http://www.joefrawleymusic.info
I am a pianist/composer/sound collage artist whose work falls between the cracks of several different genres, though I manage to find an audience with fans of ambient, experimental, and post-rock music. My approach is to combine original piano music with found sound samples, which I process electronically to explore subconscious states-- dreams, trances, auditory hallucinations, involuntary memories. I'm particularly interested in the effects of recontextualized speech samples and how they interact with each other to create new meanings. I also try to exploit the musical qualities of speech and aim to put the spoken voice on equal footing with musical (and other) sounds. The resulting work invariably suggests a narrative, though I try not to impose a particular story upon the the listener, preferring instead the individual and subjective interpretations of imaginative minds. Other interests include creating and photographing found object assemblages and experimenting with video montage.