Artists: Brendan Murray

Active since ten years into avant-garde/experimental scene with studio recordings, live sets, compositions for films, Brendan Murray is an artist (actually living in Somerville, Massachusetts) who deals primarily with electronics, analog instruments and digitally processed sounds.
Sedimental, Intransitive and 23five are some labels which have published his works; Howard Stelzer, Richard Garet, Seth Nehil are some musicians who collaborate(d) with him.
The entire Brendan's work is guided by a meticulous attention to details and focused on the concept of repetition.
To this purpose, he makes a large use of drone-based structures and iterative patterns.
An approach accentuated (more than in the past) in “Commonwealth”, a 49 minutes hypnotic piece (released this year) built on guitar and organ digitally manipulated, which cross-refers to the best tradition of minimalism.

Discography:

Not Now
















Label: ::create.transmit.records::
Cat. #: CTCD002
Format: CD
Release date: 2001

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Garden

Label: Kissy Records
Cat. #:
Format: 3" CD-R
Release date: 2002

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Animation
















Label: Naninani Recordings
Cat. #: nrec006
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2004

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Resting Places
















Label: Sedimental
Cat. #: SED CD 039
Format: CD
Release date: 2005

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Everybody Wants The Tide
















Label: Audiobot
Cat. #: BOT 183
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2006

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Ocean Of Dirt, Mountain Of Steam
















Label: Gameboy
Cat. #: GB87
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2006

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Wonders Never Cease
















Label: Intransitive Recordings
Cat. #: INT027
Format: CD
Release date: 2006

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Due Locations
















Label: Long Long Chaney
Cat. #: LLC022
Format: Cassette, C34
Release date: 2007

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Scared In My Heart
















Label: Twonicorn
Cat. #: thu 020 cs
Format: Cassette, C42
Release date: 2007

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Sillage
















(w/ Seth Nehil)

Label: Sedimental
Cat. #: SED CD 049
Format: CD
Release date: 2007

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Commonwealth
















Label: 23five
Cat. #: 23five 013
Format: CD
Release date: 2008

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Of Distance
















w/ Richard Garet
Label: Unframed
Cat. #: UFCD2
Format: CD
Release date: 2009

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Live Free Or Die

















Label: 23five
Cat. #: --
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2009
Notes: limited edition of 50 copies

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Sentimental Gentlemen

















w/ Mike Shiflet

Label: Sentient Recognition Archive
Cat. #: SRA020
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2009
Notes: limited edition of 150 copies

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Brendan Murray

















Label: Students Of Decay
Cat. #: SOD-19
Format: CD
Release date: 2009
Notes: limited edition of 500 copies

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The Cold Piano

















Label: Students Of Decay
Cat. #: SOD-50
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2009
Notes: bonus CD-R of SOD-19, limited edition of 100 copies

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Split

















w/ Perispirit

Label: Razors And Medicine, Semata Productions
Cat. #: R&M 25, SEM-010
Format: LP
Release date: 03/2010
Notes: limited edition of 250 copies

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Untitled

















w/ Perispirit

Label: Semata Productions
Cat. #: SEM-013
Format: Cassette, C22
Release date: 04/2010
Notes: limited edition of 100 copies

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Inveterate

















Label: Arbor
Cat. #: ARBOR 132
Format: Cassette, C90
Release date: 11/2010
Notes: limited edition of 150 copies

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All The Little Three Inch CDRs Are Dancin' In Heaven, My Dear

















Label: Tulip
Cat. #: Tul013
Format: Cassette, C30
Release date: 2011

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Connector

















w/ Howard Stelzer

Label: Helen Scarsdale Agency
Cat. #: HMS045
Format: Cassette
Release date: 11/2017
Notes:

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Commuter

















w/ Howard Stelzer

Label: Humanhood Recordings
Cat. #: HHR45
Format: Cassette
Release date: 01/2019
Notes:

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Appears on:

VV.AA. - Variious
















Label: Intransitive Recordings
Cat. #: INT013
Format: 2xCD
Release date: 2000

Track: The Social Life Of Small Urban Spaces (w/ Howard Stelzer)

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As Twin:

Theater/Theatre
















(w/ Howard Stelzer, Jason Talbot)

Label: Aesova
Cat. #: 00010001
Format: CD-R
Release date: 2001

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As The Please:


Breakfast

(w/ Linda Aubry, Mike Bullock)

Label: Chewtoy/Chloë Recordings
Cat. #:
Format: 3" CD-R
Release date: 2004

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Soundtracks:

