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Since having graduated from the Juilliard School for composition in 2004, 25 year old Vermont-born Muhly has been causing significant ripples in modern music circles with a variety of projects.
He composed the score to the 2009 Academy Award winning film The Reader. Also, he has collaborated closely with artists as diverse as Antony Hegarty (from Antony and the Johnsons who guests on Speaks Volumes) and Philip Glass, with whom he’s had a long-standing relationship working on numerous stage works & film scores. Muhly played on Björk’s album Medúlla where he met Sigurðsson and the idea of working together on an album was soon mooted. He then worked with Björk on the score for conceptual artist Matthew Barney’s Drawing Restraint 9 film. In 2004, his small ensemble work ‘By All Means’ was played at the Royal Academy of Music, London and his evensong canticles were sung at Clare and Girton colleges, Cambridge which were broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 in 2005

Speaks Volumes was his first album and also the first release on the Bedroom Community label and features seven exquisite works of chamber music for small ensembles with electronics. This debut album by composer Nico Muhly was created with producer Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) in Reykjavik, Iceland and in New York, Muhly’s hometown.

In May 2008 Muhly’s second album - Mothertongue - was released on Bedroom Community. The album contained three larger works and featured vocals by Helgi Jonsson, Sam Amidon and mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer, as well as some bass programming by Ben Frost. Valgeir Sigurðsson was again the producer.

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6	Mothertongue Pt. 2: Shower full track	49
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11	The Only Tune Pt. 1: The Two Sisters full track	40
12	Wonders Pt. 1: New Things & New Tidings full track	38
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15	The Only Tune Pt. 2: The Old Mill Pond full track	34

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secretpassage wrote:
yesterday afternoon

cat lover

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nopamuk wrote:
yesterday morning

I cropped and uploaded as a PNG this photo so that it looks good in the charts: http://www.last.fm/music/Nico+Muhly/+images/40169459

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Rmaj7 wrote:
Saturday evening

to speak with M. Proust: the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes... ......................or ears.................!! my honour

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goodmornincaptn wrote:
7 days ago

First in a series of record label interviews, Erased Tapes present their friends, projects and expectations for 2010, and how Nico Muhly's energy and creativity could power the whole of China Town and make his house cats cook their own fish: http://www.goodmornincaptn.com/2009/12/29/label-interview-erased-tapes-records/

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mari0rdinary wrote:
11 days ago

i admire this music so much that i had to put it in my independent movie

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Aldi6Lidl wrote:
18 days ago

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ca-ro-li-na wrote:
19 days ago

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tourneur wrote:
December 2009

Nico Muhly Confessions Tour (live): www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAjxAaZ3lhc&hd=1

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CandFood wrote:
November 2009

nico, if you read this: marry me? or i'll settle for friendship, as long as you play music for me.

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Deadly_crab wrote:
November 2009

I love this guy sooooo much, beautiful and touching music. "The Reader" is one of the best scores I've ever had the chance to listen to. :)

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Avant_GardeFull wrote:
November 2009

This is It.

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TotgeLiebt wrote:
November 2009

mysterious and interesting... very beautiful compositions!

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goodmornincaptn wrote:
November 2009

Review of fellow Bedroom Commuity label mate BEN FROST's new album "By The Throat", to which Nico Muhly contributed: http://www.goodmornincaptn.com/2009/11/01/ben-frost-by-the-throat/

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martin_timide wrote:
November 2009

he doesn't like my sweather, fuck him straight:p

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pimmka wrote:
October 2009

♥ Beautiful evening yesterday in Kraków. Thank you! :)

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kuramito wrote:
October 2009

wow

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martin_timide wrote:
October 2009

i'm in love! just can't wait to see you live next saturday ♥

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nopamuk wrote:
October 2009

http://www.last.fm/music/Nico+Muhly/+images/36533401

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adrianoesteves wrote:
September 2009

OMFG, more stuff to buy.

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adrianoesteves wrote:
September 2009

$&"$%/$%/ Great stuff!

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