Paul Corley
Paul Corley is an American composer, producer, and sound artist.
Biography
Corley joined the Icelandic music collective and record label Bedroom Community in 2007, working alongside Nico Muhly, Ben Frost and Valgeir Sigurðsson.
In 2012 Corley released his debut solo album 'Disquiet' and also composed his first score for the theatre, Hreinsun at the National Theatre of Iceland. Textura.org[1] commented on Disquiet as "nothing short of remarkable", while Popmatters made note of how the record "deals more in the silence around the music than the music itself".[2]
Corley has collaborated and produced albums with Oneohtrix Point Never, Gabi,[3] Tim Hecker & Ben Frost.[4] His work with Frost has covered numerous stage works and film scores, including the Palme d'Or nominated Sleeping Beauty, the UK television show Fortitude and the music-theatre adaptation of the Iain Banks novel The Wasp Factory.
He became the Music Director for Sigur Rós live shows in 2016 and through the success of this collaboration began developing new material with the band for their forthcoming eighth studio album. Corley is also part of the collaborative project Liminal, together with Sigur Rós member Jonsi and composer Alex Somers.[5]
Discography
Albums
- Disquiet (Bedroom Community, 2012)
Remixes
- Atli Örvarsson - Solid Ground (Paul Corley Remix) (Inni Music, 2021)[6]
- Ben Chatwin - Bow Shock (Village Green, 2019)
- Mary Lattimore - Baltic Birch (Paul Corley Remix) (Ghostly International, 2019)
- Penelope Trappes - Nite Hive (Paul Corley Rework) (Houndstooth, 2019)
- Johann Johannsson - …Eins Og Venjulegt Fólk (Deutsche Grammophon, 2018)
As Liminal
- Liminal 3 (Krúnk, 2018)
- Liminal 2 (Krúnk, 2018)
- Liminal (Krúnk, 2018)
See also
References
- Paul Corley - Disquiet Review. Textura, November, 2012
- Paul Corley - Disquiet Review. Popmatters, January 16, 2013
- Gabi - Fleece Review. Pitchfork
- Ben Frost shares new album trailer. Self Titled Magazine
- Sigur Rós launch new "endless" playlist. NME, May 8, 2018
- Atli Örvarsson - Solid Ground (Paul Corley Remix) Review. DestroyExist, March 18, 2021