Bay Area duo-turned-quartet Brian and Chris, percussionist/programmer, Brian Fraser and, guitarist/stringman, Chris Palmatier dabble in the so-called intelligent dance music of groundbreaking electronic artists like Mouse on Mars, Oval, and Boards of Canada, as well as those artists' American cousins, Midwestern pioneers like Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, and Labradford, who craft hybrid sounds influenced by electronic music, jazz, and movie soundtracks.

In this broad mode, Brian and Chris tend towards, cool washes of sound that unfold gradually into quietly lovely climaxes. These compositions feel minimal and restrained, even as the duo throws a variety of unexpected sounds at you: chattering percussion, a folky mandolin, an unspeakably sad cello, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, and almost funky electric piano complement the programmed beats, layered guitars, and spacey effects. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.