Sneak peak at the short film my wife Chelsea Chorpenning and I made. Playing soon at a festival near you!
JELLYBONES | YOU CAN’T ESCAPE WHAT'S INSIDE
What up yah Freaky Peoples!
Very excited to announce that my wife (Chelsea Chorpenning) and I have finally finished our film JELLYBONES. It’s been a long time coming, and it’s finally here!
It’s a psychological horror short starring Lilli Hokama. Peep the synopsis:
In the grip of pandemic isolation, a young woman named Lilly struggles to rebuild herself after recent trauma. As she pushes to improve her mental and physical well-being, the relentless stress of modern life begins to distort her reality, revealing that some pressures can’t be survived through self-discipline alone.
We will be submitting to film festivals around the world. Please keep an eye out for when it’s playing in your city/town. If you want to keep up with the news, please follow the JELLYBONES Insta account. We will post dates and promos/trailers, etc.
Very excited to have this out in the world. Big thank you to everyone who helped make this dream come true! Much more to come!
NB
MANSLIDE | I'M FLYIN' | Q LAZZARUS FLIP
People of the world,
Neon Brown here with an update. MANSLIDE has released a flip we created of Q lazzarus’ Goodbye horses on my bandcamp. Take a listenonbrown.bandcamp.com/track/im-flyin. Available in digital format.
PANTONES DENVER | THE BANSHEE HOUSE | AUGUST 9TH | 7 PM - 11 PM
What up Funkeeee peoples!
We’re excited to share with you that Pantones Denver has finally found a home! It’s been a long time coming, and it has finally happened! We will be throwing Pantones at The Banshee House (2715 Larimer) every second Saturday of the month.
GYPSY WOMAN REFLIP - MANSLIDE (NEON BROWN x JAKE SANDERS)
CHECK OUT THE GYPSY WOMAN FLIP ON BANDCAMP
Limited run of 25 white label 7" records. Side A features a reflip of the 90's house classic, Gypsy Woman by Crystal Waters. Side B is a mix-mash, funky, fast-paced house tune that borders nu-disco.
MANSLIDE is Neon Brown and Whalehawk. The duo have been making music together for over 20 years and for the last two years, they have been in the lab cooking up different dance music genre bangers. Lots of music to come! CHECK IT OUT HERE!
I WANNA BE | NEW TRACK ON THE BANDCAMP'S
It’s Band Camp Friday. Thought I’d release something. Enjoy!
CHECK IT OUT HERE
Who, or what, is PUTE? The Mystery Behind the Latest Album Produced by Neon Brown
Neon Brown's latest project with vinyl pre-sales available now (shipping mid August) and digital streaming on July 23, 2024, is shrouded in mystery. The focal point of this album isn't just Brown's signature heady production—it's also the bizarre collaborator, PUTE, whose real identity remains frustratingly just out of reach.
Who, or what, is PUTE? This question haunts the album, surrounding it with an unknown that makes it much more than a collection of tracks. Brown, known for his delightfully off-balance production, sets the stage for listeners as they enter this oddity. "PUTE is unlike anyone I've ever worked with," Brown admits. Honestly, I still don't fully understand who, or what, PUTE is."
It all began in 2019 with a simple Instagram DM. PUTE, unknown to Brown at the time, praised his distinctive style. Soon after, PUTE contributed a solid but oddly styled verse to Brown's project with NYC artist Deca, "The Donner Party." Afterward, sporadic emails and direct messages from PUTE kept the mystery alive. However, any project they may have done together at the time was stalled by PUTE's overzealous and erratic behavior in Brown's DMs.
Then the plot thickened in 2023 when Brown's TikTok account seemed to get hacked—there suddenly were unrelated posts, spammy emails, and generally inappropriate content. Brown suspected PUTE, leading to a renewed—and quite cautious—reconnection. What followed was unexpected: a link to a completed album with manipulated tracks with verses from PUTE and others, and all with a bizarre cover photo. But Brown's initial anger and thoughts of suing slowly led to a reluctant fascination. The album, a blend of his production and PUTE's unconventional contributions began to resonate with him.
The guest artists add essential layers to this cryptic project. Detroit's Guilty Simpson delivers his gravelly, all-swagger-no-filler vocals on "The Nothing” (available now as a single with the album pre-order), while NYC's J Scienide floats over "Blue Raspberry" with a smoke-like grace. Singers Daniel David (formerly Trailer Limon) and Lilli Hokama contribute haunting verses to a boom-bapped "There's No Turning Back," and Detroit's Quelle Chris completes "Rick Moranis" with his irreverently satirical sound. These collaborations enrich the album, with each artist navigating the mysterious terrain Brown originally shaped, but PUTE eventually assembled.
