Seán Mac Erlaine (born 30 July 1976) is an Irish musician and composer specialising in woodwinds and electronics. He studied jazz performance in
Newpark Music Centre
Newpark Comprehensive School () is a mixed, Church of Ireland, state comprehensive secondary school in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. It was established in 1972.
History
Newpark has a Christian tradition, reflecting its origins with ...
under
Ronan Guilfoyle where he also taught for a number of years before completing his formal education at
Dublin Institute of Technology where he was awarded a Masters in Jazz Performance as well as a PhD focusing on solo woodwind performance with live electronics.
He plays
alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...
,
clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound.
Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
and
bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...
which he often processes through software created with
Max/MSP. He has performed with leading musicians including
Jan Bang,
Bill Frisell,
David Toop,
Ernst Reijseger,
The Smith Quartet
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Hayden Chisholm
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Life and career
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,
Eivind Aarset
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,
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
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,
Ronan Guilfoyle,
Iarla O'Lionaird,
Valgeir Sigurðsson
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Biography
Coming from a musical background, Valgeir's fascination with recording technology led to a job in a small recor ...
,
Damo Suzuki and
The Gloaming
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.
Mac Erlaine has released two solo albums on Irish record label Ergodos. The Irish Times describes Mac Erlaine as "consistently one of the most interesting and adventurous musicians of his generation."
Discography
* ''Ordnance Survey: Relative Phase'' (Scintilla Recordings, 2019)
* ''INNI-K: The Hare & The Line'' (Independent, 2019)
* ''Achim Zepezauer + guests: Slotmachinene'' (
Gruenrekorder, 2019)
* ''Seán Mac Erlaine: Music for Empty Ears'' (Ergodos, 2018)
* ''This is How we Fly: Foreign Fields'' (Playing With Music, 2017)
* ''Davy Kehoe: Short Passing Game'' (Wah Wah Wino, 2017)
* ''Benedict Schlepper-Connolly: The Weathered Stone'' (Ergodos, 2016)
* ''Dylan Tighe: Wabi-Sabi Soul'' (Independent, 2016)
* ''Quiet Music Ensemble: Mysteries Beyond Matter'' (Farpoint Recordings, 2015)
* ''Seán Mac Erlaine: A Slender Song'' (Ergodos, 2014)
* ''This is How we Fly: This is How we Fly'' (Playing With Music, 2014)
* ''Ergodos Musicians: Songs'' (Ergodos, 2014)
* ''Dylan Tighe: Record'' (Independent, 2014)
* ''Martin Tourish: Under a Red Sky Night'' (MT Music, 2014)
* ''Seán Mac Erlaine: Long After The Music Is Gone'' (Ergodos, 2012)
External links
Official website
www.seanmacerlaine.combr />
Improvised Music Company artist page
References
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1976 births
Living people
Irish musicians
Experimental musicians