BrienFerguson BeatModernArtistDesigner

 

I wrote, produced and performed guitar-driven, psychedelic post-punk before getting turned-on in the late '90s to the underground dance scene. Most often now I spin trippy tech house with hints of pop melancholy, and occasionally experiment in creating original music with computers and guitars. I have an affinity for Finnish vodka.

I've been a part of the Straylight Productions family since Y2K. My sporadic writing has appeared in the 530Techno and VinylJunkie PR blogs, as well as the online, electronic music tabloid, Ibiza Voice.

 

Brien Scott // Music + Production

Listen to Brien Scott
Bupropion (2009) (12.0MBMP3)
I Am Not The Scandal You'd Hoped For (2009) (3.6MBMP3)
She Is The Moon (2007) (12.4MBMP3)

Fish Out Of Water by Brien Scott Ferguson on Mixcloud

Prisoners Of Lust by Brien Scott Ferguson on Mixcloud

Let's Make Drunk Love Mix (2008) (67.1MBMP3)

  1. CSS :: Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above (Calvin Harris Remix)
  2. Luxxury :: Drunk (Toulouse Fight Club Remix)
  3. Gotye :: Heart's a Mess (Ocelot Remix)
  4. the Frail :: Addiction (After Midnight Remix)
  5. Utah Saints :: Something Good (Van She Tech Remix)
  6. Peaches :: Set It Off (Lexy & K-Paul Remix)
  7. Elefant :: Misfit (Josh Patrick Remix)

Pneumonia Mix (2007) (34.8MBMP3)

  1. Wolfmother :: Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix)
  2. White Rose Movement :: Alsation (Phones Gone To The Dogs Remix)
  3. New Young Pony Club :: Ice Cream (Van She Tech Remix)
  4. The Presets :: Are You The One?
  5. The Cure :: The Walk (Infusion Mix)
  6. Hot Chip :: Over And Over
  7. LCD Soundsystem :: Tribulations (Tiga Mix)
  8. Ladytron :: Evil (Ewan Pearson Mix)
  9. Editors :: Munich (Cicada Remix)
  10. VHS Or Beta :: You Got Me (Baby Daddy Remix)

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See also: Straylight Productions
See also: 530Techno

 

Push // Songs + Guitar + Voice // Eureka 91-96

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Push
David Reed
guitar
Brien Ferguson
guitar + voice
Norman Baratelli
drums
Rob Enge
bass

When Push made a sound
it was raw, heavy and wet.
Like the sea.
Like meat.

 

Push's hesitant and uptight first chanty, 'the South,' features original drummer Kurt Brown and keyboardist James Terris. Stripped down to guitars and Norman Baratelli on drums, we found our voice and weren't afraid of the sound, recording 1994's October Demos and yielding brilliance in 'February Summer,' 'Candy,' 'Drop' and 'Miracle.' Troubled sessions pretty late in the game produced anxious and raw versions of 'Sticks and Horses' and 'the Other One,' then we said goodnight.

Listen to Push
the South (5.3MBMP3)
February Summer (3.9MBMP3)
Candy (3.3MBMP3)
Drop (3.7MBMP3)
Miracle (5.2MBMP3)
Sticks and horses (3.5MBMP3)
the Other One (5.2MBMP3)

Watch the miracle film (Quicktime required)
"Shot on super-8 in lovely Hampstead Heath in London. It tells the story of a lonely bunny getting lost in the forest. The song? Excellent, abrasive melancholia." -Kenneth Thomas, Film Maker

All songs written by BFerguson + Push
except 'Drop' by DReed/BFerguson + Push

Photo by Johanna Mauro.

 

 

the Johnwhaleys // Songs + Guitar + Voice // Eureka 96-97

The Johnwhaleys, named after my high school music teacher, began sometime between Meg getting a bass and Mark coming by to play drums for a poorly recorded, post-Push demo. We generally liked to flirt with rawk, unrecognisably tearing the living hell out of Stones, Bunnymen and Cash covers. Our one gig at a Humboldt Beltaine bash was a fantastic, shambling mess. I wish I had a recording of that show.

Listen to the Johnwhaleys
Dreaming (Theme) (4.1MBMP3)

 

Dreamhouse // Songs + Bass // Eureka 88-90

Dreamhouse was my first band. We meant well. We were young. We're sorry. Steven Pitsenbarger sang and played horns. David Reed, who later started Push with me, played guitar. Future Chowderhead leader Xeff Scolari played guitar and keyboard. Kim Silva played drums. I played bass.

 

// Other Studio Work //

I retreated to the mountains to produce the smart and boozy indie-rawk debut, Legendary Grace in Collapse, by Arcata's Durango 95. They gave me a lot of rope.

Listen to Durango 95
Revenge, Warnings And Crisis Apparitions (5.1MBMP3)
Marky Mark (5.3MBMP3)
Hey Pretty (3.6MBMP3)
© 1994 Daedal Relations Music

A longtime friend, Xeff Scolari of Chowderhead, invited me by for the initial tracking sessions of his farmadelic second record, Absence. I stayed long enough to push a few buttons and drop a name on Sierra's little rocker. Then the band sent me stumbling home to design the album's cover.

Listen to Chowderhead
Panic (6.5MBMP3)
Illusion (4.0MBMP3)
'lil# (8.8MBMP3)
© 1997 Magnetic Oblivion Music Company

 

     
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1990-2008 BFerguson