Boom Bip

Bryan Charles Hollon (born June 22, 1974), better known by his stage name Boom Bip, is an American record producer and musician. He is one half of Neon Neon along with Gruff Rhys. He is based in Los Angeles, California.
Boom Bip started his career as a DJ while attending college in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1998, he released a collaborative EP with DJ Osiris, titled The Low End Sequence EP, on Mush Records. In 2000, he released a collaborative album with Doseone, titled Circle, on Mush Records. Boom Bip's debut solo studio album, Seed to Sun, was released on Lex Records in 2002. It featured guest appearances from Buck 65 and Doseone. In 2004, Boom Bip released a compilation album, Corymb, which included remixes by Boards of Canada, Venetian Snares, Clouddead, Lali Puna, Four Tet, and Mogwai, B-side tracks, and tracks from Peel Session.
Having moved to Silver Lake, Los Angeles, Boom Bip released his second solo studio album, Blue Eyed in the Red Room, on Lex Records in 2005. It featured guest appearances from Gruff Rhys and Nina Nastasia. In 2007, he released an EP, Sacchrilege. In 2011, Boom Bip released his third solo studio album, Zig Zaj, on Lex Records. It featured collaborations with Money Mark, Jenny Lee Lindberg, Josh Klinghoffer, Mike Noyce, Cate Le Bon, and Alex Kapranos. In 2013, he released a collaborative EP with Charlie White, titled Music for Sleeping Children.
==Links to Peel==
Peel was impressed by Boom Bip's debut album, Circle, that he nominated it as one of his albums for May 2002 (Peel's Record Box). After Boom's first session, Peel described him as a modern day Captain Beefheart. Boom's Seed To Sun album was also nominated by Peel as one of his albums for September 2002 (Peel's Record Box).
==Festive Fifty Entries==
*2002 Festive Fifty: Mannequin Trapdoor (featuring Doseone) #32
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded live from Maida Vale with Doseone: 2002-07-17. First Broadcast: 17 July 2002
*Square / Dead Man's Teal / Me And People / Accapella / Birdcatcher's Return / Birdcatchers Oath / Danger Will Robinson
2. Recorded: 2003-03-06. First Broadcast: 01 April 2003
*U R Here / From Left To Right / Last Walk Around Mirror Lake / Pulse All Over
==Other Shows Played==
;2002
*08 May 2002 (& Dose One): 'Open/The Bird Catcher/Square/Dead Man's Teal ' (LP 'Circle') Leaf
*09 May 2002 (& Dose One): Re: The Rarity of Meaningful Experience (CD - Circle) Leaf
*09 May 2002 (& Dose One): Directions to California (CD - Circle) Leaf
*09 May 2002 (& Dose One): The Lantern (CD - Circle) Leaf
*09 May 2002 (& Dose One): "Art Saved My Life" - 71 (CD - Circle) Leaf
*21 May 2002 (& Dose One): Ironish (LP – Circle) Mush
*28 May 2002 (& Dose One): Slight (LP – Circle) Leaf
*04 September 2002: Closed Shoulders (LP - Seed To Sun) Warp Music
*04 September 2002 (Radio Eins): Closed Shoulders (album - Seed To Sun)
*05 September 2002: Popsicle (LP - Seed To Sun) Warp Music
*17 September 2002: Roads To Roll (album - Seed To Sun) Lex
*25 September 2002: U R Here (LP - Seed To Sun) Warp Music
*26 September 2002 (Radio Eins): Roads Must Roll (album - Seed To Sun)
*10 October 2002 (featuring Doseone) : 'Mannequin Hand Trapdoor I Reminder (LP – Seed To Sun)' (Lex)
*26 December 2002 (featuring Doseone) : 'Mannequin Hand Trapdoor 1 Reminder (LP-Seed To Sun)' (Lex) FF #32
;2003
*01 July 2003: 'Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Boards Of Canada remix) (EP- From Left to Right)' (Lex)
*11 July 2003 (BBC World Service): 'Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Boards Of Canada remix) (EP- From Left to Right)' (Lex)
*July 2003 (FSK): 'Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Boards Of Canada remix) (EP- From Left to Right)' (Lex)
;2004
*23 June 2004: Morning And A Day (LP - Corymb) Lex
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists