Miles Brown (musician) explained

Miles Brown
Birth Date:1978 1, df=y
Origin:Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Genre:Electronic, progressive rock, synthwave, synthpop, experimental, industrial, film score
Occupation:Musician, composer, performer, producer, curator, sound artist
Instrument:Theremin, analogue synthesizer, electric bass, pipe organ, vocals, electronics
Years Active:1995–present
Label:Death Waltz Recording Company, Mondo, It Records, Twisted Nerve Australia, Homeless, Exo, Denovali Records, Trendkill, Seed Records, Unstable Ape Records, Nosferatunes
Associated Acts:The Night Terrors, The Narcoleptor, Heirs

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]

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, 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 four albums and have toured 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 with Australian experimental industrial band Heirs,[1] touring Europe and Australia supporting Alcest,[20] Primordial 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. A special edition was released by UK cult movie soundtrack label Death Waltz Recording Company[27] / Mondo[28]

Miles Brown’s debut solo album Séance Fiction was released in 2015 on Death Waltz and It Records.[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]

In 2023 The Night Terrors reunited to release their fourth album Hypnotica: Composition for Theremin and Electronic Music Synthesizer on Disdain Records. A departure from their previous work, this album focuses on the unique emotional capabilities of theremin in an ethereal electronic darkwave context.[35] [36]

Miles played theremin on the soundtrack to Australian supernatural horror film Late Night With The Devil (2023), written and directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes, starring David Dastmalchian.

