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Brian Wayne Transeau (born October 4, 1971), known by his initials as BT, is an American musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, and audio engineer. An artist in the
electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
genre, he is credited as a pioneer of the
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and
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styles that paved the way for
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,Tyler Gray
"Would You Want to Hear This New Circa News Sound Whenever News Breaks?"
''
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'', October 3, 2013.
and for "stretching electronic music to its technical breaking point." In 2010, he was nominated for a
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for ''
These Hopeful Machines ''These Hopeful Machines'' is the sixth studio album by American electronic musician BT. Released on February 1, 2010, the album sees collaborations with the likes of JES, Rob Dickinson, Christian Burns and Kirsty Hawkshaw, also featuring a cov ...
''.BT
"First-Time Nominee: BT (Part One),"
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, January 18, 2011.
He creates music within myriad styles, such as classical, film composition, and bass music. BT holds multiple patents for pioneering the technique he calls
stutter edit The stutter edit, or stutter effect, is the rhythmic repetition of small fragments of audio, occurring as the common 16th note repetition, but also as 64th notes and beyond, with layers of digital signal processing operations in a rhythmic fashion ...
ing.Clayton Perry
"Interview: Brian Transeau – Singer, Songwriter and Producer,"
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This production technique consists of taking a small fragment of sound and repeating it rhythmically, often at audio rate values while processing the resultant stream using advanced digital processing techniques.Cosmin Lukacs
"Interview With BT aka Brian Transeau,"
Trance Sound, September 10, 2010.
BT was entered into the ''
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'' for his song "
Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved) "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" is a song by American musician BT, which contains vocals from American singer JC Chasez. It was released through Nettwerk in August 2003, as the lead single from BT's fourth studio album, ''Emotional Techno ...
", recognized as using the largest number of vocal edits in a song (6,178 edits).DJ Ron Slomowicz
"21 Records That Made Me Happy to Be a DJ,"
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BT's work with stutter edit techniques led to the formation of software development company Sonik Architects, developer of the sound-processing software plug-ins Stutter Edit and BreakTweaker, and Phobos with
Spitfire Audio Spitfire Audio is an English technology company based in London that creates virtual instrument sample libraries used for music production. The company was founded in 2007 by professional composers Christian Henson and Paul Thomson. Products ...
. BT has produced, collaborated, and written with a variety of artists, including
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, Howard Jones,
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, Armin van Buuren,
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,
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,
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, and
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. He has composed original scores for films such as '' Go'', ''
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'', and ''
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'', and his scores and compositions have appeared on television series such as ''
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'', '' Six Feet Under'', and ''
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''.Damon Fonooni
"Embracing BT,"
''Lunar'', 2002.
Steph Evans
"Earmilk Interview: BT,"
Earmilk, August 20, 2013.
He was commissioned to compose a four-hour, 256 channel installation composition for the
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-themed area at
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, which opened in 2016.


Early life and education

BT was born in
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on October 4, 1971. His father was an
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and
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agent, and his mother a psychiatrist. BT started listening to classical music at the age of 4Tim Bomba
"Home is where the art is,"
''
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'', November 14, 2006.
and started playing classical piano at an early age, utilizing the
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.Richard Buskin
"Brian Transeau: Emotional Experience,"
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, December 2001.
By the age of eight he was studying composition and theory at the Washington Conservatory of Music."BT Wears His Lab Coat for These Hopeful Machines,"
''
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'', February 26, 2010.
Mark Small
"Berklee Today,"
Berklee.edu. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
He was introduced to electronic music through the
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culture and the
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score for the film ''
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'', which led him to discover influential electronic music artists such as
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,
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,
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and
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. In high school, he played drums in one band, bass in a
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band and guitar in a
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group. At 15, he was accepted to the
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in
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, where he studied jazz and enjoyed experimenting, such as running keyboards through old guitar pedals.


Career

BT is a multi-instrumentalist, playing piano, guitar, bass, keyboards,
synths A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis an ...
, sequencers, the
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,
drum machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns. Drum machines may imitate drum kits or other percussion instruments, or produce unique sounds, such as synthesized electronic tones. A d ...
s and instruments he has modified himself. His process for creating songs typically starts with composition on basic instruments, like the piano or an acoustic guitar.


