Dan Brenner
Dan Brenner (born Daniel Abraham Brenner, December 19, 1963) is an American composer, musician, and psychiatrist. Brenner was a member of the band Magnet, with
Moe Tucker (former drummer in the
Velvet Underground) in the late 1990s, and of the rap/performance-art band [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Razor+Magnet/a/albums.htm Razor Magnet] with his brother, filmmaker Evan Brenner from 1985-1988. He was a member of the Boston bands Green Fuse and Gunga Din in the early 1990s, and prior to that, while a student at
Harvard College, The Love Monsters. Brenner has written the scores for three feature films, including ''Rhythm Thief'' (Special Jury Prize at
Sundance Film Festival, 1995), ''Spare Me'' (''Priz Tournage'' winner Avignon Film Festival, 1993), and ''The Riddle'' (a.k.a. ''Sasha’s Riddle'', winner Long Island Film Festival, 2010, official selection
Toronto Film Festival 1997). Brenner also co-wrote the script for ''The Riddle'', for which he was awarded the 2010 Mario Puzo Screenplay Award. Some of Brenner's film composition is credited as "Danny Brenner." He was as Producer on the Foggy Notion CD ''Mission''.
In 2011, Brenner released a solo CD, ''Little Dark Angel'', produced by 12-time
Grammy Winner Jay Newland. ''Little Dark Angel'' featured
Larry Campbell (guitar, pedal steel, banjo, fiddle, mandolin), Will Lee (bass),
Shawn Pelton (drums), Brian Mitchell (keyboard, harmonica, and accordion), and former
Morphine member
Dana Colley (saxophone, bass clarinet). In 2016, Brenner released ''Tough'', also produced by Jay Newland. ''Tough'' featured Dan Reiser (drums and percussion), Entcho Todorow (violin), Zev Katz (electric and acoustic bass), Adam Levy (acoustic, electric, baritone guitar),
Dana Colley (clarinet), Glenn Patscha (piano, organ, accordion, harmonium, pump organ, backing vocals) Steve Williams: (additional percussion), Sherrod Barnes (guitar)
Jay Newland (baritone guitar) and
Dave Eggar (cello).
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