Brian Carpenter (musician)

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Brian Carpenter is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter. He has composed music for theater, dance, animation, and film. His primary instrument is the trumpet. He is the founder of Beat Circus, a genre-bending ensemble of unorthodox instrumentation which spawned in the early-2000s and spans old-time Americana, cabaret, Eastern European music, and Art rock. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.

In 2005 he composed the soundtrack for Providence-based director Lorelei Pepi's 2006 film Happy & Gay. In 2006 he worked with NY producer Martin Bisi to create the Beat Circus album Dreamland.

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[edit] Selected Discography

[edit] Albums

Beat Circus

  • Ringleaders Revolt (Innova Records, 2004)
  • Dreamland (Cuneiform Records, 2008)

HUMANWINE

  • Rivolta Silenziosa! (Cordless Recordings, 2006)
  • Fighting Naked (Cordless Recordings, 2007)

[edit] Films

  • Quincy & Althea (Doug Lenox, 2007)
  • Happy & Gay (Lorelei Pepi, 2008)

[edit] References