Miles Brown (musician)

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Miles Brown
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Background information
Born (1978-01-04) 4 January 1978 (age 45)
Origin Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Genres Electronic, progressive rock, synthwave, synthpop, experimental, industrial, film score
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, performer, producer, curator, sound artist
Instrument(s) Theremin, analogue synthesizer, electric bass, pipe organ, vocals, electronics
Years active1995–present
LabelsDeath Waltz Recording Company, Mondo, It Records, Twisted Nerve Australia, Homeless, Exo, Denovali Records, Trendkill, Seed Records, Unstable Ape Records, Nosferatunes
Website milesbrown.com.au

Miles Brown (born 4 January 1978) is an Australian theremin player, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, music curator and sound artist. Best known for his work with Australian instrumental electronic act The Night Terrors, Brown has also performed with Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Goblin, Black Mountain, Mick Harvey, Alexander Hacke, Danielle de Picciotto, Bardo Pond, Heirs and The Narcoleptor. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Biography

Brown was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and developed his practice in the experimental art rock scene of Melbourne. [9] He is a student of Russian theremin virtuosa Lydia Kavina, [9] the first cousin twice removed of Léon Theremin (the inventor of the instrument).

With his band The Night Terrors, Brown has explored the theremin as a lead instrument in an electronic progressive rock scenario. [10] The Night Terrors have released three albums: Back To Zero (2009), Spiral Vortex (2014) and Pavor Nocturnus: Composition for Grand Organ, Theremin, Electronics and Percussion (2014), three EPs: The Night Terrors (2002), Lightless (2003) and Monster / Lasers For Eyes (2012), and have toured Europe and Australia with Hawkwind, [11] Goblin, [12] Melt-Banana, [13] Serena-Maneesh and Black Mountain. [14] [15] The Night Terrors are often described as horror film soundtrack music. [16] [1] [17] [18] [19]

Brown has also worked extensively with Australian experimental industrial band Heirs, [1] touring Europe and Australia supporting Alcest, [20] Primordial [20] and Årabrot, [21] and contributing to the records Fowl (2010) and Hunter (2011). [22] [23]

In May 2014 Brown was commissioned by the City of Melbourne to compose an album of music for the Melbourne Town Hall's Grand pipe organ, [24] the largest grand romantic organ in the Southern Hemisphere. [25] Pavor Nocturnus: Composition for Grand Organ, Theremin, Electronics and Percussion was performed by The Night Terrors, recorded on Friday the 13th of July and launched on Halloween 31 October 2014. [26] The album was released by the label Twisted Nerve Australia, a joint imprint between Dual Planet and UK producer / music archivist Andy Votel. [26] A special edition was released by UK cult movie soundtrack label Death Waltz Recording Company [27] / Mondo, home to film composers such as John Carpenter, Goblin, Fabio Frizzi, Angelo Badalamenti, Steve Moore and Ennio Morricone. [28]

Miles Brown’s debut solo album Séance Fiction was released in December 2015 on Death Waltz and It Records in Australia. [29] His solo material explores the theremin and analogue synthesiser in the realms of dark wave, gothic disco and cosmic electronics. [30]

In 2019 Brown debuted The Narcoleptor - his new experimental collaboration with classical harpist and vocalist Mary Doumany. The Narcoleptor's debut EP was released that year on Nosferatunes Records. [31]

Brown's sophomore solo album The Gateway was released by Death Waltz in 2020 to celebrate with the 100th anniversary of the theremin. [32] The Gateway features a contemporary expansion of the classic theremin sound in the style of 'gothic sci-fi techno'. [33] Brown plays the Moog Etherwave Pro theremin employing both its familiar heterodyne voicing and controlling analogue synthesisers via CV.

In 2021 The Narcoleptor released their debut LP Transmogrification on Nosferatunes. The album explores the microtonal capacities of theremin, analogue electronics, post-Celtic lever harp and voice. [34]

Discography

Solo

The Night Terrors

The Narcoleptor

Studio Collaborations

Film Score

Live Score

Videos

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