Brainville is a collaboration between Shimmy Disc founder
Kramer and three of the legends of Canterbury rock,
Gong founder
Daevid Allen,
Soft Machine bassist
Hugh Hopper, and
Pip Pyle, who drummed for
Gong,
Hatfield and the North, and
National Health. Despite three of the musicians having made their names during the psychedelic and progressive rock eras, the band's music has a contemporary sound.
Kramer collaborated with both
Allen and
Hopper on two albums each and so it was only a matter of time before he collaborated with both at once. The most logical choice of drummer would then be Pyle, who has played frequently with
Allen and
Hopper over the last three decades. ~ Jim Powers