Name: Bram Faber
Age: 20
Hometown and Current residence:
Amstelveen, just beneath Amsterdam, Netherlands - still living there.
Affiliations (besides DubNoir, of course):
Down South Music, Brickhouse Records, Prompt Digital, Jack Union, Urban Torque.
City or cities you wish to claim (if different from above):
Amsterdam, obviously!
Please list a few key words (at least three, the more the better) that describe your sound.
Soulful, jacking, deep, extatic, eager.
Please list some of the recent and current projects in the studio.
Constantly working on new original material, among others in co-operation with René van Munster, and with fellow Amsterdam resident Robert Boogert.
What does your sound specifically bring to the identity of the DubNoir Label?
A sound that tries to recover the soulful and deep house sound that dominated the 90's, and actualize it to 2010 standards.
Career highlights you want to include;
Playing the Sugar Factory in Amsterdam, together with René van Munster and Hystereo!
Future projects/releases you wish to highlight.
Something Real EP and remixes on Urban Torque, Outside EP on Jack Union, contest-winning remix for Crookers on Man Recordings, and remixes for DJ Discrete, Hystereo, Nic Sarno and many others.
Please include discography and remixes you have done below;
Originals:
2007 Bootlickers (with René van Munster) - Fistfunk EP [Down South Music]
2008 Hold You Here EP (+ Oliver $ Remix) [Brickhouse Records]
2008 Nascosto [Down South Music]
2009 Rubikon EP [Prompt Digital]
2009 Inner Time EP [Jack Union]
2009 Grande Jatte (+Robert Boogert, Steve Gerrard Remixes) [Electric Sushi]
Remixes:
2007 DJ DLG – Paramount (Brabe Remix) [Huge Records]
2007 Alternative Reality - New Nation (Brabe Remix) [Prompt Digital]
2008 Lex Da Funk - All About U (Brabe Remix) [Prompt Digital]
2008 SUPABEATZ - All I Want (Brabe Remix) [Hypotron Records] 2008 Robert Boogert - The Blizz (Brabe Dub) [Hypotron Records]
2008 David Ekenbäck feat. Cherry - Nairu (Brabe Remix) [Trunk Funk]
2009 Malente - Bring That Lead Back (Brabe Remix) [Southern Fried]
2009 Whole Sick - Whu Dem (Brabe Dub Mix) [Electric Sushi]
2009 Kitch 'n Sync - Sweet Sensation (Brabe Remix) [Down South Music]
Bio
Bram Faber aka Brabe (1989) grew up in a musical family, with both parents being classical musicians. Aged five he started to play violin, at ten he took lessons in trumpet and piano as well, and at thirteen he switched from violin to viola. At present he plays viola in various classical orchestras, and from time to time he jams out with friends on trumpet and piano. Being raised with classical music, Brabe couldn't care less about house music at first; it wasn't until his sixteenth that he started to get interested in house music, when he casually heard to some Dave Taylor and Jesse Rose tunes on the radio. He got hooked and started listening more and more house music, incidentally infecting good friend René van Munster, with whom he played in a classical orchestra, with his house fever. René van Munster had started to produce, and encouraged Brabe to do the same thing. Aged 17 they made their first EP together under the name Bootlickers, that was released on South-African Down South Music. Brabe's name got picked up quickly in the scene, soon releasing his first solo EP on German Brickhouse Records, with a remix by Oliver $. For the tracks Brabe made so far in his early career he received support from the likes of Crookers, Don Diablo, Malente, Kissy Sellout, Bart B More, HiJack and many others.
