitor constantly!
Microkorg initially, but on look out for a 106 and dx7 too- so if you know of any!?
got the new waxy through!! was properly into the remedy but now im thinking the sting is better although im not sure hmm haha... intasteller bad ass whatever!!
have you heard from the laytron btw?? i just checked his myspackle and he hasnt logged in for a century :0S
dom these new tunes r bad-heard u play em a lot recently but they finally released-btw, mr gary burns is headin home from thailand soon-hes all spent out apparently-catch yaa soon man.
