Californian composer Madalyn Merkey is an artist performing in acoustic research and live computer music. Her practice began as a visual artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she transitioned to sound and time-based art. Two albums of her experiments with voice, Scent (2012) and Valley Girl (2014), have been released on Matt Mondanile’s New Images imprint. Merkey’s digital voice processing has a sensational effect, with the human voice modulating between foreground and background, creating an unusual occurrence in identifying the sound source. Recent projects combine traditional instruments and electronics in live performance. In observing the acoustic principles of an instrument, she designs a real-time synthesis program to generate complementary timbral events and contrasting scales. This survey has led to an ongoing series of site-specific electronic music performances, in which principles of location, room acoustics and surround sound, are the foundation to develop sound material.
2022
2021
Not On Label (Madalyn Merkey Self-released)
10xFile, FLAC, Album
2021
Flea
CD
2020
Not On Label (Madalyn Merkey Self-released)
7xFile, FLAC, Album
2017
Chantal (2)
Cass, Ltd
2017
Chantal (2)
Cass, Ltd
2017
Not On Label (Madalyn Merkey Self-released)
File, FLAC
2014
New Images, New Images, New Images
LP, Album
2012
New Images
LP, Album
2010
Different Lands
Cass, Ltd, C21
2010
Irma Vep
Cass, MiniAlbum
2010
Midnight Star Media
Cass
2009
Irma Vep
Cass, Ltd, C47
2009
Irma Vep
Cass
2020
Beats In Space Records
5xFile, MP3, 320
2022
Flea
LP
2022
Flea
CD
2018
2017
2020
Mana (5)
7xFile, FLAC, Comp
2018
Not On Label
CDr, Comp
2018
2015
Wire Magazine
18xFile, MP3, Comp, 320
2013
FACT Magazine
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2010
The Curatorial Club
Cass, c60 + DVD-V + Ltd, 200
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