Free Brian Adam Ant Mixtape

Local post-folk singer and songwriter Brian Adam Ant recently got out of his element and put together a free mixtape.

Children Eating, volumes 1 and 2, were recorded using a 4-tack cassette recorder, sampler, and his record collection. Very minimal digital editing was applied, providing an organic listening experience for all.

Download both eclectically hand-picked volumes for free right here:

Children Eating Vol. 1
Children Eating Vol. 2

The tracks used for the tapes can be found below, and be sure to check out Bmore Music's interview with Brian Adam Ant, and last summer's listening party.

Vol. 1
animal collective-summertime clothes
kate bush-runnin up that hill
Busta rhymes- put your hands where my eyes could see
Bonnie Prince Billy- Wolf Among Wolves
Funkadelic- Back in our Minds
Paul McCartney- Momma Miss America

Vol. 2
Wu Tang Clan
Buddy Rich
The Beatles-Tomorrow Never Knows
Papa M
Animal Collective- Also Frightened
Sly And The Family Stone- Higher
Elvis Presley- Mystery Train
Brian Adam Ant- Dig A Hole

Interview: Brian Adam Ant

Brian Adam Ant is back in action in these here parts. His new group Deekee Zjevotneya sports members from other local projects, and unveils their new-found sound Saturday at the Talking Head.

The show is a CD release party for Northermost, with Caestles and Old Man Family Band also filling the bill. 5 bucks gets you a ticket and a CD.

Mr. Ant of Dirty Marmaduke Flude Squad, Evolve, and other varying fame, recently spoke with me about what to expect from the new project and their local debut:

Pronunciation? Dee-Kee Sha-vot-nia. It's Russian for "wild animals".

Band Members? Origins? Charlie Hughes, guitar/vox and also played in Nice Zombies and SciFi and the Sunflowers. Andy Thomas, who used to be the drummer for Wailsounds. And bass player, Jake the Snakemaster. Origin currently unknown.

Genre? A rock band that plays 3 1/2 minute songs that are catchy, not vapid.

Influences? We all share love for the Beatles, Pixies, & Kinks.

Choice of peaunut butter? Chunky! Chunky chunky chunky superchunky.

Recording? In process right now at our house off Falls Road.

Expect gigantic things to come from Deekee Zjevotneya, start by seeing them Saturday.

Brian Adam Ant Listening Party

Brian Adam Ant writes songs. Sometimes about zombies, but usually not. Either way, he's probably better than this schmuck at it. Yep.

Anyways, he's coming back from NY to drink natty boh's in the fall, and has been creating some truly awesome stuff in the meantime.

The first few tracks are demos that still require oven mits, and are subject to augmentation. The new demos are trailed by his first album Separation Celebration. Which can be purchased here or here.

His Songs Are Better Than Yours

Sir Brian Adam Ant makes the trek down 95 to play stuff for us. This Saturday. At the "new" Talking Head. Go and talk obnoxiously about how honey bunches of oats are the new frosted flakes while he plays. He loves it.

Brian Adam Ant

What if I were to tell you I knew of an artist who sounded like an amalgamation of Daniel Johnston, Cass McCombs, and maybe even some Woody Guthrie. Is that something you might be interested in? Well, like Bob, I don't really care either way. Mainly because Brian Adam Ant is pretty frickin' sweet whether or not you like the dudes mentioned above.

Mr. Ant has been rocking out ever since the fourth grade when he was in a band that sang a song about white men in their yellow suits and black men in their purple suits (shameless plug: I was in this band for 3 days and sang Helter Skelter, eventually being rightfully told that I sucked).

Brian recently moved from Bmore to Brooklyn to keep on keepin' on. He played with a few different bands here, the most recent being the Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad. He was the bassist and was labeled "The Pikesville Gynecologist". A seemingly normal name in a band that has "Captain Mediocrity", who is in charge of intimidation and tambourine.

I featured one of his most recent demos on my muxtape and expect more excellent things to come as he continues to write and record up in Brooklyn. You should probably go to Soundgarden and pick up his album Separation Celebration. Here's his video for "I'm So Bored" done by Better Hollywood Productions.