Please contact Adam Yee: adam@mobileindustries.com.au for bookings and other management related queries.
Hazel Brown- electric guitar, vocals
Martha Brown- vocals, keyboards
Kishore Ryan- Drums and saucepans
Influences
Arthur Russell, 'O Brother Where Art Thou' Soundtrack, Gillian Welch, Dirty Projectors, No Kids, Grizzly Bear, Brendan Welch, Crayon Fields, Q-tip, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle (Kishore), Martina Topley-Bird, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Deerhoof, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Jamie Liddell, Lauren Hill, Psuche, A Tribe Called Quest, The Fugees, Seagull, Kid Sam, Madonna, Nick Huggins, Touch Typist, Fourtet, Caribou, Aretha Franklin, Tigei, Otis Redding, Nina Cherry, Bjork.
Sounds Like
management and bookings: adam@mobileindustries.com.au
(say otto-ootoe)
is the sum of hazel, martha and kishore.
Otouto is melting pot art/pop; a band from Melbourne made up of Hazel Brown, Martha Brown and Kishore Ryan.
Whether playing warm warped vocal notes through a midi keyboard or hitting a banjo with a drumstick, this trio’s take on pop music is fantastically unique. The vocal harmonies created by the sisters cause beautiful juxtapositions with the dissonant guitar work and frenetic percussion and beats.
Lyrically, Otouto make songs with small and abstract pictures from daily existence. The pictures are both punctured and highlighted by their constantly unfolding foundation: pots and pans percussion, baritone guitar, Farfisa and homemade keyboards.
Otouto (pr. otto-ootoe) has received generous support from independent radio such as PBS and RRR and featured in the The Age Melbourne Magazine (perhaps with former title Hazel Brown), Beat, Girlfriend Magazine, and www.fasterlouder.com.au.
The trio has supported fine Australian talent such as Laura Jean, Kid Sam, The Audreys and Sarah Blasko and international folk/country legend Jim White (and will soon support Casiotone For The Painfully Alone).
This wonderfully styled pop music is written with depth and skill that belies the age of the band members who seem to have the soul of Motown in their voices, the dirt of Nashville under their fingernails and the space of electronica in their heads.
“It's really innovative and [Hazel] has one of those magical voices (think Norah Jones) that just cut you to the quick. [They] opened for me and John Doe when we were there and we both just sat there with our mouths hanging open as [Hazel] played this low-strung Danelectro and sang these unique melodies.”
– Jim White, Musician.
Otouto are currently putting the finishing touches on their debut album produced by Nick Huggins, due for release through Two Bright Lakes in March 2010.
Otouto are on Melbourne independent record label check out the other artists at www.twobrightlakes.com
hey guys, cant wait to come see you in melb!, just moved down here and looking for some sweet venues and bands to check out, any suggestions? ive been meaning to let you know that the set you did on the same night as me was awesome, really really dig your stuff, so out there, but so rad at the same time, hope u kids have fun touring! peace PT
ETE presenting Pro Rata, The Broadway Heist, Cotton Sidewalk, The Thieving Gypsies, Busted Spies & The Green Tea Circus this Friday Night @ The Noise Bar!!
6 awesome bands and several awesome beers, check it out!
Just letting you know, my EP "Imaginary Mind" has finally arrived! It can be bought from my website for $10, which is found on my page, and along with that i have also uploaded two songs from it! So please have a listen if you have time, would be great to hear what you think!
Sitars n Bleeps - Melbournes first Eastern Electro and Dub festival! This Saturday 17th October at First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. 9 PM!! Featuring Dub the Magic Dragon, Bulke, DJ Lord Lingham, DJ BP, with Visual Arts from Arnold Eye and Irons! It will be a call for racial harmony in the wake of recent violence towards Indian immigrants living in Australia! We will celebrate our cultural diversity and human likeness with performances from artists of a wide variety of racial and cultural backgrounds. One world, One people, One love!
I see you guys are headed back to our town on 7th of Nov. Hope life in the music industry is better than ever. Keen to get my hands on a copy of your music.
THANKS FOR ADD ... MY NEW FRIEND
GOOD MUSIC
