Brian Ritchie (born November 21, 1960) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes. Ritchie was born and raised in the United States and is currently a dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia, with his full-time residence in Australia.[1]
Brian Ritchie
Ritchie performing at a benefit for Wayne Goodwin, Sydney, Australia August 2008
Thylacine, Unhip, Slash, Warners, Reprise, Electra, Rough Trade, London
At Day on the Meadow on July 2nd, 2006 in San Jose, CA
In addition to his bass playing, Ritchie is proficient at the shakuhachi, a Japanesebamboo flute. He acquired a Jun Shihan (shakuhachi teaching license) in March 2003 from James Nyoraku Schlefer, and his professional name is "Tairaku" ("big music" in Japanese).[2]
Ritchie has released three solo albums: in 1987, "The Blend," in 1989, "Sonic Temple & Court of Babylon" and "I See A Noise" in 1990.
In 2007 Ritchie produced and toured with the Italian punk/folk band The Zen Circus, which subsequently changed its name to The Zen Circus and Brian Ritchie. The first international album of the band, Villa Inferno, was released in 2008 for the Italian record label Unhip Records.
In 2008, Ritchie and his wife, Varuni Kulasekera, moved to Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, where he has guested in a band called The Green Mist.[3][4] Ritchie does most of his work in DV (David Vartanian) Studios.
On Australia Day 2012, Ritchie and his wife were naturalised as Australian citizens.[5]
In 2009 he curated the first Mona Foma (MoFo) festival[6] in Hobart, Tasmania. Since 2009 he has curated Mona Foma every year. At the 2012 MoFo, he organised an impromptu performance of the entire Violent Femmes first album by a 'super band' consisting of musicians playing at MoFo: the Dresden Dolls (Amanda Palmer, vocals, and Brian Viglione, drums), two musicians touring with PJ Harvey's band (Mick Harvey, guitar, and John Parish) and with Brian Ritchie himself on bass guitar and vibraphone.
In 2010 he toured as bassist with the Australian surf instrumental band called The Break, composed of Midnight Oil members Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey. [7] Their debut album Church of the Open Sky was released on April 16, 2010, on the independent label Bombora, distributed by MGM.
In 2011 his home in Tasmania, designed by architect Stuart Tanner, was featured on the TV series Sandcastles.[8]
^. The Break. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
^. Sandcastlestv.com. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
December 20, 2023
brian, ritchie, born, november, 1960, american, musician, best, known, bassist, alternative, rock, band, violent, femmes, ritchie, born, raised, united, states, currently, dual, citizen, australia, with, full, time, residence, australia, ritchie, performing, b. Brian Ritchie born November 21 1960 is an American musician best known as the bassist for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes Ritchie was born and raised in the United States and is currently a dual citizen of the U S and Australia with his full time residence in Australia 1 Brian RitchieRitchie performing at a benefit for Wayne Goodwin Sydney Australia August 2008Background informationBorn 1960 11 21 November 21 1960 age 63 Milwaukee Wisconsin USAGenresRock punk rock folk musicOccupation s Musician songwriterInstrument s Bass guitar shakuhachiLabelsThylacine Unhip Slash Warners Reprise Electra Rough Trade London At Day on the Meadow on July 2nd 2006 in San Jose CAIn addition to his bass playing Ritchie is proficient at the shakuhachi a Japanese bamboo flute He acquired a Jun Shihan shakuhachi teaching license in March 2003 from James Nyoraku Schlefer and his professional name is Tairaku big music in Japanese 2 Ritchie has released three solo albums in 1987 The Blend in 1989 Sonic Temple amp Court of Babylon and I See A Noise in 1990 In 2007 Ritchie produced and toured with the Italian punk folk band The Zen Circus which subsequently changed its name to The Zen Circus and Brian Ritchie The first international album of the band Villa Inferno was released in 2008 for the Italian record label Unhip Records In 2008 Ritchie and his wife Varuni Kulasekera moved to Hobart Tasmania Australia where he has guested in a band called The Green Mist 3 4 Ritchie does most of his work in DV David Vartanian Studios On Australia Day 2012 Ritchie and his wife were naturalised as Australian citizens 5 In 2009 he curated the first Mona Foma MoFo festival 6 in Hobart Tasmania Since 2009 he has curated Mona Foma every year At the 2012 MoFo he organised an impromptu performance of the entire Violent Femmes first album by a super band consisting of musicians playing at MoFo the Dresden Dolls Amanda Palmer vocals and Brian Viglione drums two musicians touring with PJ Harvey s band Mick Harvey guitar and John Parish and with Brian Ritchie himself on bass guitar and vibraphone In 2010 he toured as bassist with the Australian surf instrumental band called The Break composed of Midnight Oil members Rob Hirst Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey 7 Their debut album Church of the Open Sky was released on April 16 2010 on the independent label Bombora distributed by MGM In 2011 his home in Tasmania designed by architect Stuart Tanner was featured on the TV series Sandcastles 8 Discography edit1987 The Blend 1989 Sonic Temple amp Court of Babylon 1989 Sun Ra Man from Outer Space 1990 I See a Noise 2004 Shakuhachi Club NYC 2006 Ryoanji 2007 Taimu 2008 Villa Inferno with The Zen Circus 2010 Church of the Open Sky with The Break 2011 Tea Life with Silas Be Ritchie 2012 Tea Life 2 with Silas Be Ritchie 2013 Space Farm with The Break 2013 Tea Life 3 Teenage Strangler 12 vinyl split with Silas Be Ritchie References edit Femmes Brian Ritchie to become an Aussie onmilwaukee com Retrieved 10 May 2022 Biographies Brian Ritchie Bigappleshak com Archived from the original on 21 July 2011 Retrieved 21 July 2011 Violent Femmes Brian Ritchie moves to Australia on Fasterlouder com au 27 June 2006 Archived from the original on 21 March 2012 Retrieved 21 July 2011 Otterman Sharon 29 July 2007 Tasmania Goes Boutique Nice and Slow The New York Times Retrieved 2 September 2011 Darby Andrew 27 January 2012 Tasmania more fun than blisters in the sun The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 17 July 2013 1 dead link The Surf Instrumental Will Never Be The Same The Break Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 Retrieved 21 July 2011 Episode 05 Sandcastles Sandcastlestv com 19 April 2012 Archived from the original on 10 July 2013 Retrieved 17 June 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brian Ritchie amp oldid 1176736141, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