1989–1994: Early career

In 1989, after dropping out of
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, BT moved to Los Angeles, where he tried, unsuccessfully, to get signed as a singer-songwriter. Realizing he should focus on the electronic music he was more passionate about, he moved back to Maryland in 1990 and began collaborating with friends Ali "
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" Shirazinia and
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Tayebi of Deep Dish. Together they started Deep Dish Records. Early in his career, BT worked under a variety of musical aliases, including Prana, Elastic Chakra, Elastic Reality, Libra, Dharma, Kaistar and GTB.


1995–1996: ''Ima''

In the early years of BT's career, he became a pioneering artist in the trance genre, this despite the fact that he does not consider himself a DJ, since he infrequently spins records and comes from an eclectic music background. When he started out, such common elements as a build, breakdown and drop were unclassified. BT's was a unique interpretation of what electronic music could be.Rafael De La Torre
"EDM Interview: Magnetic Catches Up With BT To Discuss New Album,"
''Magnetic'', June 14, 2013.
His first recordings, "A Moment of Truth" and "Relativity", became hits in dance clubs in the UK. His productions were not yet popular in the US, and he was initially unaware that he had become popular across the Atlantic, where UK DJs like Sasha were regularly spinning his music for crowds. Sasha bought BT a ticket to London, where BT witnessed his own success in the clubs, with several thousand clubbers responding dramatically when Sasha played BT's song. He also met
Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (; born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Ma ...
, playing him tracks that would make up his first album. He was quickly signed to Oakenfold's record label, a subsidiary of
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. BT's 1995 debut album ''
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'', released on Oakenfold's label, was a progressive house effort. The opening track, "Nocturnal Transmission", was featured in ''
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''. The album also featured a song called '
Loving You More "Loving You More" is a song by American electronica artist BT, featuring vocals by Vincent Covello. It was released on September 4, 1995 through Perfecto and East West Records as the fourth single from his debut studio album, ''Ima''. On release, ...
' with Vincent Covello. Blending house beats with sweeping New Age sounds, ''Ima'' helped to create the trance sound.Geoff Boucher
"He's Breaking the Spell of Trance Music,"
''
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'', August 20, 2000.
"Ima (今)" is the
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word for "now". BT has stated that it also means many other things and that the intention of the album is to have a different effect for everyone. Following the release of ''Ima'', BT began traveling to England regularly. It was during this time that he met
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. They would collaborate on his song "Blue Skies", which reached the number one spot on ''
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'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart in January 1997. This track helped expand BT's notability beyond Europe, into North America. He soon began to remix songs for well-known artists such as
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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.Ravi Baskaran, "Beatific," ''Broward/Palm Beach New Times'', July 13, 2000.


1997–1998: ''ESCM''

BT's second album, '' ESCM'' (acronym for ''Electric Sky Church Music''), released in 1997, features more complex melodies and traditional harmonies along with a heavier use of vocals. The tone of the album is darker and less whimsical than ''Ima''. The album, as a whole, is much more diverse than BT's debut, expanding into drum and bass, breakbeat, hip-hop, rock and vocally-based tracks. The biggest hit from ''ESCM'' was "Flaming June," a modern trance collaboration with German DJ
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. Van Dyk and BT would go on to collaborate on a number of works, including "Namistai" (found on the later album ''
Movement in Still Life ''Movement in Still Life'' is the third studio album by American electronica artist BT. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 8, 1999, and a different version released in the United States in 2000. A transition towards hip hop, it in ...
''), as well as van Dyk's remix of BT's "Blue Skies" and "Remember". "Remember" featured
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on vocals, and reached #1 on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart. BT and Van Dyk also remixed the van Dyk classic "Forbidden Fruit" as well as
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's "Run to You", and BT collaborated with
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on "Firewater" and "Remember."


