Brendan's not currently a subscribe and asked me to forward this: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chymera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello All,
Just writing to let you know that my debut album is finally available stateside on CDbaby at this location: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chymera Please check it out and have a listen to the soundclips. The album was mastered by our very own Kent Williams, and he's done an absolutely stellar job. No horses were harmed during the making of this album. Regards, Bren/Chymera http://www.chymera.org PS. Here's some reviews from assorted Irish Press: --snip--CHYMERA Everybody Dies . . . Even Horses Iterate **** Irish electronic music producer Brendan "Chymera" Gregory has become a prolific name on the local scene via a rake of compilation credits and live supports. But while many other rising Irish producers lack the wherewithal and often confidence to take the next logical step towards a full-length album, Gregory has no such qualms about his abilities or ambitions. Everybody Dies . . . Even Horses is a wonderfully pitched, supremely assured piece of work that nips and tucks all manner of electronic shades and sounds into a highly satisfying album. Gregory is at his best when he stirs his cauldron of deep melodies, dark rhythms and intricate textures into unexpected blends. It's clear from the brooding, statuesque Moment in Time and the downtown Detroit shuffle of Chamber Zen that Gregory's future designs will also be worth examining. www.chymera.org Jim Carroll-- snip-- from the ticket, in the irish times, may 6th 2005. --snip--Chymera Everybody dies . . Even Horses Iterate Every once and a while someone appears out of nowhere and simply knocks you off your feet. Brendan Gregory AKA Chymera has, like many before him, blown me away with the quality and intensity of his debut album. Apart from a couple of heads at D1, few in Ireland are coming close to this quality and the emotional intensity of Chymera's debut. It doesn't have it all but it has most things. A clever and broad use of genre; standard 4/4 kicks, break beats and no beats; emotionally charged melody and strings; tight production and sharp programming that you would mistake for Orbital. No wonder he is upstaging Joey Beltram. Desy Balmer--snip-- from hold it down magazine, may 2005. --snip--Chymera Everybody Dies, Even Horses You've got to admire Cork producer Bren Gregoriy's initiative: instead of trying to hawk his work to a label, he set up his own imprint to release his debut album, with the result that his individualistic take on electronic music gets an audience. Fusing deep techno with breaks and electro, Bren adds some lo-fi rock flavours on the nocturnal slow motion beats of 'Empire', the grinding 'Chamber Zen' outdoes the electro house brigade with its raw sex appeal, while the bubbling melodies of the title track recall classic Orbital material. If the rest of the world tunes in, Chymera could easily become Ireland's first electronic producer to hit the big time. Eight/Ten.--snip-- from hotpress, June 2005. http://www.chymera.org
