Miles Brown is an Australian theremin player, composer and producer. Working with the ethereal interface of the gesturally-controlled theremin, he conjures unique emotional landscapes that query the relationships between space, sound, electronics and the body. Through composition, performance and cross-disciplinary collaboration, he develops new contexts for theremin that both expand upon and subvert its traditional uses.
Australian theremin player and composer Miles Brown celebrates the 100th anniversary of the theremin with his 2nd full-length album THE GATEWAY – out now on Death Waltz Originals.
Released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the instrument, THE GATEWAY features theremin in the extraordinary realm of high-energy post-Italo electronics. For this newest collection of original works, Brown transports the instrument to the heart of the dance floor – reimagining its mysterious interface as an electro-magical conduit for the opening of forbidden portals and the summoning of subversive spirits.
THE GATEWAY also features a contemporary expansion of the classic theremin sound. Brown plays the Moog Etherwave Pro theremin in two ways – employing both its familiar heterodyne voicing and possessing a range of analogue synthesisers via control voltage technology. This groundbreaking combination presents a fresh voice and thrilling new context for the world’s oldest electronic instrument.
Tracklist:
1. Summon Chanted Evening
2. Shudder Speed
3. Speaking In Tongues
4. Exorcise Routine
5. Peak Body
6. Phantasma
7. The Gateway
8. Otherworld
Classical harp virtuosa Mary Doumany and cult thereminist Miles Brown (The Night Terrors) present an exciting new experimental collaboration – The Narcoleptor.
Utilising the rare combination of voice, post-Celtic lever harp and Moog theremin (in conjunction with broken analogue electronics), the duo warp all rules of consonance and harmony to explore a completely free and constantly shifting sonic landscape. The Narcoleptor presents a stunning psychotropic journey through the wonderfully weird, careening past sonic touchstones from horror soundtrack, dark ambient, circuit-bent psychedelia, modern classical focus and avant-goth catharsis.
RELEASES
Transmogrification LP
Nosferatunes
2021
Mary Doumany and Miles Brown bend minds even further with this extraordinary collection of thrilling microtonal hypnotica. These fearless musicians combine the unique sounds of their iconic instruments to create a constantly mutating musical netherworld – shifting through phases of delicate neoclassical beauty, heavy analogue abstraction, hallucinatory horror soundscapes and sonic spirals out into the beyond.
Deluxe limited edition heavyweight black vinyl 12” LP. Cover collage and design by Luke Fraser AHR+, photography by Hana Schlesinger
The Narcoleptor – s/t debut 12″ EP
Nosferatunes
2019
The Narcoleptor’s self-titled debut 12” EP features two sides of wild experimentalism that push beyond the established musical realms of harp and theremin and into brave new sonic territory.
Deluxe limited edition 12” 45 rpm black vinyl EP, with art and design by Luke Fraser AHR+. Includes a bonus full-colour A3 portrait poster by Hana Schlesinger. Limited to 150 copies.