1999–2002: ''Movement in Still Life''

In 1999, BT released his third album, ''
Movement in Still Life ''Movement in Still Life'' is the third studio album by American electronica artist BT. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 8, 1999, and a different version released in the United States in 2000. A transition towards hip hop, it in ...
'', and continued his previous experimentation outside of the trance genre. The album features a strong element of
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, a genre he helped define with "Hip-Hop Phenomenon" in collaboration with Tsunami One aka Adam Freeland and Kevin Beber. Along with trance collaborations with Paul van Dyk and
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, ''Movement'' includes pop ("Never Gonna Come Back Down" with
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on vocals), progressive house (" Dreaming" with Kirsty Hawkshaw on vocals) and hip hop-influenced tracks ("Madskill – Mic Chekka", which samples
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's " The Message", and "Smartbomb", a mix of funky, heavy riffs from both synthesizers and guitars woven over a hip-hop break). "Shame" and "Satellite" lean toward an alt-rock sound, while "Godspeed" and "Dreaming" fall into classic trance ranks. "Running Down the Way Up", a collaboration with fellow electronic act
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, features sultry vocals and acoustic guitars heavily edited into a progressive breakbeat track. " Dreaming" and "Godspeed" reached number 5 and number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart, respectively, "Never Gonna Come Back Down" reached #9 the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart and number 16 on ''Billboards Alternative Songs chart, and the album reached number 166 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album charts. Long interested in branching out into film scoring, BT got the opportunity when director
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asked him to score '' Go'', a 1999 film about dance music culture. Shortly after creating the score, BT moved to
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in order to further pursue film scoring. He also began writing music for string quartets to prove his capabilities beyond electronic music. He was then hired to score the film '' Under Suspicion'' with a 60-piece string section. For ''The Fast and the Furious'', BT's score featured a 70-piece ensemble, along with polyrhythmic tribal sounds produced by orchestral percussionists banging on car
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. In 1999, BT collaborated with
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on the album ''
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'', the soundtrack to the
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in London. In 2001, he produced
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's hit single "
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", which won a 2001
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for Choice Single, won four
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, and reached number 19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 9 on the UK Singles chart. In 2002, BT released the compilation album ''10 Years in the Life'', a two-disc collection of rarities and remixes, including "The Moment of Truth", the first track he ever recorded.


2003–2005: ''Emotional Technology''

BT's fourth studio album, released on August 5, 2003, featured more vocal tracks than his previous fare, including six with vocals by BT himself. ''
Emotional Technology ''Emotional Technology'' is the fourth studio album by electronica artist BT. Transitioning towards a more pop music oriented sound, the album features some of BT's more commercially successful releases, including " Somnambulist (Simply Being L ...
'' was his most experimental album to date, exploring a range of genres; many consider it the "poppiest" of all his work. ''Emotional Technology'' spent 25 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart, reaching the top spot, and it reached number 138 on the ''Billboard'' 200 charts. The biggest single from the album, "
Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved) "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" is a song by American musician BT, which contains vocals from American singer JC Chasez. It was released through Nettwerk in August 2003, as the lead single from BT's fourth studio album, ''Emotional Techno ...
", draws heavily from the breakbeats and new wave dance of New Order and Depeche Mode, whom BT has cited as major influences. "Somnambulist" holds the
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for the largest number of vocal edits in a single track, with 6,178. It reached number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart and number 98 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. BT ventured into television production for ''
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'' for
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in 2005. It starred
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drummer
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. He executive-produced the reality television series, the idea for which he developed and sold to NBC. BT worked with
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on his album ''
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'', co-producing the track "Never Coming Home".


2006–2009: ''This Binary Universe''

BT's fifth studio album, ''
This Binary Universe ''This Binary Universe'' is the fifth studio album by the composer and electronica artist BT. It was released on August 29, 2006. The album was a significant about-face for Transeau, largely abandoning the progressive trance music he was known ...
'', released on August 29, 2006, is his second album released in
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surround sound, the first being the soundtrack to the 2003 film ''
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''. The double album highlights a mix of genres, including jazz, breakbeats and classical. Three songs feature a full 110-piece orchestra. Unlike his previous two albums, which featured vocals on almost every track, this album is entirely instrumental. The tracks change genres constantly. For example, "The Antikythera Mechanism" starts off almost lullaby-like, complete with a piano, acoustic guitars and reversed beats; halfway through the track, it explodes with a 110-piece orchestra, followed by a section of breakbeats and ending with the de-construction of the orchestra. Animated videos created by visual effects artist
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to accompany each song were included in a DVD packaged along with the CD. ''This Binary Universe'' reached number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart. BT's company, Sonik Architects, built the drum machine (the first in surround sound) used on the album. ''
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'' magazine said of the album, "In a hundred years, it could well be studied as the first major electronic work of the new millennium."Stephen Fortner, "The Mind Of BT," ''
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'', December 2005.
''
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'' called it an "innovative masterpiece."Curtis Silver
"BT Talks These Hopeful Machines, Math and Inspiration,"
''Wired'', February 2, 2010.
In November and December 2006, BT toured the album with
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opening. The concert featured a live slideshow of images from
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as a backdrop. All the shows were done in 5.1 surround sound, with BT playing piano, bass and other instruments live, and also singing on a cover of "
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" by
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. Earlier in 2006, BT performed with an orchestra and conductor and visuals for an audience of 11,000 at the
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concert at the
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in Los Angeles.