Human Heart Explodes
















(w/ Katt Hernandez, Mike Bullock, Vic Rawlings)

Director: Helder Mira
Writer: Matt Orefice
Run Time: 90 minutes
Release date: 2006

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Links:
Brendan Murray (website) (blog)
23five

Labels: 23five Inc.

from 23five Inc. website:

23five Incorporated is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and increased awareness of sound works in the public arena, and to the support and education of artists working with and discussing the medium of sound.
23five was founded in 1993, and secured federal 501(c)(3) status in 1995. We define sound works as: artistic endeavors that are primarily concerned with the use of sound, but fall outside of what is normally considered "music." This includes but is not limited to: recordings, radio transmissions, performances, installations, sound sculpture, site specific public art, and new media arts.

Current Members: Randy H.Y. Yau, Jim Haynes, Loren Chasse, Maria Jenerik
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Area: Experimental, Noise, Field Recordings
Links: http://www.23five.org

Catalogue:

Cat. #	Artist	Title	Format
23five 001	VV.AA.	Interference	(CD)
23five 002	Michael Gendreau	55 Pas De La Ligne Au No. 3	(CD)
23five 003	Tetsuo Furudate + Zbigniew Karkowski	World As Will II	(CD)
23five 004	Coelacanth	The Glass Sponge	(CD)
23five 005	Gum	Vinyl Anthology	(2xCD)
23five 006	John Bischoff	Aperture	(CD)
23five 007	Francisco López	Live In San Francisco	(CD)
23five 008	John Duncan & Carl Michael von Hausswolff	Our Telluric Conversation	(CD)
23five 009	Jean-Francois Laporte	Soundmatters	(CD)
23five 010	Tarab	Wind Keeps Even Dust Away	(CD)
23five 011	Tim Catlin	Radio Ghost	(CD)
23five 012	Chop Shop	Oxide	(CD)
23five 013	Brendan Murray	Commonwealth	(CD)
23five 014	Tarab	Take All The Ships From The Harbour, And Sail Them Straight Into Hell	(CD)
23five 015	Jason Kahn	Vanishing Point	(CD)
23five 016	Richard Garet	Areal	(CD)
23five 017 23five 018 23five 019	Helmut Schäfer  G*Park Tarab	Thought Provoking III Sub I'm Lost	(CD) (2xCD) (CD)
23F/SFM 901	VV.AA.	Ju-Jikan: 10 Hours Of Sound From Japan	(2xCD)
23F/SFM 902	VV.AA.	Variable Resistance: 10 Hours Of Sound From Australia	(CD)
23F/SFM 903	VV.AA.	33 RPM: 10 Hours Of Sound From France	(CD)
none	VV.AA.	Activating The Medium: 01.26.07	(2xCD-R, Ltd)
none	VV.AA.	Activating The Medium: 01.27.07	(2xCD-R, Ltd)
none	VV.AA.	Surface Tension: The Probematics Of Site	(CD + book)
none	Brendan Murray	Live Free Or Die	(CD-R)

Tim Catlin - Radio Ghosts

from Vital Weekly # 579:

...something similar we can say of Tim Catlin's Radio Ghosts. He's also from down there [Australia] and the only time his name popped in Vital Weekly (388) was when we discussed his Slow Twitch CD on Dr Jim's Records (which is really run by a doctor). Much water has passed under the bridge, and here is the second CD by Catlin (that we know of).
Catlin plays his guitars by using objects to get resonating sounds out of the strings. Small motor devices such as ventilators and e-bows are placed in such a way that overtones occur. Glenn Branca used a real ensemble to create this, Remko Scha ropes and wires and Keith Rowe already the ventilator.
What Catlin does is hardly to be called 'new', and the review of his previous CD ended with the suggestion that he should find new ways to create his music and not stick around with this, so perhaps it's a pity that he did stick around this sound. He could easily produce another ten or so of these kind of works, but it would be good to see some progression. Four or so years would be enough to get something moving, I'd say.
But as such this CD is quite nice. The pieces he plays are done nice and executed with style and a keen ear for subtle changes. So in that aspect there is no let down.

(Frans de Waard)

Label: 23five
Cat. #: 23five011
Format: CD
Release date: 2007

Tracklisting:
01 - Hysterisis (07:37)
02 - Zumbido (10:22)
03 - Black Magnet (05:50)
04 - Radio Ghosts (06:00)
05 - Everything Must Go (06:48)
06 - Mirage (12:02)

Links:
23five