Brian Grainger

Brian Grainger is an American ambient/techno/electronic music composer and record label owner. The majority of his musical projects have been published under the names Milieu, Coppice Halifax, and Brian Grainger. Other musical aliases of his include 'Pink Space', 'Vhom', 'Parallax', 'Phe_', 'Teenager', 'AQV', 'TMA3', 'Troth', and 'Bike'. His collaborative projects include the bands CH*/CN (with EOD), Waterstrider (with Jonathan Canupp), Free Festival (with Brian Ellis), VCV (with David Tagg), SEAS (with David Tagg), Viking Destroyer (with David Tagg), Flax Harmonade (with Lee Batchelor), Silver Honey (with Jason Adams), Gauss (with Eric Adrian Lee), Royal Opium (with Lee Norris), Sunbeam Rail (with Samuel Campbell) and The Blue Spaces (with Luke Hazard).

Brian Grainger
OccupationComposer
Known forMilieu Music
Websitewww.milieu-music.com

Grainger is the sole owner and operator of the record label Milieu Music (established 2004) and its sub-label Recycled Plastics (est. 2011). Music released for these labels is produced in Grainger's home studio, Botany Bay, located in South Carolina. Grainger is also co-founder and co-owner of the record labels Second Sun Music[1] and Install,[2] along with David Tagg.

Eufloria video game soundtracks

Grainger (as Milieu) created the soundtrack to the ambient videogame Eufloria, which was released on PC, MAC, PlayStation Network, IoS, Android, and Steam. Through the Eufloria soundtrack, Grainger's music has reached nearly 450,000 gamers by December 2012[3] and over 500,000 gamers by March 2013.[4] The sequel Eufloria Adventures (available on PlayStation Mobile from April 2014[5]) also features a soundtrack by Grainger, this time under the moniker 'Coppice Halifax'.

Other soundtracks and scores

Grainger composed an original score for the Discovery Channel documentary Into The Dragon's Lair,[6] a special about Nile crocodiles. Into the Dragon's Lair aired on Animal Planet in 2010.[7] As Milieu, Granger's song "Cropduster" was features in the third season of the online show Radar.[8] Milie also contributed the song "Luke's Rusty Drum" to Code Barre,[9] a short film produced with the National Film Board of Canada.[10] Grainger's psychedelic track "Swamp Bike" was given a video by Mindbomb Films, and subsequently featured on Gizmodo[11] and Boing Boing:[12]

Selected discography
ArtistAlbumYearRecord Label
MilieuBrother2005Metanoia Media
MilieuA Dusty Box Of Old Memories2005Milieu Music
MilieuAurora Borealis2005U-Cover CDr Limited
MilieuSongs We Found In The Sand2005Rope Swing Cities
MilieuSleeep Mmx2005Milieu Music
MilieuGunkajima2005Experimedia
MilieuSlow Lid Close2006Experimedia
MilieuOur Blue Rainbow2006Expanding Electronic Diversity
MilieuMilieu2006Experimedia
MilieuNight Currents2006Milieu Music
MilieuPillowtone Poems2006Unlabel
MilieuBeyond The Sea Lies The Stars2006Infraction
Milieu / QuospGrassland Melodies2006Rope Swing Cities
MilieuSun White Sun2006Expanding Electronic Diversity
MilieuNew Drugs For Nuclear Families Of The Seventies2007Milieu Music
MilieuOur Blue Remixes2007Expanding Electronic Diversity
MilieuEcho Spectrum2007Milieu Music
MilieuRemodelled2007Boltfish Recordings
MilieuOur Bonus Remixes2007Milieu Music
MilieuOf The Apple2007Second Sun Recordings
MilieuBeyond The Stars Lies The Sea2008Second Sun Recordings
MilieuA Warm Wooden Hollow2008Infraction
MilieuColortone2009Milieu Music
MilieuSwaying Palms2009Milieu Music
MilieuWe Live In The Trees2009Milieu Music
MilieuLeaves Painted Purple2009Milieu Music
MilieuEufloria2009Milieu Music
MilieuLive At 114RKD2009Milieu Music
MilieuPhosphene Weather2009Install
MilieuBrittle Paper Cathedrals2009Milieu Music
MilieuSuntanned Melodies2009Milieu Music
MilieuThe Loneliness Of Empty Roads2010Second Sun Recordings
Turquoise Turtles & MilieuTurquoise Turtles & Milieu2010Milieu Music
MilieuA Blanket Of Infinite Repetitions2010Milieu Music
MilieuSadhills2010Milieu Music
MilieuBell'n Dither2010Milieu Music
MilieuEnjoy Your Stay At The Holograph Lounge2011Milieu Music
MilieuBlisschord Variations2011Milieu Music
MilieuEuflorian Additions2011Milieu Music
MilieuH Is For Hologram2011Milieu Music
Mrs Jynx / Milieu / FieldtriqpBermuda Triangle2011Milieu Music
MilieuTidewater Petrol2012Milieu Music
MilieuLast Wave2012Milieu Music
Milieu & Solitary NatureBedroom Waves2012Milieu Music
MilieuEuflorian Additions Volume II2012Milieu Music
MilieuAcademy Stripes2013Recycled Plastics
MilieuButcher Block Andromeda2014Recycled Plastics
MilieuThriambus2014Milieu Music

References
  1. "Second Sun Recordings". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. "Install". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. "Omni-Labs". Omni-labs.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. "Eufloria". Eufloria-game.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. "Eufloria Adventures Shines its Light on PS Mobile this Week". PlayStation.Blog. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. "Brian Grainger, Composer". ProductionBeast. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  7. "Into the Dragon's Lair Videos : Videos : Animal Planet". Animal Planet. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  8. "Music « Radar". Workbookproject.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  9. "Barcode - National film Board of Canada - ARTE". Codebarre.tv. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  10. "Barcode - National film Board of Canada - ARTE". Codebarre.tv. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  11. "The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Swamp Bike". Gizmodo. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  12. "Vision-tweaking minimalist music video". Biongbiong.net. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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