Quiet Design is an independent music and sound art label based in
Austin,TX and founded in 2007. Owned and curated by composers
Mike Vernusky
Mike Vernusky (born April 1, 1978) is an American composer, performer and record label owner. He writes music for concertized, theatrical, and filmic environments, primarily through the use of electronic media and live performance. His music has be ...
and
Cory Allen, Quiet Design has released work by over 30 artists from 10 countries. It has been said of Quiet Design that their "intriguing and often brilliant recordings will open your eyes, your ears, and very likely your mind."
The label's focus is releasing electronic music and sound art that is described as minimal, avant-garde and experimental. The packaging for each release is custom tailored to the sound of each piece in the catalog.
Artists on Quiet Design
Tetuzi Akiyama,
Cory Allen, Jim Altieri, Christopher Ariza, Alfredo Barros, Daniel Blinkhorn, Mark Cetilia, Thomas Dempster, exclusiveOr, Fires Were Shot, Guy Gelem, Glen Hall, Glen Charles Halls,
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* Erdem Başçı, Turkish economist
* Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Tu ...
, Nick Hennies,
Jandek
Jandek is the musical alias of Houston, Texas based lo-fi folk singer Sterling Smith. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 45 albums without granting interviews or providing any biographical information, releasing on a self-made lab ...
, Kioku, Clara Latham,
Alvin Lucier
Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in Mi ...
,
Yoshio Machida is an experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist.
Person
A member of ASCAP, Machida studied minimal art, music and film at the Tama Art University under Kuniharu Akiyama, Yoshiaki Touno, Sakumi Hagiwara and Kishio Suga. ...
, Paula Matthusen, Alex Mincek,
Kim Myhr
Kim Myhr (born 17 December 1981 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer in the field of experimental music.
Career
Kim Myhr (born 1981) is an active voice of the creative music scene in Norway, both as a composer and as a gu ...
, Alex Ness, Damian O'Riain,
Duane Pitre Duane may refer to:
* Duane (given name)
* Duane (surname)
* Duane, New York, a US town
* the title character of '' Duane Hopwood'', a 2005 film featured in the Sundance Film Festival
* Duane Adelier, a main character of '' Unsounded'', a 2012 f ...
, Sam Pluta,
Sebastien Roux,
Keith Rowe
Keith may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters
* Keith (surname)
* Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949)
* Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...
, Josh Russell, Paul Russell, Jeff Snyder,
Kate Soper
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Background
Soper was educated at the University of Oxford (BA) and worked as a trans ...
,
Steinbruchel, Peter Swendsen, and
Mike Vernusky
Mike Vernusky (born April 1, 1978) is an American composer, performer and record label owner. He writes music for concertized, theatrical, and filmic environments, primarily through the use of electronic media and live performance. His music has be ...
[ Quiet Design's Artist page]
Catalog
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Cory Allen, ''The Great Order'', 2013
*Steinbruchel +
Cory Allen, ''Seam'', 2012
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Cory Allen, ''Still'', 2011
*Guy Gelem, ''Tides'', 2011
*Fires Were Shot, ''Awakened by a Lonely Feud'', 2011
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Cory Allen, ''Pearls'', 2010
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Mike Vernusky
Mike Vernusky (born April 1, 1978) is an American composer, performer and record label owner. He writes music for concertized, theatrical, and filmic environments, primarily through the use of electronic media and live performance. His music has be ...
, ''Music for Film and Electro-Theatre'', 2010
*
Alvin Lucier
Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in Mi ...
/ Nick Hennies, ''Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas'', 2010
*Mark Cetilia, ''Anemoi'', 2009
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Cory Allen, ''Hearing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Hears'', 2009
*Glen Hall / Glen Charles Halls, ''Northern Dialogues'', 2009
*
Duane Pitre Duane may refer to:
* Duane (given name)
* Duane (surname)
* Duane, New York, a US town
* the title character of '' Duane Hopwood'', a 2005 film featured in the Sundance Film Festival
* Duane Adelier, a main character of '' Unsounded'', a 2012 f ...
, ''ED09'', 2009
*Various, ''Spectra: Guitar in the 21st Century'', 2009
*Various, ''The Language Of'', 2008
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Cory Allen, ''The Fourth Way'', 2008
*Kioku, ''Live 6.14.08'', 2008
*exclusiveOr, ''S/T'', 2008
*Josh Russell, ''Sink'', 2008
*Kioku, ''Both Far and Near'', 2008
*Various, ''Resonance: Steel Pan in the 21st Century'', 2007
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Mike Vernusky
Mike Vernusky (born April 1, 1978) is an American composer, performer and record label owner. He writes music for concertized, theatrical, and filmic environments, primarily through the use of electronic media and live performance. His music has be ...
, ''Blood that Sees the Light'', 2007
Notes
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