ArtistInfo

Brainville

Band, 1998-2008 GB, New York City
Jazz and Rock

Brainville is an English avant-garde supergroup based around Hugh Hopper (bass) and Daevid Allen (guitar) – both formerly in Soft Machine. The band started as a quartet with Pip Pyle (drums) and Kramer (2) (keyboards, producer). They performed two concerts in one evening at NYC's Knitting Factory in 1998, and days later went into Kramer's Noise New Jersey studio and recorded The Children's Crusade, released the following year on Kramer's Shimmy-Disc label. The band was reduced to a trio after departure of Kramer. In 2006, following Pip Pyle's death, Chris Cutler joined on drums, and the band took the name Brainville 3, being the 3rd incarnation of this band.

Members

	Daevid Allen g, voc 1938-2015 AU
	Hugh Hopper b, eb 1945-2009 GB
	Kramer b, voc
	Pip Pyle dr, perc 1950-2006 GB