Biography

Brown first appeared on the West Coast Hip Hop scene as a session Guitarist for Platinum Producer, Warren G DeeJay and DMC freestyle Turntable Champion DJ Rectangle. Under Rectangle’s tutelage Brown fast moved into beat making, production and engineering. With so many artists coming through the studio he quickly became most artists’ favourite tracking engineer thanks to his deeply involved style and willingness to push performers’ limitations whilst simultaneously empowering them as artists.

A second-generation musician and Grammy-nominated producer, Brown started out recording on a 4-track cassette machine, which led to a label contract in his mid twenties. His credits also include work for Hollywood Records, Disney+ and HULU.

Today he works almost entirely in the box: the input chain is analogue outboard gear, and everything after it runs on plugins, which makes the quality of those plugins central to his productions.

Beginnings

From touring with heavy rock band called Hope ’n’ Glory at just 15 years of age, playing with acid jazz groups, witnessing the birth of Drum & Bass music then signing a major record deal as a songwriter and urban solo performer during the mid 90’s, Brown’s eclectic style and willingness to obliterate boundaries has become something of a calling card.

Career

It was sometime during the mid 2000’s that Universal Machete sent their premier rap artist, La Mala Rodriguez to Las Vegas to work with Rectangle and Brown. The idea was to record a high profile, West Coast influenced single for her much anticipated Album, Malamarismo. After hearing a selection of tracks that Brown had been working on she ended up picking three more for the album which went on to be nominated for Best Urban Music Album at the 8th Latin Grammy® Awards alongside Daddy Yankee and Calle 13.

During the Summer of 2023 Brown was asked to bring his emotionally connective style to augment the powerful and unusual story of the Brawn Formula One racing team in a high profile project put together by Simon Hammerson and Keanu Reeves for Disney+.

The soundtrack was received exceptionally well and Brawn ended up with a well earned Emmy win.

Atmos

During this time Brown had also become fascinated by Dolby Atmos – the immersive audio format that is fast becoming ubiquitous thanks to giants like Apple Music and Tidal pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Working closely with premier partner companies like Fluid Audio, Audient and Sonarworks, Brown is again pushing his creativity into a burgeoning, creative marketplace full of new challenges and alternate future outcomes.