Nathan Michel is an American experimental

electronic music Electronic music is a Music genre, genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or electronics, circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromech ...

ian. He primarily composes and performs his music on a laptop. He has released albums on labels such as

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, SKI-PP and Sonig and has collaborated with well-known laptop group DAT politics. Michel has received numerous awards for his work including a

Morton Gould Morton Gould (December 10, 1913February 21, 1996) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. Biography Morton Gould was born in Richmond Hill, New York, Richmond Hill, New York (state), New York, United States. He was recognized ...

Young Composer Award from

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and a Charles Ives Scholarship from the

American Academy of Arts and Letters The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Its fixed number membership is elected for lifetime appointments. Its headq ...

. He received his PhD in music composition from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

in 2007. Michel and his wife, Amber Papini, constitute two-thirds of the pop band

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Releases

* ''ABC DEF'' 2002 * ''Dear Bicycle'' 2003 * ''Trebly'' 2003 * ''Alphabet Series C'' 2004 * ''The Beast'' 2005

External links

Official Web site
American electronic musicians Living people Pupils of Louis Andriessen Yale School of Music alumni Princeton University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-electronic-musician-stub