- ABOUT US -
Etienne Blachon
Etienne Blachon, 22, is a music teacher from Grenoble, FR. He started music at the age of 3, and grew passion for it, leading him to now teach it to pupils. First a classical musician (he started playing the clarinet at 5), he softly transited to punk rock music around 12, when he decided to learn the electric bass, and later again, electric guitar. During teenage days, his favourite music styles were metalcore and djent, two music styles that he continues to produce on solo/duo projects (South City FR/LA - Bloom). During his college years, he studied sound engineering at Grenoble's conservatory, FR, which allowed him to record, mix and master all Brothers' albums. Now open to every music styles (metalcore, classical, but also jazz, rap, electro...), he draws in all those styles to combine them with Hugo's to create those eclectics cinematographic albums.
Hugo Caumon
Hugo Caumon, 24, is a biology teacher from Lyon, FR. He started music at the age of 8, as he began to learn the piano with individual teachers. At 14, after two years in conservatory, he chose to leave musical theory aside, and focused on developing his piano skills, learning and playing mainly film music. First a fan of punk rock music, he fell into "good" pop in his teenage days. As years passed, he enlarged his musical repertoire, discovering more mature styles, such as progressive rock, soul and jazz. In the same time, he began to sing while playing the piano. A few years after, Etienne taught him back advanced music theory, which helped a lot in the composition of Brothers songs. Now open to every music styles (pop, classical, but also jazz, rap, electro...), he draws in all those styles to combine them with Etienne's to create those eclectics cinematographic albums.
The Brothers project
Brothers is our musical duo. The origin of this name is rather simple : we know each other since we were born, as our mothers were friends and colleagues. Our relationship with music changed as we grew up, and our tastes drifted away. Nevertheless, we managed to create a special musical style, which is a fusion of what we both like. Our music is hard to describe, as it includes influences from various horizons, and it is different in every album we make.
Still, our three albums share a common point : they are all destined to put the listener in a particular universe, a particular atmosphere, and to tell him/her a story through the music. Hugo is usually the one that comes up with an idea : an album and track titles, a world, a story. Then, Etienne channels the excess of ideas, to build something coherent and musically feasible.
From this basis, we begin to compose : we both bring our ideas, brainstorm, and craft little by little a particular sound that represent each title of the tracklist. The recording is parallel to the composition.
Hugo is the main clavierist of the group, and is the one who plays the piano and the synthetisers. He is the lyricist, and also sings and does vocal harmonies.
Adding to that, he designs the artworks associated to the album, picking pictures which reflect the tracks of the album.
Etienne plays the electric guitar, electric bass, clarinet, and programs the drums. He also sings and does vocal harmonies.
He takes care of the album production (recording, mixing and mastering), and produces our Youtube videos.