2010–2011: ''These Hopeful Machines''

BT's sixth studio album, ''
These Hopeful Machines ''These Hopeful Machines'' is the sixth studio album by American electronic musician BT. Released on February 1, 2010, the album sees collaborations with the likes of JES, Rob Dickinson, Christian Burns and Kirsty Hawkshaw, also featuring a cov ...
'', was released on February 2, 2010. The double album features dance-pop, trance, house, breaks, soundscapes, orchestral interludes, acoustic guitar and stutter edits. With BT spending several years perfecting the album, mathematically placing edits and loops to create "an album of ultimate depth and movement," each of the songs went through a lengthy recording process. BT has estimated that each song on the album took over 100 sessions to record, adding that "
Every Other Way "Every Other Way" is a song by American musician BT featuring Jes, released as the second single from BT's sixth studio album, '' These Hopeful Machines''. It's also the first of two collaborations with singer Jes from the album. Aft ...
" took 2 months to write and record, working 14 to 20 hours a day, 7 days a week. ''These Hopeful Machines'' was nominated for a 2011
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. The album features guest appearances from and collaborations with
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of
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,
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("A Million Stars"), JES ("Every Other Way" and "The Light in Things"),
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("Always" and "The Unbreakable"),
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("Suddenly", "Emergency" and "Forget Me") and
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("The Emergency"). It contains the most singles released from any BT album, with 8 of the 12 tracks released as singles. Official remixes were made by Armin van Buuren and
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. It reached number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart and number 154 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album charts. The singles "Emergency" and "Rose of Jericho" reached numbers 3 and 5 on the ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart, respectively. A remix album, titled ''
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'' was released in 2011. ''
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'', an un-mixed album featuring shorter "radio edit" versions of the tracks (similar to the American version of ''Movement in Still Life'') was also released in 2011.Danny Turner, "Interview: BT," ''Future Music'', September 2010.


2012: ''If the Stars Are Eternal So Are You and I'' and ''Morceau Subrosa''

On June 19, 2012, BT released ''
If the Stars Are Eternal So Are You and I ''If the Stars are Eternal So are You and I'' is the seventh studio album by composer and electronica artist BT, and was released on June 19, 2012, in tandem with '' Morceau Subrosa'', BT's eighth studio album. Development First announced in Ma ...
'', along with ''
Morceau Subrosa ''Morceau Subrosa'' (also known, in full, as ''SUPPLEMENTO NUOVO MORCEAU SUBROSA ymphonie elektronik') is the eighth studio album by composer and electronica artist BT, and was released on June 19, 2012, in tandem with ''If the Stars are Ete ...
'', his seventh and eighth studio albums. ''If the Stars Are Eternal So Are You and I'' was an about-face from BT's previous album ''These Hopeful Machines'', utilizing minimal beats, ambient soundscapes, and glitch music, as opposed to the electronic music style of ''These Hopeful Machines''. ''Morceau Subrosa'' is very different in style compared to most of BT's previous works, favoring ambient soundscapes and minimal beats.


2013–2014: ''A Song Across Wires'' and radio shows

BT's ninth studio album, ''
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'', was released worldwide on August 16, 2013. Blending elements of trance, progressive house and electro, the club music-oriented album reached number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart, and features four
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No. 1 trance singles: "Tomahawk" (with Adam K), "Must Be the Love" (with
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and Nadia Ali), "Skylarking" and "Surrounded" (with
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and Aqualung). On the album, BT also collaborates with Senadee,
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, Tania Zygar,
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, JES, Fractal,
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and
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singer
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. In 2012, he released the mix collection ''Laptop Symphony'', based on his laptop performances on his
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radio show, which range from dubstep to drumstep to progressive to trance.Gary Graff
"BT's Busy 2012: Mix Set, 'Quiet' EP & a Follow-Up to 'Machines',"
''Billboard'', March 1, 2012.
In 2013, he started a new Sirius XM radio program, ''Skylarking'', on the Electric Area channel.


