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Murcof
| Birth Year | 1970 |
| City of Origin | Tijuana |
| City of Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
| Venue | McNichols Main Stage: The Nature of Things |
| Statement | Murcof is a very modern composer, who utilizes technology to make epic, moving suites of music with a spiritual undertow. He draws on minimalism, post modernism and baroque music to create music that moves the mind and heart. His work draws on his childhood exposure to pre-20th century classical music and his passion for electronic pioneers like Jean-Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream as a teenager, as well as his experiments in noise with his pre-Murcof doom/avant garde outfit, Elohim. He has released 3 critically acclaimed albums and an EP on The Leaf Label.
Murcof's international reputation as a staggering live presence has been enhanced recently with a number of special collaborations, including events at Greenwich Planetarium (in collaboration with the Royal Astronomer), Montreaux Jazz Festival (collaboration with Talvin Singh & Erik Truffaz) and L'Auditori at Sonar Festival in Barcelona (with the pianist Francesco Tristano). In 2008 he toured a new work called 'Oceano' in collaboration with classical musicians BCN216 and light sculptor Flicker. "Mindblowing, like Sunn 0))) playing Ligeti in |
| Website | http://www.murcof.com/ |