Bright is a
post-rock
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and
ambient music
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group based in
Brooklyn
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,
New York
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History
Bright self-released a cassette before signing deals with two independent labels,
Ba Da Bing! Records
Ba Da Bing Records is an American record label based in Brooklyn, New York. The name is derived from the saying "ba da bing, ba da boom", common among Italian-Americans, especially in New Jersey.
The label was founded in Leonia, New Jersey, in 1 ...
and
Darla Records
Darla Records is an independent record label founded by James Agren in October 1993 while he was in New York (state), New York. Darla's first release was a 7-inch by Grifters (band), Grifters, an indie rock/lo-fi music, lo-fi band from Memphis.
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, and releasing records alternately on both labels. Darla released their 1997 full-length ''An Albatross Guest House'' and Bright's 1998 contribution to the ''Bliss Out'' series, ''Blue Christian'', while Ba Da Bing! released a self-titled 1996 album, ''Full Negative or Breaks'' in 2000, and ''The Miller Fantasies'' in 2002, as well as a 2003 compilation called ''A Music Sampler''. Switching to the Strange Attractors label, they released the album ''Bells Break their Towers'' in 2005,
Review of ''Bells Break Their Towers''
Pitchfork Media
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, January 2, 2006. their latest album to date.
Discography
LP recordings
* ''Bright'' (1995 cassette-only release on Eek, limited to 100 copies)
* ''Bright'' (1996 release on Ba Da Bing!)
* ''The Albatross Guest House'' (1997 release on Darla)
* ''Blue Christian'' (1998 release that also served as Bright's contribution to the Bliss Out series on Darla)
* ''Full Negative (or) Breaks'' (2000 release on Ba Da Bing!)
* ''The Miller Fantasies'' (2002 release on Ba Da Bing!)
* ''Bells Break Their Towers'' (2005 release on Strange Attractors)
Singles, EPs and compilations
* V/A Dreamboat "Cecilia" (1997 release on Cassiel Records)
* Fuxa / Bright "City and Metro" and "How I Reached Home" (1997 split 7-inch on Darla Records)
* "Plymouth Rock" b/w "Superstrings," "Nova" (1998 7-inch on Ba Da Bing!)
* V/A Badaboom Gramophone, Vol. 2 (1998 release on Ba Da Bing!)
* V/A Darla 100 (2000 release on Darla)
* V/A Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish
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: A Tribute to Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (2003 release on Animal World)
* V/A Yeti No. 4 (2006 Yeti Magazine CD compilation)
References
External links
Band bio from Strange Attractors Audio House
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Musical groups from Boston
American post-rock groups
Darla Records artists