Peter Gabriel, Cocteau Twins, Killing Joke, A.C. Boutsen, Thomas Heckmann, Bauhaus, Daniel Lanois, The Cure, Brian Eno, Nine Inch Nails, New Order, Gary Numan, Crystal Method, Hybrid, William Orbit, System 7, Pink Floyd etc etc etc
Nick has run the gamut of musical styles since childhood, having studied classical guitar and piano, and playing guitar, bass and double bass in everything from punk, rock, blues and jazz bands, before acid house and hardcore convinced him that technology could be a friend to the musician - and so it was that the nineties saw Nick flitting between sub-genres of dance music like a fly on a buffet table, picking up influences and technique along the way. A three-year stint as part owner-engineer in a recording and rehearsal facility in South London gave Nick valuable production experience and a good idea of how not to run a business!
Nick started writing downtempo music as an antidote to the psy-trance that was ubiquitous in his life at that point - this music quickly caught the ears and eyes of Humphrey Bacchus, then label manager at Youth's Dragonfly Records and it's chill-out sister label, Liquid Sound Design. Several compilation releases and remixes later, Dragonfly released Nick's debut long-player as Tripswitch, entitled 'Circuit Breaker', and his reputation as a downtempo producer was sealed. Since then Nick has been in high demand with a steady stream of releases, gigs, remixes and collaborations, and is currently working on a new Tripswitch album and an album collaboration with dub maestro Gaudi.
Never one for pidgeonholing, Nick is content to 'just try and write good music'. Sometimes however the borders get blurred, and for the sake of clarity Nick has now created another persona, Codemonkey, as a channel for the heavier, breakzyer end of his output. 2 brand new Codemonkey tracks (one a collaboration with Seb Taylor, http://www.myspace.com/sebastiantaylor) have recently featured on 'Bite Me', a downloadable music expansion pack for the new blockbuster game 'Prey' by 3DRealms.
2001
Tripswitch - 'Shamanic Tea' - featured on 'Mana Medicine' (LSD)
2003
Tripswitch - 'Exiled' - featured on 'Butterfly Dawn' (LSD)
Tripswitch - 'Silver' - featured on 'Butterfly Dawn' (LSD)
2004
Tripswitch - 'Silver (ott remix)' - featured on 'Wider Horizons' (LSD)
Ott - 'Escape from Tulse Hell (tripswitch remix)' - featured on 'Wider Horizons' (LSD)
Tripswitch - 'Viscous' - featured on 'Namaskar' (Indica Music)
2005
Ott - 'Escape from Tulse Hell (tripswitch remix)' - featured on 'Tantra Trance' (Millenium Records)
Tripswitch - 'Circuit Breaker' album (Dragonfly Records)
Tripswitch - 'Roll Your Own' - featured on 'The Dream Temple' (Millenium Records)
Gaudi vs Tripswitch - 'Subdown' - featured on 'Dissolving Clouds' (Interchill Records)
Gaudi vs Tripswitch - 'On the Edge' - featured on 'Soul Vibration' (Liquid Records)
Tripswitch feat. Tanina & the PGC - 'Quanta' - featured on 'Chillogram' (Peak Records)
2006
Tripswitch - 'Cumulus' - featured on 'Vajra' (Indica Music)
Tripswitch - 'Calabi Yau' - featured on 'Arcana' (Interchill Records)
Gaudi vs Tripswitch - 'Subdown' - featured on 'New World Dub Vol 1' (System Recordings)
Codemonkey - 'Time Coil' - featured on Bite Me! Music inspired by Prey (Directsong)
Codemonkey - 'Hunted' - featured on 'Bite Me! Music inspired by Prey' (Directsong)
Tripswitch - 'Roll Your Own' - featured on 'Claude Challe Presents: Just Good Music' (Challomusic)
Tripswitch - 'Roll Your Own' - featured on 'Jose Padilla - Caf.. Solo' (Resist)
Tripswitch - 'Calabi Yau' - featured on 'New World Ambient Vol 2' (System Recordings)
Tripswitch - 'Collider' - featured on 'Illuminations' (Liquid Sound)
Gaudi vs Tripswitch - 'Subdown' - featured on 'The Art Of Chill 3' (Platipus)
2007
Tripswitch - 'Strange Parallels' - featured on 'GU30 - Nick Warren - Paris' (Global Underground)
Tripswitch - 'Roll Your Own' - featured on 'GU30 - Nick Warren - Paris' (Global Underground)
System 7 - 'Moopie Love (Tripswitch Breaks mix)' - featured on 'System 7 - Hinotori (Wakyo)
Tripglitch - 'Orgone Motor' - featured on 'Devil in the Detail' (Interchill Records)
Tripswitch - 'Circuit Breaker Rewired' album (Dragonfly Records)
2008
Orchid Star - 'The Heart Of Ibu-At (Tripswitch remix)' featured on 'Birth / Re-Birth' (Dragonfly Records)
Tripswitch - 'Lyra' - featured on 'Future Memories' (Interchill Records)
Tripswitch - 'Silver (ott remix)' - featured on 'Silk Pearls Vol. 2 ' (Cocoon Recordings)
Tripswitch - 'Exiled (Gaudi remix)' - featured on 'Globetronica by Pathaan' (Platipus)
Tripswitch - 'Tachyon (Codemonkey's Cosmic Rumba remix)' - featured on 'Supperclub Beauty' (United Recordings)
Forthcoming
The Orb - DDD (Codemonkey's Dirty Disco Funk remix) - featured on The Orb - 'DDD' (Liquid Sound)
System7 - 'Moopie Love' (Tripswitch Breaks mix) is being tweaked for inclusion in the forthcoming Mirror System album.
