Peter Broderick (born January 20, 1987) is an American musician and composer from
Carlton, Oregon. He has released solo material under his own name, been a member of
Efterklang, and played with several ensembles as a session musician.
Biography
Broderick was born in
Searsmont, Maine in 1987 but raised mostly in
Carlton, Oregon. He learned a number of musical instruments whilst at school, and went on to become a
session musician
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, playing violin, banjo, musical saw, and mandolin on recordings by
M. Ward,
Zooey Deschanel
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,
Dolorean
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,
Jeff London and others.
He played and toured with numerous groups, including
Horse Feathers,
Norfolk & Western,
Loch Lomond
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and
Laura Gibson
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.
In mid-2007, Broderick joined the
Danish ensemble
Efterklang in
Copenhagen
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to join their touring band after the release of their album
Parades
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.
[ After touring, he released a mini album of solo piano music, ''Docile'', on the Swedish label Kning Disk, as well as a 7″, ''Retreat/Release'', his first full-length album of piano and string based compositions, ''Float'', and an orchestral concept album, ''Music for Falling From Trees'', on the US label Western Vinyl and ]British
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label Erased Tapes. He released two albums in collaboration with Machinefabriek.
He is the brother of Heather Woods Broderick, also a solo artist and Efterklang collaborator. He married Irish folk musician Brigid Mae Power in 2016 and they currently live in south London.
Discography
Solo recordings
*''Give it to the Sky: Arthur Russell's Tower of Meaning Expanded (2023, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, MP3)
*''Blackberry'' (2020, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, MP3)
*''Peter Broderick & Friends Play Arthur Russell'' (2018, Pretty Purgatory, MP3)
*''All Together Again'' (2017, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, MP3)
*''Grunewald'' (2016, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, MP3)
*''Partners'' (2016, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, MP3)
*''Colours of the Night'' (2015, Bella Union, CD, LP, mp3)
*''Float 2013'' (2013, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, mp3)
*''These Walls of Mine'' (2012, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, mp3)
*''http://www.itstartshear.com''(2012, Cooperative Music / Bella Union, CD, LP)
*''How They Are'' (2010, Bella Union, CD, LP, mp3)
*''Three Film Score Intakes'' (2010, Schedios, 3″ CD-R, 200 copies)
*''Music for a Sleeping Sculpture of Peter Broderick'' (2009, Slaapwel Records, CD, mp3, 500 copies)
*''4 Track Songs'' (2009, Type Recordings, CD, 2xLP)
*''Five Film Score Outtakes'' (2009, Secret Furry Hole, 3" CD-R, 200 copies)
*''Music for Falling From Trees'' (2009, Erased Tapes/Western Vinyl, CD, mp3)
*''Ten Duets'' (2009, Digitalis Ltd, Compact Cassette)
*''Games Again/Roscoe'' (2008, Bella Union, 07")
*''Home'' (2008, Bella Union, Hush, Type, CD, LP, mp3)
*''Float'' (2008, Type Recordings, CD, LP, mp3) and Float 2013 (2013, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, mp3)
*''Docile'' (2007, Kning Disk, CD, 10", mp3)
*''Retreat/Release'' (2007, Type Recordings, 07")
Collaborations
* "Blank Grey Canvas Sky" with Machinefabriek (2009, Fang Bomb, CD, LP, mp3)
* "Falling from Trees" with Neon Dance (2009, Erased Tapes/Neon Dance, dance score commission)
* "Mort Aux Vaches" with Machinefabriek and Jan and Romke Kleefstra, Chris Bakker, Nils Frahm
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(2010, Staalplaat Staalplaat is an independent record label that is located in Amsterdam with a separate store in Berlin. Founded in 1982, the company's founding mission was to create a sound forum for sound artists, who write and perform new and experimental music. ...
, CD)
* "Music for Confluence" (2011, Erased Tapes, CD, mp3)
* "Wonders" (as Oliveray) with Nils Frahm (2011, Erased Tapes, LP, mp3)
* "Let Your Hands Be My Guide" with Chantal Acda, Nils Frahm, Gyda Valtysdottir and Shahzad Ismaily (2013, Gizeh Records, CD, LP, mp3)
* "Soul" with Rival Consoles (2013, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, mp3)
* "Sunday Songs" as part of Beacon Sound Choir (2016, First Terrace Records, LP)
"Find the Ways"
(as Allred & Broderick) with David Allred (2017, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, mp3)
References
External links
Peter Broderick on Myspace
Discography (updated 2013)
Official Site
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People from Searsmont, Maine
Musicians from Portland, Oregon
People from Carlton, Oregon
Living people
1987 births
Bella Union artists
Hush Records artists
Erased Tapes Records artists
Western Vinyl artists