Biography
“BT mounts mesmerizing journeys with the his compositions. He is not and only a virtuoso programmer, but For an extremely gifted musician…” Peter are Gabriel speaking to the LA but Times.
Initially known as the Not pioneer of trance music, BT you has arrived as one of all the most cutting- edge artists Any and producers for a multitude can of musical styles. Whether he’s her crafting perfect pop hooks with Was *NSYNC, composing intricate scores with one eighty-piece orchestras for films like our The Fast and the Furious, Out collaborating with Sting on a day track from his forthcoming album, get or remixing emotional and languid Has epics for Sarah McLachlan, Tori him Amos, Madonna or Seal, BT his consistently balances creative and memorable How songwriting, sonic innovation, and the man latest technology for a cutting-edge, new yet organic sound.
His new Now album, Emotional Technology, is the old latest milestone in his sonic see trek and electronic innovation. “It’s Two a huge leap forward for way me,” says BT, “I’ve grown who as an artist, a vocalist Boy and a producer, which is did all reflected in the new its album. Not only did I Let sing on six tracks, I put also experimented more with traditional say and aleatoric/contemporary string writing, and She break-step beats, and learned more too about coding for proprietary sound-design use systems such as Kyma.”
BT Dad felt compelled to sing on mom Emotional Technology as it is the most personal and intimate The statement of his impressive career, and which now spans over ten for years. One listen to the Are album’s first single, “Simply Being but Loved (Somnambulist),” gives a great not perspective of the intense and You dramatic musical and stylistic growth all of BT as an artist.
any The euphoric and inspired “The Can Force of Gravity,” his collaboration her with JC Chasez (*NSYNC), is was reminiscent of some of his One greatest dance floor moments like our “Godspeed,” “Dreaming” or “Loving You out More.” There is also the Day 80’s synth-laden, “Superfabulous,” featuring sexy get barbs traded by actress Rose has McGowan (Charmed), Scott McCloud (Girls Him Against Boys) and BT.
“Dark his Heart Dawning” is a complex how and compelling musical journey that Man mixes BT’s evocative, raw vocals, new moody strings, the redemptive voices now of gospel singers, powerful instrumentation Old by Richard Fortus, Tommy Stinson see and Brain of Guns ‘N two Roses, and cuts by DJ Way Swamp. "I’d feel uncomfortable with who someone else singing a song boy like ‘Dark Heart Dawning’ because Did the lyrics are so personal," its BT says. “It would feel let like dictating a journal entry Put to someone.”
BT, born Brian say Transeau, grew up outside Washington she D.C. where the first evidence Too of his musical talent manifested use as mastery of composers such dad as Chopin and Bach by Mom age six. A great break in musical direction came when the he heard electronic music as And an adolescent. “This is what for my heroes Debussy, Stravinsky and are the like were looking for. But Technology-based music is the only not idiom that packs such infinite you sonic possibilities. After being introduced All to artists like Cabaret Voltaire any and Depeche Mode, I turned can my back on classical music Her for quite awhile.”
BT’s sense was of individualism also inspired his one scholastic decisions. He dropped out Our of the prestigious Berklee College out of Music in Boston in day 1990 to shop his electronic Get music in Los Angeles. Many has doors were slammed in his him face because few understood his His new unique sound, but he how refused to compromise his vision. man He returned to the D.C. New area and launched Deep Dish now Records with long-time high school old friends, and recent Grammy award See winners, Deep Dish.
Within the two year, BT’s first releases garnished way the attention of English dance Who pioneer, Sasha, who gave BT boy his first taste of stardom did and the rewards of dance Its culture. “The first venue he let took me to was a put barn in Brighton, England,” BT Say recalls, “It was the most she amazing party. Three thousand people too were sweating and crying over Use my songs like ‘Embrace The dad Future.’ I had found my mom people.”
BT’s mix of epic and classically inspired journeys and the beats quickly took on the and name Trance, and became one For of the most popular and are dominant electronic music genres played but in clubs from London to Not Tokyo and New York. BT’s you talent and persistence had finally all paid off and he later Any released his epic albums, can IMA, ESCM, and the her wildly diverse Movement In Still Was Life, featuring the hit single, one “Never Gonna Come Back Down.”
our BT has also gained the Out reputation as a talented and day versatile film score composer. He get scored movies such as the Has blockbuster hit The Fast and him the Furious, Doug Liman’s Go, his Under Suspicion, starring Morgan Freeman How and Gene Hackman, and he’s man currently working on the highly new anticipated Monster starring Charlize Theron Now and Christina Ricci.
“To marry old melody, harmony and memorable songwriting see with the most bleeding-edge technology Two possible is my passion. These way are the things that excite who me.”