Brown's investigation into PUTE's identity revealed hints of something possibly non-human. Vocal samples in the record—ranging from Hal in "2001: A Space Odyssey" to Mark Zuckerberg's speech slips—suggest PUTE might be a collective or even an advanced piece of software. If that's the case, Brown knew this project could raise profound questions about AI's role in art, challenging traditional notions. Could PUTE be a new frontier in artistic collaboration? Either way, the only choice Brown felt he had was to release the record.
The PUTE album, produced by Neon Brown, is a strange, square-wheeled ride through the fusion of art and technology. It invites listeners to delve into the mystery of PUTE, urging them to piece together clues scattered throughout the album. Is PUTE a person, a collective, or AI? The answer remains evasive, but the trip through it all is compelling.
Presales for the PUTE vinyl LP are up and running on Brown's Bandcamp. The first single on the record, “The Nothing” featuring Guilty Simpson, is available now with any vinyl pre-sale order (shipping mid August). Digital streaming will be available July 23,2024. Take a listen now!
More writing on the album by our friend Prestige at LFEAMARKET FUNK. Take a look.
For more information, interviews, or press inquiries, please contact:
Neon Brown Booking
Chorpenn@gmail.com
PUTE X GUILTY SIMPSON - THE NOTHING - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
PUTE - VINYL PRE-ORDERS NOW AVAILABLE
What up Funky People!
Been a second. I’ve been working away on some secret projects. One of them is now available for pre-order. I worked with the lyricist PUTE, featured on The Donner Party LP. It was a very wild ride to say the least. More on that later.
For now, check out the album. There’s currently one song available to listen to, The Eternal Nowbrown.bandcamp.com/album/pute. Digital streaming will be available on Tuesday, July 23rd. The record should be shipping around the same time.
PUTE
PUTE - Vinyl pre-orders now available on Neon Brown's Bandcamp.
PANTONES DENVER X HEY KIDDO | JUNE 10TH | 5 PM - 8 PM | FREE EVENT!
Saturday, June 10th, Pantones Denver is back in action at Hey Kiddo (4337 Tennyson Street). We will be rocking on the rooftop from 5 pm - 8 pm. All vinyl, boogie, funk, disco, house, and electro. Free event. Come early.
If it happens to rain, which is a good possibility, we’ll be moving the party inside. So don’t worry, we still got you covered with your dose of funk.
See you there!
PANTONES DENVER X HEY KIDDO | ROOFTOP PARTY | SAT. MAY 20TH | 5 PM - 8 PM
What up Party People!
I’m writing to inform you that Pantones Denver is back just in time to get some great summer parties going. We will be starting it off with a free rooftop party at Hey Kiddo (4337 Tennyson Street) from 5 pm - 8 pm.
Hey Kiddo is a terrific establishment with talented folks behind the bar and in the kitchen. They have delicious food and beautifully crafted cocktails. Plus a great wine list.
Saturday will be all vinyl, boogie, funk, disco, house, and electro. You know the deal!
Hopefully, we’ll see you there!
Pantones Denver | Hey Kiddo | Saturday May 20th | 5 Pm - 8 Pm | Free Event
PANTONES DENVER | HALLOWEEN EXTRVAGANZA | SAT. OCT. 29TH
GHOULS AND GIRLS!
Saturday, Oct. 29th Pantones Denver is in full creep mode! Come join us as we throw down for a Halloween costume spectacular at The Banshee House 8 pm - till late.
$8 advanced tickets available as well as group ticket deals. $10 tickets at the door. LINK TO YOUR TICKETS! You will receive a free drink with your admission courtesy of Bear Creek Distillery and The Banshee House.
DJ’s Equipt, Dynas, Red C, and Neon Brown will be laying down boogie, funk, disco, house, and electro all night long. All Vinyl. All Night. Alright.
Plus we have a good friend decorating the spot, turning it into a funky, spooky house worthy of a monster mash. Come dressed to impress. The best costume wins my heart! The event will be photographed, so you will have memories to share with friends and foes for years to come.
See you on the 29th!
-NB
PANTONES DENVER | HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA | SAT. OCT. 29TH
PANTONES DENVER | SAT. SEPT. 17TH | FORT GREENE BAR | 7 PM - 11 PM
This Saturday, Sept. 17th from 7 pm - 11 pm, Pantones Denver will be spinning gems on the Fort Greene patio. Come through and get the last of nightly warm weather and funk in one place. DJ's Neon brown and Red C will be providing the sounds. All-vinyl, boogie, funk, disco, house, and electro. Classics to rarities.