New Tripswitch album to be released on my new label Section Records in late 2008! Label launch, dates and more releases will also be announced soon ...
Tripswitch :: Codemonkey :: Nick Brennan's Friend Space (Top 24)
Tripswitch :: Codemonkey :: Nick Brennan has 2710 friends.
Just wanted to let you know that round 1 of the this year's People's Music Awards kicked off on Friday 12th of June. And we are putting the call out to all NEW AND UNSIGNED BANDS to enter their best song into this years awards.
So if you want to hear some of the best new-music in the world and have your say in who is crowned the people's choice, then check out our myspace page, or go straight to the website: thepeoplesmusicawards.com
Everything is pleasing to the senses around here! BIG ups! Keep doin' what ya love!!!
***Substruk Records - Submission LP*** In Stores NOW!!
"Substruk are at it again with 8 tracks covering all the spectrum from Rasta Dubstep, to Glitched out electro breakz. This release is chocked full of future classics." -junodownload.com
Everything is pleasing to the senses around here!! BIG ups! Keep doin' what ya love!!!
***Substruk Records - Submission LP*** In Stores NOW!!
"Substruk are at it again with 8 tracks covering all the spectrum from Rasta Dubstep, to Glitched out electro breakz. This release is chocked full of future classics." -junodownload.com
Have a great week!!!! Chill Control and System Overload are now available at www.beatport.com (>.<) Turn It Up EP will be available soon!!!!!! THANKS 4 YOUR SUPPORT
Good day to you i hope this finds you well and you are doing fine. i am delighted to now finally be able to offer online downloads of my productions. i hope you enjoy at least the pre- listening ;-) all the best, Sanuk
BIG UP TRIPSWITCH! PLEASE CHECK OUT KOIAN - "DROP IT" (Big Beat/ Breakbeat) - NEW RELEASE ON MUTATE RECORDS !!! AVAILABLE NOW - ITUNES, BEATPORT, TRACK IT DOWN. + NEW RMX DOWNLOADS: MISSY, BUSTA RHYMES, ALBOROSIE, VYBZ KARTEL, ON MY PAGE - BLESS!! http://www.trackitdown.net/genre/electronica/track/918044.html
Thank you for being our friend and being connected to us. As we told you, we are a n electro-pop-rock band from Lausanne, Switzerland.
Our promo EP with 4 full quality tracks and the biography of the band, together with a few pictures are available now as free download (as a .zip file) at the following link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/r9fkjv
So listen to it and pass it on :)
The Blue Tape
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Notre EP promo contenant 4 titres en pleine qualité ainsi que la bio du groupe et quelques photos est disponible en libre téléchargement sous le lien suivant (archive .zip): http://www.sendspace.com/file/r9fkjv
Alors écoutez-le et passez le à vos voisins :)
Good to be connected - Welcome to Furthur Progressions!
Our first compilation 'VA London Landscapes' is being released on CD on 24th April. Featuring a hand-picked selection of the genreʼs finest talents, legends and new-comers, it is the perfect way for Furthur Progressions Records to land safely (but not quietly) in your music collection for the first time!
Tracklist:
1. Insane Creation & DJ Shybe : Deep Mac 2. Shadow FX : Exhale 3. Dick Trevor : Zuffle Shuffle 4. Earsugar : Mindprint 5. Ace Ventura : Genesis 6. Etic v Orgapulse : Daylight Hookers (Cimi rmx) 7. Liquid Soul : Perfect Day 8. Sentrafuge : No Words (Original mix) 9. Dog Soldiers : Denmark
Namaste Friends!<br /><br />Love your Music.<br /><br />Keep it sound at sunsets ;)<br /><br />Thanks for connection & support!<br /><br />All the best vibes from Treetrolla Records Team.<br /><br />Vaska<br /><br />
