Brendan Murray(III)
- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
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.