FREE EVENT.
Fort Greene Bar (321 E 45th Ave, Denver, CO 80216)
PANTONES DENVER | FRIDAY JUNE 24TH | FORT GREENE BAR
Pantones Denver, the all-vinyl, boogie, funk, disco, house, and electro-dance party will be getting loose on the patio at Fort Greene Bar (321 E 45th Ave) next Friday, June 24th. 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm.
DJ’s Neon Brown and Red C will be playing rarities to classics all night long. Food will be provided by Koi & Ninja. Bring your dancin’ shoes and come dig the sounds!
The event is free but if you’d like to donate to the Pantones Party, we’d greatly appreciate it! This $ will go to equipment maintenance, special guests, records, and promo. Here’s the LINK.
Neon Brown x Daniel David (Trailer Limon) - The Connection (Official Video)
Neon Brown x Daniel David - The Connection (Official Video)
Neon Brown x Daniel David - The Connection is live on the Youtubes!
In the sixth installment out of twelve projects for the year, I collaborated with the homie Daniel David, formally known as Trailer Limon. Dan has come out with magnificent pieces of music over the last decade. Whether it be songs with his partner Eric Boss in The Pendletons, producing for Zackey Force Funk, or collaborating with folks like Potato Head People, Dan has a knack for finding just the right melody and groove. A true Funkster. Very psyched to be working with him again.
The song “The Connection” focuses on the strong connection of love between people. The video focuses on the connection between love and art (music, 2d art, and dance) and how powerful that love can be. But interpret it how you’d like.
Boog Harris, the dancer in the video is phenomenal. I met him at one of my DJ gigs last year. The way this man moves is quite unique and I am honored that he would be in the video. We filmed the dance scenes at the B Boy Factory here in Denver. Big thank you to Alexandria Marcus and Ian Flaws for allowing us to use their beautiful space. If you're looking to learn dance here in Denver, that’s the spot!.
As well, we had some friends and fam come through and play characters in the vid. Big thank you to Ryan, Brenda, Ben, Mom, and Etta. Love ya’ll!
The video was directed by the very talented Chelsea Chorpenning and myself. I animated over some scenes as well, which is a new thing for me. It was cool to learn and I hope to do more.
Please take a minute to check out the video. Subscribe to my channel, and like and share the vid. Due to flushing out a project a month, there’s really no $ for promo so I am relying on the fans to help spread the word and get this music moving. Like it should be! I appreciate you all and everything you do for me and for music. Keep it moving!
“The Connection” will be available for purchase next Tuesday, April 26th on my Bandcamp. iamneonbrown.bandcamp.com
Enjoy!
- NB
Neon Brown | BAGELS | Limited Edition Cassette w/ Digital Download
My 4th album out of 12, which I will release each month for the next year, BAGELS is a sixteen-track macro album packed to the brim with vibrant, colorful psych vignettes that will leave you in a daze, full and contempt.
Pre-orders for the limited edition cassette of BAGELS are up and running on Bandcamp now. Click either image above or below to order yours now.
Dedicated to J Dilla, hence the title BAGELS, I pulled out all of my psych records and pondered what to do with them. Make a mix? Make beats? Do a live set?
I decided to make red-edits /cut-ups of his favorite samples and see where it takes me. After creating a few, I realized the music was in the same ilk as Dilla Donuts. I decided to make a tribute to J Dilla, Donuts, and my good friend Nate Watters (Sounds Supreme).
Nate was a brilliant DJ and environmentalist who ran his own clean energy PR company and did a lot of good for the world. He passed a little over half a year ago from Lyme. I was thinking a lot about him this past month and it came out in the music.
This album is dedicated to Nate. I initially focussed the album on Global Warming but thought it was too on the head and too dark, so I reworked it to be a much more loosely interpreted piece of work. The way I see it/hear it is holding onto nostalgia, which is interpreted by the radio samples, while living in complete utter chaos which, is the anxious cut-ups of the music and movement of the album. However, I'd like this album to mean and represent whatever the listener takes from it.
-NB
A NEON BROWN THANKSGIVING SPECIAL!
What up yah Turkeys!
Today, Nov. 25th through Saturday, Nov. 27th, the Neon Brown Bandcamp will be hosting a Thanksgiving Sale. That’s right, 25% off of everything!
