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Biography
About|the group of musicians|the four American actors|Baldwin brothers (disambiguation)Infobox musical artist | name = The Baldwin Brothers| image = The_Baldwin_Brothers.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Chicago , Illinois | genre = Electronica , jazz , pop music | years_active = 1983& ndash;present| label = The Orchard TVT Records| associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Jason Hinkle TJ Widner Dan Gottesman Oren Kopperl| past_members = Jimmy Deer J.B. Royal Zebulun| notable_instruments = The Baldwin Brothers are a Chicago -based lounge/electronica duo composed of Jason Hinkle and TJ Widner . The two met in junior-high school and have been composing electronic dance, pop and jazz music since 1983. The band signed with TVT Records in 2001 and are now represented by The Orchard (music label) http://www.theorchard.com/dist/artistPage.php? artist_id=119565 after their buyout of TVT's music catalog. Their first full album, Cooking With Lasers was produced by Dave Trumfio and The Baldwin Brothers and was released in 2002. The track "Funky Junkyard" was featured in Warren Miller (director)|Warren Miller 's 2002 feature "Storm." http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1486021/ "Urban Tumbleweed", released on Cooking With Lasers , was featured in the video game Amplitude (game)|Amplitude for PlayStation 2 . http://www.us.playstation.com/News/PressReleases/77 An early version of the song "The Bionic Jam" was also used in the PS2 game ATV Offroad Fury 2 under the title "8 Cylinder Jam". http://ps2.ign.com/articles/374/374621p1.html Their single "Dream Girl" features guest vocals by Miho Hatori (of Cibo Matto ) and was featured on a CD produced & distributed by American Eagle Outfitters . The song "Ether" features guest vocals by Geri Soriano-Lightwood of Supreme Beings of Leisure .
Their second album, Return of the Golden Rhodes , was released on October 10, 2006. The album was also produced by Dave Trumfio and The Baldwin Brothers and includes musical contributions from Mark Lanegan , Sarai (rapper) , Justin Porée of Ozomatli , Lisa Kekaula , David Randall (AKA The Wrekked Train) of Lo Fidelity Allstars and Julio Davis of The J. Davis Trio .
Discography
Albums
Two Soft Spoken Geniuses (1986) (limited release, audio-cassette only)
Cooking with Lasers (2002)
Return of the Golden Rhodes (2006)
Other
1000 Years of Hits (2000) - live promo
TVT 3381 (2001) - promo
Funk Shui EP (2001) - EP
Dream Girl (2002) - Single
References
External links
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p521675/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic Bio
Allmusic|class=album|id=r583496|pure_url=yes Allmusic Review of Cooking With Lasers
Allmusic|class=album|id=r861155|pure_url=yes Allmusic Review of Return of The Golden Rhodes
http://www.mixmatters.com/featured_record/baldwin_brothers/baldwin_brothers.html Baldwin Brothers article on MixMatters
http://www.popmatters.com/music/features/best2002-hermann.shtml Review of Cooking With Lasers at Pop Matters
http://books.google.co.uk/books? id=8SkEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA16& lpg=PA16& dq=%22baldwin+brothers%22+hinkle& source=bl& ots=6VDci6kF8i& sig=-CircncUt3qii16KyLtbweUmaSo& hl=en& ei=eFIhS5qpDtGw4QbdvcDkCQ& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=10& ved=0CB4Q6AEwCTg8#v=onepage& q=%22baldwin%20brothers%22%20hinkle& f=false Baldwin Brothers article in CMJ New Music Monthly
http://media.www.dennews.com/media/storage/paper309/news/2004/10/14/TheVerge/Taking.The.Stage.In.A.Unique.Way-752950.shtml Interview in Daily Eastern News
http://www.baldwinstyle.com/ Baldwin Style - Official Website
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