2015–2019: ''Electronic Opus'', All Hail the Silence, _ and ''‡''

On November 10, 2014, BT announced a
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project with
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to produce ''
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'', an electronic symphonic album with re-imagined, orchestral versions of BT's songs. The project reached its crowd-funding goal of $200,000. A live orchestra played during Video Games Live on March 29, 2015, while the album was released on October 12, 2015. On March 7, 2012, it was announced that BT and
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had formed a band called
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, with encouragement from
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. They released their first unofficial single, "Looking Glass", online in 2012. On July 21, 2014, Transeau and Burns announced that their band would be touring with
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in the fall of 2014 for the album ''
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''. On August 24, 2016, the band announced that they would release a limited edition colored 12"
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collectible
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entitled '' AHTS-001'' with
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on September 19, 2016. On September 28, 2018, the band released their first official single, "Diamonds in the Snow", along with its accompanying music video. They released the music video for "Temptation" in December 2018. The band's first album, ''
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'' (stylized as ''‡''), was released on January 18, 2019. On December 14, 2015, BT disclosed news to ''
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'' about a new album to come by early 2016. Similar to ''This Binary Universe'', BT explained that "the entire record is recorded in a way
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never recorded anything before," and that it has a "modular, ambient aesthetic". The album, '' _'', was released digitally on October 14, 2016, and physically on December 2, 2016, via Black Hole Recordings, along with an accompanying film. Due to the restrictions of most music sites, which forbid blank album titles, BT chose to name the album the underscore character "_". BT has admitted that this title has resulted in complaints from fans about difficulties in finding the album on popular services due to the inability of most search engines to handle the "_" character. On January 17, 2017, BT released ''_+'', an extended version of ''_''. On October 10, 2019, BT announced on
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that two new albums were slated for release in the Fall of 2019: ''Between Here and You'', an
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album consisting of ten tracks, and ''
Everything You're Searching for Is on the Other Side of Fear ''Everything You're Searching for Is on the Other Side of Fear'' is the twelfth studio album by American electronica musician BT. It was initially set to be a 17-track album with sounds akin to those from ''This Binary Universe'' and '' _''. Th ...
'', a 17-track album with sounds akin to those from ''This Binary Universe'' and ''_''. ''Between Here and You'' was released on October 18, 2019 and reached the number 1 spot on the Electronic Albums Chart on
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. ''Everything You're Searching for Is on the Other Side of Fear'' was released on December 13, 2019.


2020–present: ''The Lost Art of Longing'', Genesis.json, ''Metaversal'' and ''The Secret Language of Trees''

On June 19, 2020, BT released the single "1AM in Paris / The War", which featured singer
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and DJ
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. On July 17, 2020, another single, "No Warning Lights" was released, featuring
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on vocals. It was later announced that ''
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'' would be his thirteenth album, released on August 14, 2020. In May 2021, Transeau entered into the world of
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s by composing music for a digital artwork piece entitled "DUNESCAPE XXI", and soon afterwards auctioning off a digital artwork piece entitled "Genesis.json", which includes 24 hours worth of original music that contains an Indian
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and 15,000 hand-sequenced audio and visual moments. The artwork is programmed to give a special message on the owner's birthday and is the "only work of art that puts itself to sleep" on a certain time. In September 2021, BT announced his 14th album ''Metaversal'', which was created and programmed entirely on a
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for release on September 29. The album was released publicly on November 19. In March 2023, Transeau and frequent collaborator
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formed a sub-label for
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, KSS3TE Recordings. On June 6, 2023, Transeau released a single, "k-means clustering", and announced his 15th album, ''The Secret Language of Trees'', which was released on July 11 on
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.