All you have to do is type in the discount code “neonturkey” when prompted.
To check out the sale, please visit www.iamneonbrown.bandcamp.com.
Thank you to everyone supporting the music. I could not do this without you!
TWO EVENINGS WITH NEON BROWN | FRIDAY NOV. 26TH & SAT. NOV. 27TH
I'm writing to let you know about two DJ sets coming up on Friday, Nov. 26th, and Sat. Nov. 27th. The first is at The Roxy On Broadway (554 S. Broadway) Friday, Nov. 26th, and the second at ESP. HiFi Bar (1029 Santa Fe Dive) on Sat. Nov. 27th from 3:30-6:30 pm.
TRUCK NORTH X NEON BROWN - CRACKER CHRIST B/W GOD STRUCK
Salutations from the Metaverse!
Neon Brown's and Truck North's two new singles, “Cracker Christ” and “God God Struck” take you to church and to the gritty streets of Philly. Both tracks are available on Brown's Bandcamp and will be on all DSPs by the end of the month.
The two new singles feature Brown’s warm and inviting production. “Cracker Christ" has a more subtle, soulful, somber vibe, that takes you to alter while “God Struck” is an agitated, synth-driven lesson of survival of the fittest that leaves you stranded on a one-way street.
Truck had a few words to say about both tracks:
"This song is about trust. Trust in a divine being that me (we) as displaced black peoples were only introduced to during slavery. This introduction was used as a method to “civilize” the so-called savage and establish a pecking order. The concept of a white Jesus is absurd given his geographical origin and it was truly one of the most wicked forms of white supremacy. The song is about deciding to believe in a God who relates to the god within. Same powers, same parables but in a divine being who looks as I do. All while noting the issues that come with any organized religion."
"This is about inner-city living and what separates those who ironically are most alike. Death, poverty, perseverance, drugs, and the hope of getting out somehow. Through all of it, we’re all in the same boat essentially."
Brown states, "these two tracks represent a very real and terrifying vicissitude. Although there are plenty of songs, books, and speeches to gain knowledge on the absurdity this Country has thrived off of, not much has taken place to change the situation. This is a narrative that must be pushed and talked about. I urge anyone who listens to these songs and relates to them, to speak on the subject, i.e. white people. Nothing will change unless we do."
Both singles are available for purchase on Neon Brown’s Bandcamp and will be on all DSPs by the end of the month. This is the beginning of Brown’s push to release a project a month for the next 12 months. Keep an eye out for the next one coming in December!
Pantones Dance Party | Roxy on Broadway | Sept 25
What up Party People!
This Saturday, Sept. 25th The Pantones Brothers will be laying down that cosmic slop for all at the Roxy On Broadway.
10 pm - Close. All vinyl, boogie, funk, disco, house, electro, and everything in between. Come out and groove with DJ’s Red C and Neon Brown! $5 Door. Nobody gets in free, nobody gets out alive! JKJK.
See you there! Bring your dancin’ shoes.
Click HERE to get your tickets.
NB
This Saturday, Sept. 25th The Pantones Brothers will be laying down that cosmic slop for all at the Roxy On Broadway.
10 pm - Close. All vinyl, boogie, funk, disco, house, electro, and everything in between. Come out and groove with DJ’s Red C and Neon Brown! $5 Door. Nobody gets in free, nobody gets out alive! JKJK.
See you there! Bring your dancin’ shoes.
Kool and The Gangling
Friday, Sept. 18th, 2020, marks the release of, “Kool and the Gangling.” A very short project created by Neon Brown in honor of Ronald Bell formally of Kool and the Gang. Bell passed away on Sept. 9th. Bell was one of the co-founding members of Kool and the Gang. The funk ensemble was highly influential to a handful of genres including, funk, disco, boogie, soul, and hip hop.
A few days after Bell’s passing, Brown got the idea to create a short album in honor of him and the band. He took the following week to create as much music as he possibly could. Brown created close to 26 minutes’ worth of music, which was cut down to 6.5 minutes.
The album, “Kool and the Gangling” is available via Bandcamp for free download. However, if you would like to purchase the album, proceeds will go to DSA (Democratic Socialists of America). DSA has been trudging through the tumultuous political landscape of America, making positive change for the better of all. Brown found it only right to add to the fight through the creation of his music.
If you are not in the know please check out their link. https://www.dsausa.org/
Click the image below to listen to Kool and the Gangling.
Kool and the Gangling album cover
Kool and the Gangling track Listing/back cover