About


I am a Maryland-born, Denver-based composer and producer. My music recasts elements of rock and jazz, using digital techniques to explore the introverted, dreamlike capacity of these genres without the genre conventions.

In 2019 I released the EP Jamais Vu on New Amsterdam Records’ Windmill Series. Jamais Vu proposes a DIY electronic idiom as an outgrowth of analog music traditions rather than as a homogenized product of the DAW's quantizing grid. Working with a minimal setup of a laptop, Logic software with stock plug-ins, and nearfield monitors, I composed the music and programmed the electronics, recorded lo-fi audio with my laptop’s built-in mic, and mixed the five tracks. In the last stage of production, I collaborated with several musicians and an engineer to overdub instrumental parts, fine-tune the mixes, and master the record. Dense and apocalyptic, Jamais Vu touches abstractly on themes of introversion, alienation, and the mirage of mental wellness in the digital age.

In 2017 I released the full-length album Insulation Kit. The record consists mainly of electronic alternate versions of pieces I originally wrote for acoustic instruments. Coinciding with Insulation Kit’s release, I directed a theatrical adaptation of the record that featured improvised dance and experimental video. The show premiered in front of 50 people at the Morse Crescent Theater at Yale University.

I studied composition with Konrad Kaczmarek and Kathryn Alexander at Yale. After graduating, I studied post-genre music with William Brittelle in New Amsterdam Records’ first-ever Composers Lab.

 

For collaborations, commissions, or anything else, please email alteredaxiom@gmail.com.