Peter Broderick
Peter Broderick is an American musician and composer from Carlton, Oregon. He has released solo material under his own name, been a member of Efterklang, and played with several ensembles as a session musician.
Biography
Broderick was born in Searsmont, Maine in 1987 but raised mostly in Carlton, Oregon. He learned a number of musical instruments whilst at school, and went on to become a session musician, playing violin, banjo, musical saw, and mandolin on recordings by M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel, Dolorean, Jeff London and others. He played and toured with numerous groups, including Horse Feathers, Norfolk & Western, Loch Lomond and Laura Gibson.In mid-2007, Broderick joined the Danish ensemble Efterklang in Copenhagen to join their touring band after the release of their album Parades. After touring, he released a mini album of solo piano music, Docile, on the Swedish label Kning Disk, as well as a 7″, Retreat/Release, his first full-length album of piano and string based compositions, Float, and an orchestral concept album, Music for Falling from Trees, on the US label Western Vinyl and British label Erased Tapes. He released two albums in collaboration with Machinefabriek. He also released solo albums These Walls of Mine, Colours of the Night, Partners, and All Together Again.
He is the brother of Heather Woods Broderick, also a solo artist and Efterklang collaborator. He married Irish folk musician Brigid Mae Power in 2016 and they currently live in south London.
Discography
Solo recordings
- Give It to the Sky: Arthur Russell's Tower of Meaning Expanded
- Blackberry
- Peter Broderick & Friends Play Arthur Russell
- All Together Again
- Grunewald
- Partners
- Colours of the Night
- Float 2013
- These Walls of Mine
http://www.itstartshear.com - How They Are
- Three Film Score Intakes
- Music for a Sleeping Sculpture of Peter Broderick
- 4 Track Songs
- Five Film Score Outtakes
- Music for Falling from Trees
- Ten Duets
- Games Again/Roscoe
- Home
- Float and Float 2013
- Docile
- ''Retreat/Release''
Collaborations
- "Blank Grey Canvas Sky" with Machinefabriek
- "Falling from Trees" with Neon Dance
- "Mort Aux Vaches" with Machinefabriek and Jan and Romke Kleefstra, Chris Bakker, Nils Frahm
- "Music for Confluence"
- "Wonders" with Nils Frahm
- "Let Your Hands Be My Guide" with Chantal Acda, Nils Frahm, Gyda Valtysdottir and Shahzad Ismaily
- "Soul" with Rival Consoles
- "Sunday Songs" as part of Beacon Sound Choir
- "Find the Ways" with David Allred