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Ben Frost
2010/2011 Music Protégé
Published in 2010
Australian composer, producer and musician Ben Frost is acclaimed for his music that is at once compelling, mystifying, disturbing and beautiful. In 2005, after receiving a degree in fine arts in Melbourne, Frost relocated across the world to Reykjavik, Iceland, where he co-founded the Bedroom Community record label.
Frost’s genre-defying work, influenced as much by Classical Minimalism as by Punk Rock and Metal, includes three emotionally powerful and critically acclaimed albums: Steel Wound (2003), Theory of Machines (2007) and BY THE THROAT (2009). Frost’s multidisciplinary collaborations have seen him work with renowned choreographers Gideon Obarzanek, Erna Ómarsdottír and Wayne McGregor, and with artists as diverse as Amiina, Tim Hecker, Nico Muhly and Björk.
Currently, Frost is composing the score for the forthcoming massive multi-player online game, World of Darkness, and working on several commissions for film and music, including a reworking of Tarkovsky's Solaris and music for the new Random Dance production, Flesh in the Age of Reason.
To learn more about Ben Frost, visit ethermachines.com