Boom Bip - History

History

Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Bryan Hollon has relocated to the city of Los Angeles, California. His career began as a DJ on WAIF in Cincinnati. He also DJed at a small club Ripley's hosting an evening of jazz, hip hop and electronic music. He soon hooked up with New York producer DJ Osiris and Robert Curcio to produce The Low End Sequence EP, named after his evening at Ripley's. Not long after that, Boom Bip met rapper Doseone in the local clubs and open mic nights. They released the collaborative album Circle on Mush Records in 2000. It grabbed the attention of John Peel (who heralded Boom Bip as a "modern day Captain Beefheart" after his first Peel Session) and Gilles Peterson in the UK. Soon they were a name in the British underground hip hop and electronic scene.

The attention eventually led to Tom Brown of Warp Records, asking Boom Bip to complete his first solo album for Lex Records. The album Seed to Sun was released in 2002. It features Buck 65 and Doseone on vocals. Boom Bip was invited back to record a second Peel Session, which was ultimately included on his next album, a remix compendium entitled Corymb (2004). The album also included a string of remixes by his contemporaries, including Boards of Canada, Mogwai and Four Tet.

Boom Bip then moved to Silver Lake, Los Angeles in order to work on his second solo album Blue Eyed in the Red Room (2005). The album features Gruff Rhys and Nina Nastasia on vocals. Concerning the album, Boom Bip said, "This album was started on a clean slate, in a new place, with new inspiration You can hear that in the songs, the fear, excitement, loneliness and comfort that I've felt for the past year. With Seed To Sun I was in a rut and a lot of dreaming and sadness were expressed in that album."

In 2007, Boom Bip formed the duo Neon Neon with Gruff Rhys. Their debut single "Trick for Treat" was released in 2007. Their first album Stainless Style was released on Lex Records in 2008.

In 2011, Boom Bip released the third solo album Zig Zaj on Lex Records. The album features collaborations with Josh Klinghoffer, Alex Kapranos, Cate Le Bon, Money Mark among others.