Film, TV and video game scores

BT began scoring films in 1999 with '' Go''. Since then he has scored over a dozen films, including ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Gone in 60 Seconds'', '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' and ''
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''. His soundtrack for ''
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'' featured the song "She Can Do That", with lead vocals from
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. BT produced the score for the 2001 film ''
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'', but had his name removed from the project. His tracks for the film were finished by composer
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. BT also composed music for the
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animated short film ''
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'', released in 2012 alongside the 3D release of ''
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''. He has scored the video games '' Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas'' (2000), '' Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions'' (2002), ''
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'' (2002), '' Need for Speed: Underground'' (2003), ''
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'' (2004), ''
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'' (2005), '' Need for Speed: Most Wanted'' (2005), ''
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'' (2010) and ''
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'' (2024). He made the official second-long alert tone for the Circa News app. In 2013, he scored ''
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'', a 13-episode drama on
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. In 2014, BT was selected by
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executives to score the music for the
Tomorrowland Tomorrowland may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Tomorrowland (Disney Parks), a theme land at a number of Disney theme parks around the world * Tomorrowland (festival), an annual electronic dance music festival in Boom, Belgium * ''Tom ...
-themed area at
Shanghai Disneyland Shanghai Disneyland (; Pinyin: ''Shànghǎi díshìní lèyuán'', Shanghainese: ''Zaon-he Diq-zy-nyi Loq-yoe'') is a theme park located in Chuansha New Town, Pudong, Shanghai, China, that is part of the Shanghai Disney Resort. The park is oper ...
, which opened in 2016. He spent more than two years on the project, writing more than four hours of music that are played out of more than 200 speakers spread throughout Tomorrowland. BT called the undertaking "one of the most thrilling experiences of my life."


Software


Sonik Architects

During the production of ''This Binary Universe'', Transeau wanted to program drums in surround sound, and found that software tools to accomplish this weren't readily available. He decided to develop his own, forming his own software company, Sonik Architects, to create a line of sound design tools for the studio and another line of tools and plug-ins designed for live performance. The company's first release was the drum machine surround sound sequencer BreakTweaker, a PC plug-in. In 2009, Sonik Architects released Sonifi, a product for the
iPhone The iPhone is a line of smartphones developed and marketed by Apple that run iOS, the company's own mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, at ...
,
iPad The iPad is a brand of tablet computers developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple that run the company's mobile operating systems iOS and later iPadOS. The IPad (1st generation), first-generation iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010. ...
and
iPod Touch The iPod Touch (stylized as iPod touch) is a discontinued line of iOS-based mobile devices designed and formerly marketed by Apple Inc. with a touchscreen-controlled user interface. As with other iPod models, the iPod Touch can be used as a po ...
that enables musicians to replicate BT's
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effect live.Mark Milian
"Sonifi iPhone app lets your fingers remix music,"
''Los Angeles Times'', November 17, 2009.
BT himself has used it during live shows. In December 2010, Sonik Architects was acquired by software and music production company
iZotope iZotope, Inc. is an audio technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. iZotope develops professional audio software for audio recording, mixing, broadcast, sound design, and mastering which can ...
, and at the Winter
NAMM Show The NAMM Show is an annual trade show in the United States organized by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), which describes it as "the industry’s largest stage, uniting the global music, sound and entertainment technology commun ...
in January 2011, the Stutter Edit plug-in, based on BT's patented technique of real-time manipulation of digital audio, was released by iZotope and BT. In 2020, Transeau released an upgraded version of his Stutter Edit plug-in with iZotope, called Stutter Edit 2. This version includes more sound effects, more presets, and new features such as Auto Mode and the Curve editor.


SoundLabs

In 2024, Transeau co-founded SoundLabs, which allows for music corporations to use their
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-assistive tools to create music and vocals for artists while letting artists retain the rights of such generated material. The company has entered an agreement with
Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, ...
to create vocals using SoundLabs' plugin MicDrop. A
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version of
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star
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's 1958 song "
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" using MicDrop was generated by SoundLabs.


Other software

Transeau is a user of the
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FL Studio FL Studio (known as FruityLoops before 2003) is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed by the Belgian company Image-Line. It features a graphical user interface with a pattern-based music sequencer. It is available in four different ...
and he was included in the Power Users section on Image-Line's site in 2013. In 2014, BT collaborated with Boulanger Labs in creating the
Leap Motion Leap Motion, Inc. (formerly OcuSpec Inc.) was an American company, active from 2010 to 2019, that manufactured and marketed a computer hardware sensor device. The device supports hand and finger motions as input, analogous to a mouse, but requ ...
app Muse, a device that allows users to compose their own ambient sounds using gestural control. He also developed a standalone plugin synthesizer called BT Phobos for the music software company Spitfire Audio, which was released on April 6, 2017. BT created presets for the synth plugin Parallels, released by Softube in 2019. He also created analog synth tone patches for the synthesized Omnisphere 2, created by ILIO. In 2022, BT released the
reverb In acoustics, reverberation (commonly shortened to reverb) is a persistence of sound after it is produced. It is often created when a sound is reflected on surfaces, causing multiple reflections that build up and then decay as the sound is a ...
Tails with Unfiltered Audio and the synth plugin Polaris with Spitfire. In 2024, he released the drum layering plugin Snapback with Cableguys.


