Brassland | a film about Buke & Gase

Released on May 9, 2023
HWY-090
DVD, Digital

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Featured Collaborators

DN RES

Arone Dyer

Songs

Revel In Contempt (Live)
Sleep Gets Your Ghost (Live)
Hiccup (Live)
Hard Times (Live)
Scholars (Live)
Split Like a Lip, No Blood on the Beard (Live)
Derby (Live)
Typo (Live)
Bottom of the Barolo (Live)
Grips (Live)
Potion (Live)
How Far (Live)
Tending the Talk (Live)
Run For You (Live)

Notes

The film is currently available on to on Prime Video (free to Amazon Prime members) in the United States — link — as well as on the ad-supported Tubi app/site in various territories — link. More American viewers may be able to find it as a video-on-demand rental on platforms such as Apple TV / iTunes, Amazon Video, Vimeo, and the Google Play store — link.

For news of other screenings, keep an eye on Buke and Gase's Bandcamp message feed or join their email list or follow their social media.

Synopsis: In 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when tours were cancelled and all live music went silent, one band refused to stay quiet. This is that concert. The musical duo Buke and Gase performs a complete live concert in the eerily empty, famed arts and musical hall Basilica Hudson. In between the genre-bending performances that make up the concert portions, the film examines the design and creation of their handmade instruments, a six-string former-baritone ukulele (the “Buke”) and a hybrid guitar-bass (the “Gase”) as well as the inspirations behind the songs and lyrics. The film contains both a full set from Buke and Gase made up of their favorite songs from their back catalog and unreleased material, as well as insights from Aaron Dessner (The National), Melissa Auf der Mar (The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole), Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders), Laurie Anderson (artist/musician), Jad Abumrad (Radiolab), Alec Hanley Bemis (Brassland), Owen Pallett (musician/film composer), Jonny Dovercourt (writer/researcher/presenter) and many more.