Peter Broderick

• Background — person • Name — Peter Broderick • Born — 20 January 1987 • Birthplace — Searsmont, Maine, US • Origin — Portland, Oregon, US • Occupation — * Musician • composer • Years Active — 2007–present • Label — * Bella Union • Erased Tapes • Type • Kning Disk • Hush • Western Vinyl • Past Member Of — Efterklang • Website — http: www.peterbroderick.net/

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 (2012), Colours of the Night (2015), Partners (2016), and All Together Again (2017). 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; they subsequently separated.

• "Blank Grey Canvas Sky" with Machinefabriek (2009, Fang Bomb, CD, LP, mp3) • "Falling from Trees" with Neon Dance (2009, Erased Tapes/Neon Dance, dance score commission) • "Mort Aux Vaches" with Machinefabriek and Jan and Romke Kleefstra, Chris Bakker, Nils Frahm (2010, Staalplaat, CD) • "Music for Confluence" (2011, Erased Tapes, CD, mp3) • "Wonders" (as Oliveray) with Nils Frahm (2011, Erased Tapes, LP, mp3) • "Let Your Hands Be My Guide" with Chantal Acda, Nils Frahm, Gyda Valtysdottir and Shahzad Ismaily (2013, Gizeh Records, CD, LP, mp3) • "Soul" with Rival Consoles (2013, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, mp3) • "Sunday Songs" as part of Beacon Sound Choir (2016, First Terrace Records, LP) • "Find the Ways" (as Allred & Broderick) with David Allred (2017, Erased Tapes, CD, LP, mp3)