Personal life

He is an avid
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, and supports the preservation of sharks. In February 2014, BT partnered with EDM lifestyle brand Electric Family to produce a collaboration bracelet for which 100% of the proceeds are donated to the Shark Trust. On October 19, 2014, BT was married to Lacy Transeau (née Bean).


Awards and nominations


Grammy Awards


International Dance Music Awards

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Beatport Music Awards

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Beatport Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards disk jockey, DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that ...
Award for Album of the Year , , -


''Computer Music'' Awards

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BMI Film & TV Awards


Discography

Studio albums * ''
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'' (1995) * '' ESCM'' (1997) * ''
Movement in Still Life ''Movement in Still Life'' is the third studio album by American electronica artist BT. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 8, 1999, and a different version released in the United States in 2000. A transition towards hip hop, it in ...
'' (1999) * ''
Emotional Technology ''Emotional Technology'' is the fourth studio album by electronica artist BT. Transitioning towards a more pop music oriented sound, the album features some of BT's more commercially successful releases, including " Somnambulist (Simply Being L ...
'' (2003) * ''
This Binary Universe ''This Binary Universe'' is the fifth studio album by the composer and electronica artist BT. It was released on August 29, 2006. The album was a significant about-face for Transeau, largely abandoning the progressive trance music he was known ...
'' (2006) * ''
These Hopeful Machines ''These Hopeful Machines'' is the sixth studio album by American electronic musician BT. Released on February 1, 2010, the album sees collaborations with the likes of JES, Rob Dickinson, Christian Burns and Kirsty Hawkshaw, also featuring a cov ...
'' (2010) * ''
If the Stars Are Eternal So Are You and I ''If the Stars are Eternal So are You and I'' is the seventh studio album by composer and electronica artist BT, and was released on June 19, 2012, in tandem with '' Morceau Subrosa'', BT's eighth studio album. Development First announced in Ma ...
'' (2012) * ''
Morceau Subrosa ''Morceau Subrosa'' (also known, in full, as ''SUPPLEMENTO NUOVO MORCEAU SUBROSA ymphonie elektronik') is the eighth studio album by composer and electronica artist BT, and was released on June 19, 2012, in tandem with ''If the Stars are Ete ...
'' (2012) * ''
A Song Across Wires ''A Song Across Wires'' (promoted by the hashtag #ASAW) is the ninth studio album by composer and electronica artist BT, released on August 16, 2013. This album features more vocal tracks and a plethora of guest artists as part of his alternate ...
'' (2013) * '' _'' (2016) * ''Between Here and You'' (2019) * ''
Everything You're Searching for Is on the Other Side of Fear ''Everything You're Searching for Is on the Other Side of Fear'' is the twelfth studio album by American electronica musician BT. It was initially set to be a 17-track album with sounds akin to those from ''This Binary Universe'' and '' _''. Th ...
'' (2019) * ''
The Lost Art of Longing ''The Lost Art of Longing'' is the thirteenth studio album by electronica artist BT. Two singles for the album, "1AM in Paris / The War" and "No Warning Lights", were released on June 19 and July 17, respectively. The album was announced on J ...
'' (2020) * ''Metaversal'' (2021) * ''The Secret Language of Trees'' (2023) With
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* ''
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'' (2019)


See also

*
List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States) ''Billboard'' magazine has published charts ranking the top-performing dance music songs in the United States since 1974. Originally a top-ten list of tracks that garnered the largest audience response in New York City discothèques, the chart be ...
*
List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in ...
*
Granular synthesis Granular synthesis is a sound synthesis method that operates on the microsound time scale. It is based on the same principle as sampling. However, the samples are split into small pieces of around 1 to 100 ms in duration. These small pieces a ...
*
Stutter edit The stutter edit, or stutter effect, is the rhythmic repetition of small fragments of audio, occurring as the common 16th note repetition, but also as 64th notes and beyond, with layers of digital signal processing operations in a rhythmic fashion ...


References


External links

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