Brian Grainger
Brian Grainger is an American ambient/techno/electronic music composer and record label owner. The majority of his musical projects have been published under the names Milieu, Coppice Halifax, and Brian Grainger. Other musical aliases of his include 'Pink Space', 'Vhom', 'Parallax', 'Phe_', 'Teenager', 'AQV', 'TMA3', 'Troth', and 'Bike'. His collaborative projects include the bands CH*/CN (with EOD), Waterstrider (with Jonathan Canupp), Free Festival (with Brian Ellis), VCV (with David Tagg), SEAS (with David Tagg), Viking Destroyer (with David Tagg), Flax Harmonade (with Lee Batchelor), Silver Honey (with Jason Adams), Gauss (with Eric Adrian Lee), Royal Opium (with Lee Norris), Sunbeam Rail (with Samuel Campbell) and The Blue Spaces (with Luke Hazard).
Brian Grainger | |
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Occupation | Composer |
Known for | Milieu Music |
Website | www |
Grainger is the sole owner and operator of the record label Milieu Music (established 2004) and its sub-label Recycled Plastics (est. 2011). Music released for these labels is produced in Grainger's home studio, Botany Bay, located in South Carolina. Grainger is also co-founder and co-owner of the record labels Second Sun Music[1] and Install,[2] along with David Tagg.
Eufloria video game soundtracks
Grainger (as Milieu) created the soundtrack to the ambient videogame Eufloria, which was released on PC, MAC, PlayStation Network, IoS, Android, and Steam. Through the Eufloria soundtrack, Grainger's music has reached nearly 450,000 gamers by December 2012[3] and over 500,000 gamers by March 2013.[4] The sequel Eufloria Adventures (available on PlayStation Mobile from April 2014[5]) also features a soundtrack by Grainger, this time under the moniker 'Coppice Halifax'.
Other soundtracks and scores
Grainger composed an original score for the Discovery Channel documentary Into The Dragon's Lair,[6] a special about Nile crocodiles. Into the Dragon's Lair aired on Animal Planet in 2010.[7] As Milieu, Granger's song "Cropduster" was features in the third season of the online show Radar.[8] Milie also contributed the song "Luke's Rusty Drum" to Code Barre,[9] a short film produced with the National Film Board of Canada.[10] Grainger's psychedelic track "Swamp Bike" was given a video by Mindbomb Films, and subsequently featured on Gizmodo[11] and Boing Boing:[12]
Selected discography
Artist | Album | Year | Record Label |
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Milieu | Brother | 2005 | Metanoia Media |
Milieu | A Dusty Box Of Old Memories | 2005 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Aurora Borealis | 2005 | U-Cover CDr Limited |
Milieu | Songs We Found In The Sand | 2005 | Rope Swing Cities |
Milieu | Sleeep Mmx | 2005 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Gunkajima | 2005 | Experimedia |
Milieu | Slow Lid Close | 2006 | Experimedia |
Milieu | Our Blue Rainbow | 2006 | Expanding Electronic Diversity |
Milieu | Milieu | 2006 | Experimedia |
Milieu | Night Currents | 2006 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Pillowtone Poems | 2006 | Unlabel |
Milieu | Beyond The Sea Lies The Stars | 2006 | Infraction |
Milieu / Quosp | Grassland Melodies | 2006 | Rope Swing Cities |
Milieu | Sun White Sun | 2006 | Expanding Electronic Diversity |
Milieu | New Drugs For Nuclear Families Of The Seventies | 2007 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Our Blue Remixes | 2007 | Expanding Electronic Diversity |
Milieu | Echo Spectrum | 2007 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Remodelled | 2007 | Boltfish Recordings |
Milieu | Our Bonus Remixes | 2007 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Of The Apple | 2007 | Second Sun Recordings |
Milieu | Beyond The Stars Lies The Sea | 2008 | Second Sun Recordings |
Milieu | A Warm Wooden Hollow | 2008 | Infraction |
Milieu | Colortone | 2009 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Swaying Palms | 2009 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | We Live In The Trees | 2009 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Leaves Painted Purple | 2009 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Eufloria | 2009 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Live At 114RKD | 2009 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Phosphene Weather | 2009 | Install |
Milieu | Brittle Paper Cathedrals | 2009 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Suntanned Melodies | 2009 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | The Loneliness Of Empty Roads | 2010 | Second Sun Recordings |
Turquoise Turtles & Milieu | Turquoise Turtles & Milieu | 2010 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | A Blanket Of Infinite Repetitions | 2010 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Sadhills | 2010 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Bell'n Dither | 2010 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Enjoy Your Stay At The Holograph Lounge | 2011 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Blisschord Variations | 2011 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Euflorian Additions | 2011 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | H Is For Hologram | 2011 | Milieu Music |
Mrs Jynx / Milieu / Fieldtriqp | Bermuda Triangle | 2011 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Tidewater Petrol | 2012 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Last Wave | 2012 | Milieu Music |
Milieu & Solitary Nature | Bedroom Waves | 2012 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Euflorian Additions Volume II | 2012 | Milieu Music |
Milieu | Academy Stripes | 2013 | Recycled Plastics |
Milieu | Butcher Block Andromeda | 2014 | Recycled Plastics |
Milieu | Thriambus | 2014 | Milieu Music |
References
- "Second Sun Recordings". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Install". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Omni-Labs". Omni-labs.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Eufloria". Eufloria-game.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Eufloria Adventures Shines its Light on PS Mobile this Week". PlayStation.Blog. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Brian Grainger, Composer". ProductionBeast. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Into the Dragon's Lair Videos : Videos : Animal Planet". Animal Planet. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Music « Radar". Workbookproject.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Barcode - National film Board of Canada - ARTE". Codebarre.tv. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Barcode - National film Board of Canada - ARTE". Codebarre.tv. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Swamp Bike". Gizmodo. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Vision-tweaking minimalist music video". Biongbiong.net. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
External links
- Milieu Music
- Milieu discography at Discogs
- Coppice Halifax discography at Discogs
- Brian Grainger discography at Discogs
- ‘A Course In Dying’ Interview, January 10, 2018