FREDDY
BROWNE
BY JENNA BAGCAL
Long Island City may be the next
up and coming music hub, thanks to
one man.
Freddy Browne, a recording artist,
composer, producer and DJ from Long
Island City is coming out with a new
single and album that he said is inspired
by the Queens neighborhood. "Kiss the
Sun" featuring vocalist YOBi is slated
to come out June 29, and Browne said
the entire album called The LIC will
be released in July 2018 under the
music company SOON recordings/The
Orchard/Sony Music.
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"I realized that nobody has ever claimed
Long Island City for music. People claimed
Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island,
Queens, Queensbridge, but nobody's
ever said Long Island City," said Browne.
Prior to working on The LIC album,
Browne said that he was working on a
record called OWTA, which stood for
One World to Another. He said that the
concept of the album was to connect
the world through music. Eventually, he
realized that he wanted to go in a different
direction with the entire project.
"Then it hit me like a ton of bricks;
that's why I came here. I realized when
I moved here I didn't know anybody, not
Photos courtesy of Freddy Browne
Music
AND THE LIC
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