The Baldwin Brothers
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| The Baldwin Brothers | |
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| Origin | Chicago, Illinois |
| Genre(s) | Electronica, Jazz, Pop music |
| Years active | 1983 – present |
| Label(s) | TVT |
| Members | |
| Jason Hinkle TJ Widner |
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The Baldwin Brothers are a Chicago-based electronica duo comprised of Jason Hinkle and TJ Widner. The two have been composing electronic dance, pop and jazz music since 1983. They released their first full album, Cooking With Lasers in 2002. The song "Urban Tumbleweed", released on Cooking With Lasers, was featured in the video game Amplitude for PlayStation 2. An early version of the song "The Bionic Jam" was also used in the PS2 game ATV Offroad Fury under the title "8 Cylinder Jam". Their single "Dream Girl" was featured on a CD produced & distributed by American Eagle Outfitters.
Their second album, Return of the Golden Rhodes, was released on October 10, 2006. The album was 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.
Jason Hinkle is an original owner of a Drum Buddy electronic synthesizer which the Baldwin Brothers use in live performances. [1]
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Two Soft Spoken Geniuses (1986) (limited release, audio-cassette only)
- Cooking with Lasers (2002)
- Return of the Golden Rhodes (2006)
[edit] Other
- 1000 Years of Hits (2000) - live promo
- TVT 3381 (2001) - promo
- Funk Shui EP (2001) - EP
- Dream Girl (2002) - Single