Discography

Solo

The Night Terrors

The Narcoleptor

Studio Collaborations

Film Score

Live Score

Videos

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music News, Views And All The Latest From Junkee. Junkee. 29 August 2020. 22 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191122234315/https://junkee.com/category/music. live.
  2. Web site: Sydney Tapes: VIVID Festival: Noise Night. 1 June 2010. 29 August 2020. 24 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024224551/http://sydneytapes.blogspot.com/2010/06/vivid-festival-noise-night.html. live.
  3. Web site: Alcest. 31 October 2011. 29 August 2020. 25 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160625082020/http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/100445/alcest-2.htm. live.
  4. Web site: Black Mountain + The Night Terrors - Annandale Hotel (20.02.11). 21 February 2011. 29 August 2020. 22 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122131725/https://www.theaureview.com/music/black-mountain-the-night-terrors-annandale-hotel-20-02-11/. live.
  5. Web site: Goblin Metro Sydney 16 July 2013 - Synth Universe . 11 June 2016 . 1 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701053519/http://www.synthuniverse.com/goblin-metro-sydney-16-july-2013/ . dead .
  6. Web site: /. The Music. 29 August 2020. 8 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180508170656/http://themusic.com.au/music/livereviews/2017/01/09/bowie-in-berlin-enmore-theatre-ross-clelland/. live.
  7. Web site: Heraldsun.com.au | Subscribe to the Herald Sun for exclusive stories. www.heraldsun.com.au. 29 August 2020. 22 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122131735/https://bs.serving-sys.com/Serving?cn=ot&onetagid=6630&dispType=js&sync=0&sessionid=1072983404807287109&pageurl=$$https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fsubscribe%2Fnews%2F1%2F%3FsourceCode%3DHSWEB_WRE170_a%26dest%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%252Fnews%252Fnational%252Fdark-mofo-the-crossing%252Fimage-gallery%252Ff127d54de8bdfd59e01f4a3d8f1b8b9b%26memtype%3Danonymous%26mode%3Dpremium$$&activityValues=$$Session%3D7364430264312830722$$&ns=0&rnd=27232494424959497. live.
  8. Web site: D’Souza . Shaad . 2021-12-18 . The new funding model bringing life back to music . 2022-06-01 . The Saturday Paper . en.
  9. Web site: Miles Brown | Theremin Today - Терменвокс. 29 August 2020. 26 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190126020105/http://theremintimes.ru/miles-brown. live.
  10. Web site: Miles Brown: 'How about this great Australian theremin player?' Goblin, the Night Terrors and Séance Fiction: Interview by Tony Mitchell. 7 December 2015. Cyclic Defrost. 29 August 2020. 13 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200413111556/https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2015/12/miles-brown-how-about-this-great-australian-theremin-player-goblin-the-night-terrors-and-seance-fiction-interview-by-tony-mitchell/. live.
  11. Web site: Hawkwind (UK) Australian Tour 2011 - Hawkwind at Manning Bar, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW on 11 Mar 11. 29 August 2020. 25 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160625081844/http://www.liveguide.com.au/Tours/682126/Hawkwind_UK_Australian_Tour_2011. live.
  12. Web site: Goblin Return For 2013 Australian Tour Playing Horror Classics Live. 6 June 2013. 29 August 2020. 22 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122131725/https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/goblin-return-for-2013-australian-tour-playing-horror-classics-live/. live.
  13. Web site: Night Terror + Melt Banana, 09 oktober 2010, De Kreun | enola.be. Jurgen. Boel. 10 October 2010. 29 August 2020. 1 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901154122/https://www.enola.be/2010/10/10/night-terror-melt-banana-09-oktober-2010-de-kreun/. live.
  14. Web site: LIVE REVIEW: Black Mountain @ Annandale Hotel, Sydney (19/02/11). Doubtful. Sounds. 1 March 2011. 29 August 2020. 30 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170830192645/https://doubtfulsounds.net/2011/03/01/live-review-black-mountain-annandale-hotel-sydney-190211/. live.
  15. Web site: Black Mountain, Circolo degli Artisti, Roma - Live Report. OndaRock. 29 August 2020. 28 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128171415/https://www.ondarock.it/livereport/2010_blackmountain.htm. live.
  16. Web site: Night Music : The Seductive Sounds of Miles Brown. 23 April 2016. 29 August 2020. 22 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122131725/https://complexdistractions.blog/2016/04/23/night-music-the-seductive-sounds-of-miles-brown/. live.
  17. Web site: The Night Terrors – Pavor Nocturnus (Dual Planet). 25 October 2014. 29 August 2020. 22 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122131725/https://forestpunk.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/the-night-terrors-pavor-nocturnus-dual-planet/. live.
  18. Web site: The Night Terrors – Pavor Nocturnus LP (Twisted Nerve Australia). 10 October 2014. Cyclic Defrost. 29 August 2020. 1 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201201155431/https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2014/10/the-night-terrors-pavor-nocturnus-lp-twisted-nerve-australia/. live.
  19. Web site: Beat Magazine. Beat Magazine. 29 August 2020. 25 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200825060130/https://www.beat.com.au/. live.
  20. Web site: JOSÉ'S BANDS OF THE WEEK: THE NIGHT TERRORS / HEIRS. 3 November 2010. 29 August 2020. 25 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160925004051/http://www.terrorizer.com/news/features-2/jose-s-bands-of-the-week-the-night-terrors-heirs/. live.
  21. Web site: Arabrot :: Dynamo, 26.10.2010. usgang.ch. 29 August 2020. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918151850/http://zuerich.usgang.ch/eventdetail.php?eventid=423019. live.
  22. Web site: HEIRS INTERVIEW. 10 August 2010. 29 August 2020. 12 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812094217/http://www.thepostrock.de/heirs-interview/. live.
  23. Web site: post-rock.ro. www.post-rock.ro. 29 August 2020. 13 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913123100/http://www.post-rock.ro/heirs/. live.
  24. Web site: The Night Terrors Pavor Nocturnus Free Organ Performance. www.weekendnotes.com. 29 August 2020. 17 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190217013701/https://www.weekendnotes.com/the-night-terrors-pavor-nocturnus/. live.
  25. Web site: Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ, Attraction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia . 11 June 2016 . 6 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806134923/http://www.visitmelbourne.com/regions/Melbourne/Things-to-do/History-and-heritage/Melbourne-Town-Hall-Grand-Organ.aspx . live .
  26. Web site: The Night Terrors Play a Really Big Organ in a Really Big Room. 24 September 2014 . 11 June 2016. 24 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151024144012/http://noisey.vice.com/read/the-night-terrors-play-a-really-big-organ-in-a-really-big-room. live.
  27. Web site: The Night Terrors – Pavor Nocturnus – Mondo . 11 June 2016 . 12 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160812034459/http://mondotees.com/products/copy-of-prince-of-darkness-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-lp-reissue?variant=1088433611 . live .
  28. Web site: Death Waltz Recording Company. Discogs. 29 August 2020. 7 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200807181429/https://www.discogs.com/label/406649-Death-Waltz-Recording-Company. live.
  29. Web site: Summon the Power of 'Séance Fiction' with Miles Brown's Debut Solo Album. 2021-11-22. www.vice.com. 7 December 2015 . en. 22 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122131726/https://www.vice.com/en/article/vv8d3b/summon-the-power-of-sance-fiction-with-miles-browns-debut-solo-album. live.
  30. Web site: Rolling Stone Australia — Five for Friday: The 131's, Elizabeth Rose, Velcro, Hoodlum Shouts, Miles Brown . 11 June 2016 . 7 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807184453/http://rollingstoneaus.com/music/post/five-for-friday-the-131s-elizabeth-rose-velcro-hoodlum-shouts-miles-brown/3206-miles-brown-apparition . live .
  31. Web site: Watch the spooky debut of The Narcoleptor. 23 September 2019. Cyclic Defrost. 29 August 2020. 23 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923122307/https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2019/09/watch-the-spooky-debut-of-the-narcopletor/. live.
  32. Web site: It's A Good Time To Be Waving Your Hands Around In The Air - A Chat with Miles Brown. 30 October 2019. 29 August 2020. 22 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122131727/http://troublejuice.co/2019/10/30/its-a-good-time-to-be-waving-your-hands-around-in-the-air-a-chat-with-miles-brown/. live.
  33. Web site: 2020-08-13 . Miles Brown - The Gateway . 2022-06-01 . Echoes And Dust . en-US.
  34. Web site: 2021-06-16 . The Narcoleptor : "Dancing in a constantly warping haunted house." . 2022-06-01 . Cyclic Defrost . en-US.
  35. Web site: Murphy . Fiona . 2023-11-11 . The Night Terrors’ Hypnotica . 2024-05-10 . The Saturday Paper . en.
  36. Web site: Teeple . Alice . 2023-10-10 . The Night Terrors Raise The Theremin to New Emotional Heights in Their Video for "Levitation" . 2024-05-10 . Post-Punk.com . en-US.

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