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For me, music has always been a journey—an evolution shaped by moments, sounds, and memories across genres and cities. In this special feature, I got to sit down with Arpy Brown (formerly known as Athlete Whippet), whose life between Berlin and London has profoundly influenced his musical journey. From the early hip hop beats of DMX to the timeless indie energy of David Bowie, Arpy’s path is woven with iconic sounds and personal stories. His latest release, But I Miss You Everyday, encapsulates that journey with incredible depth and nostalgia. Let’s dive into the ten tracks that have shaped Arpy Brown into the artist he is today.
I would be lying if I said this hasn’t been part of my journey…. It was the first record I ever owned when my parents gave it to me for my 5th birthday. I also went into a hair dresser a couple weeks later with a picture of one of them asking to get the same hair cut.
The first genre I found a really active interest in was probably hip hop. When me and my friends were around 8, we’d sit in front of the radio after school every day recording songs we liked on tape and then passed those around so everybody could build their collection. DMX was my first concert I went to in Berlin when I was around 11. My poor mom had to come with me. DMX came on stage with lots of Pitbulls!
He was probably the pinnacle of my hip hop heroes. I adored that man and obviously was a firm believer of the rumours that he wasn’t actually dead. What still makes me love to this day is when I painted his famous THUG LIFE tattoo across my belly when I was around 12.
They were the ones that took me from hip hop to rock which was a blessing for me because I already started playing the guitar and this made me be able to play what I love listening to and reaaaaally started to get me into making music. I was also lucky enough to be around for one of their reunion gigs (think it was around 2006). It was PEAK energy.
YES – I admit it, I did have a glam rock phase as a teenager. This song was giving me LIFE back then as a guitarist.
This was probably around 18 when I really got into David Bowie. I was living in Berlin at the time and this song was always particularly special to me because it’s about two lovers in Berlin separated by the wall (obviously long before my time). Still to this day probably my all-time idol.
This was one of my gateways into electronic music at the time. I think I could identify because like me back then, they were so obviously from a rock background and they made music that was so different to anything I’d ever heard of before back then. And so accessible!
Max was probably the one that got me into house music. I think that was always his thing back then – making dance music that also speaks to people that aren’t usually into that and being a real access point to the genre for newbies.
This song changed a lot for me as it was the first song I signed to Toy Tonics which had a big impact on my career, made me part of a community of likeminded musicians who I love, and sent me on tour across Europe and beyond ever since. The song (and EP) was called Vesta after the road where me and Avi (who I did Athlete Whippet with at the time – what later turned into Arpy Brown) lived and had our home studio in the living room in.
I guess this is the latest in terms of where the whole musical journey has taken me… this is one of the cuts from my new EP ‘But I Miss You Everyday’. For me, the whole EP is a true representation of my personal journey as a music lover and practicing musician across many different genres in the sense that it combines my past of playing and singing in bands with my present of being a producer and DJ.
A huge thank you to Arpy Brown for sharing his story and insights with us. Each track he mentioned paints a part of his journey, from the early days of Backstreet Boys to his recent creative chapter in But I Miss You Everyday. Be sure to check out his new EP and experience the blend of Berlin and London that defines his sound. Don’t miss it, give it a listen and let it take you on your own journey!
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