Bran Van 3000

Bran Van 3000 (also known as Bran Van and BV3) is an electronica collective from Montreal, Canada. It was founded by the DJ James Di Salvio, collaborating on a number of songs with Stéphane Moraille, Sara Johnston, Steve "Liquid" Hawley, Jayne Hill, Québécois rock star Jean Leloup and other musicians. Bran Van 3000 released their first single, "Drinking in L.A.", in February of 1997 in Canada, on Audiogram Records. In April of the same year, the ... more

Bran Van 3000 (also known as Bran Van and BV3) is an electronica collective from Montreal, Canada. It was founded by the DJ James Di Salvio, collaborating on a number of songs with Stéphane Moraille, Sara Johnston, Steve "Liquid" Hawley, Jayne Hill, Québécois rock star Jean Leloup and other musicians. Bran Van 3000 released their first single, "Drinking in L.A.", in February of 1997 in Canada, on Audiogram Records. In April of the same year, the band released their first album, called Glee. It contained 17 tracks, one of them entirely in French. The song "Everywhere" from the album was featured on the soundtrack to the film Practical Magic. The record went gold in 1998 and won a Juno Award for best alternative album. "Drinking in L.A." also appears in the soundtrack to the film Playing by Heart. In March 1998, Glee was released internationally with significant edits: the international version has 19 tracks; "Ceci n'est pas une chanson" became an instrumental simply called "Une chanson... less