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Rockville, Maryland

Brian Transeau (born Brian Wayne Transeau on October 4, 1971, in Rockville, Maryland) is an American musician who records under the stage name BT. Classically trained from the age of 13, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for one year before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles, California, and then back to Washington, D.C…

From an early age, BT demonstrated a remarkable aptitude for playing and understanding classical music. He was heavily influenced by avant-garde and romantic composers such as Stravinsky, Bartok, Debussy and Rachmaninov. His biggest influences, however, were from everyday sounds that most would take for granted, from noticing the meter of the grandfather clock in the foyer to the micro-rhythms of crickets and cicadas to the ambience of passing trains at night.

The drive to actualize the tools BT envisions has led to his evolution as one of the most cutting-edge programmers and technologists in music today. He has expanded this reach into a visionary software venture, Sonik Architects which launched its critically- and commercially-acclaimed iPhone application, Sonifi™.

Brian Transeau is the father of a young daughter, Kaia. He lives and composes his works in his Los Angeles home/studio in which he has a few Apple G5’s and 8 AMD dual-core Opteron 64-bit desktops which he uses for his techno-wizardry.

BT has released 8 albums and has scored over a dozen films. His most critically acclaimed album, “This Binary Universe” (released August 29, 2006), was composed in 5.1 surround sound and contains animated videos for each song, presenting a new way of experiencing music.

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  • honkynut

    I feel like I'm looking at an ad for some overpriced metro-sexual male grooming product everytime I see one of his pictures.

    23 May 4:05am Reply
  • virsso

    Delightful

    19 May 11:28am Reply
  • lucas220

    He's just the exact opposite of pretentious, and his hair is pretty styling.

    15 May 7:01pm Reply
  • ddryadd

    sooo gooooooooooood :D

    13 May 6:18pm Reply
  • LuisOrv

    If only his taste in haircuts was as good as his taste in music! [3]

    9 May 6:26am Reply
  • Dimension5

    Living Genius

    24 Apr 8:34pm Reply
  • luen05

    new album is coming! could i be any more excited?

    24 Apr 6:45am Reply
  • neurodecay

    DANCE PARTY

    15 Apr 5:04pm Reply
  • neurodecay

    YA BOIIII

    15 Apr 5:04pm Reply
  • JosephJo

    This guy is a genius!

    12 Apr 8:09pm Reply
  • Ignat_2777

    yeahh, BT's soundtrack Kimosabe to nfs underground is best

    31 Mar 8:34pm Reply
  • luen05

    i can't wait for the new album, i'm dying actually.

    26 Mar 5:15pm Reply
  • HimitsuUK

    Skylarking - very nice

    24 Mar 2:24am Reply
  • honkynut

    I really like this music, but I get a pretentious vibe from this guy [2]

    14 Mar 2:55am Reply
  • saranchous

    Trancemission!! после Above&Beyond BT был прямо как глоток свежего воздуха. отыграл на 5+!

    27 Feb 5:44pm Reply
  • Velimirius

    Skylarking is amazing!

    23 Feb 1:44am Reply
  • ShohaLeshin

    от Godspeed просто тащусь в последнее время

    6 Feb 3:26pm Reply
  • EternalExodus

    skylarking preview is absolutely transcendent. can't wait for the new album.

    6 Feb 2:49pm Reply
  • Yoooshi

    If only his taste in haircuts was as good as his taste in music! [2]

    31 Jan 10:26pm Reply
  • alin1

    ESCM, Movement is Still Life & Ima are BT's best albums in my opinion.

    19 Jan 1:47pm Reply
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