Brendan Murray(III)

Working with analog and digital instruments since 1998, Brendan Murray is concerned with making long form dense compositions of pure sound. Drones remain at the core of his work, with connections between the visceral and the elegant an aesthetic priority.. He has released 3 full-length cds of his work, as well as small "cdr" editions, and has played live throughout a good portion of the United States with plans to play in Europe in 2007. Current activities include a new song-based band with live instruments, a film score for a documentary on the Roma population of Macedonia, collaborative recordings with US sound artist Seth Nehil (as Sillage), a duet recording with Swiss guitarist Tomas Korber, a large scale audiovisual work with New York based multimedia artist Richard Garet and a new trio called Ouest with turntableist Jay Sullivan and longtime co-conspirator Howard Stelzer. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.