tomandandy

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tomandandy is a musical ensemble formed in 1989 in New York City by Thomas Hajdu and Andy Milburn. The pair is best known[citation needed] for their work in film scores and television commercials.

tomandandy redefined the way in which music for media was created by appropriating aesthetics of the avant-garde and bringing them into pop culture[citation needed]. tomandandy received critical acclaim in all media sectors as creation as well as product design[citation needed].

tomandandy has also focused on artificial intelligence and content generation, holding the broad patent (US 6.051.770) "artificial composer" that is based on a series of groundbreaking musical metrics.

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[edit] Early years

Andy Milburn was born in Texas and went to Princeton University for undergraduate as well as graduate work. At Princeton, his primary focus was creating computer music and computer music applications. During that time, he helped build the early computer music system called "CMIX". Thomas Hajdu was born in Canada and moved to the US to work on his graduate studies at Princeton University.

While at Princeton University, the duo began collaborating on small pieces of music which consisted of bits of disjunct sounds. They called these pieces, "Blasts" and while blasts were completely[citation needed] unsuccessful when performed in the concert hall, they discovered that they played perfectly well when attached to disconnected images on TV[citation needed].

[edit] MTV and film, New York and Los Angeles

Milburn and Hajdu moved to New York after Princeton and started collaborating with film director Mark Pellington at MTV and film editor Hank Corwin. Soon their work was being used in commercials, TV shows, feature films, art installations and record projects. tomandandy quickly grew and they built a number of recording studios in New York and later in Los Angeles.

tomandandy's music can now be heard all over the world, from feature films and television advertisements to fashion shows, art galleries, and video games.

[edit] Selected discography

[edit] Artistic collaborations (selected)

  • No Maps For These Territories, documentary collaboration with author William Gibson and director Mark Neale, Slamdance, 2001
  • Tom Sachs, Sony Outsider, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, 1998
  • Starn Brothers, Black Sun Burned, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, 1998
  • William S. Burroughs, Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters novelist, production and composition for Old Western Movies from Kicks Joy Darkness. Ryko, 1997
  • Lou Reed, Grammy Award winner, production and composition for You Know You Were Loved from Friends soundtrack, Reprise/Warner, 1997
  • David Byrne, Grammy/Academy Award winner, production and composition for It Goes Back from Offbeat, TVT Records, 1997
  • La Fura dels Baus, John Paul Jones, Peter Gabriel, collaboration for Spanish World’s Fair, 1996
  • Remix of the Gravity Kills song Goodbye on the Guilty remix single. TVT Records, 1996
  • Laurie Anderson, Creator of Performance Art, production and composition for In Our Sleep, Warner Brothers, 1995
  • Oliver Stone, Academy Award winning writer/director, additional music for feature films JFK, Warner Brothers 1991 and Natural Born Killers, Warner Brothers 1994
  • U2: Zoo TV, World Tour, 1994
  • Jenny Holzer, Laments, DiaArt Foundation, New York, 1989

[edit] Advertising campaigns (selected)

  • Wieden & Kennedy – Microsoft, Nike
  • Viacom – MTV, VH1
  • Euro RSCG – Volvo, WorldCom
  • McCann Worldwide - Mercedes Daimler, AT&T
  • Publicis & Hal Riney – Cisco, Saturn

[edit] Press (selected)

  • NY Times
  • Interview Magazine
  • Paper Magazine
  • Details Magazine
  • Wired Magazine
  • Index Magazine

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