sphmrs is the name of the new electronic music project led by Brandon Lucas Green. Including lyrical contributions by Tess Cychosz, this new project focuses on minimalist, loop-based song structures, and arrangements heavy with noise and electronics. a city behind closed doors is the name of the upcoming debut album, which is currently being recorded.

Live dates TBA.

soften (demo)

Taken By Name is an industrial rock project led by Brandon Lucas Green, originally conceived in 2007. Kid Lightbulb is the first album released for this project, and loosely follows concepts of loss, detachment and self-realization.

Buy the album here.

All songs written and performed by Brandon Lucas Green
except additional vocals by Tess Cychosz on “classical music,” “wind tunnel,” and “intruder”.

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Socialist Salesmen is a Boston-based hard rock group which includes Brandon Lucas Green on guitar and vocals, Jordan Weaver on guitar and vocals, Chris Erickson on bass and Lou Paniccia on drums. We draw influences from hard rock, modern stoner rock and classic pop and funk grooves.

Recordings and live performances coming soon.

works for solo piano (2009-2011)

Post-Midnight is a short collection of compositions for the piano, written and recorded between 2009 and 2011 and was conceived after a brief bout of insomnia. Inspired by the works of Bartok and Stravinsky, each piece explores a different stage of increasingly erratic late-night behavior; first, hallucinations appear and distract the mind from reality, leading to a second state of delirium, concluding with a final realization of one’s total inability to sleep.

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for five-string electric bass and live electronics (2010)

Variations on a Lonely Theme was composed during the winter of 2010 and represents an interest in the use of live and prepared electronics in a performance setting. The piece evolved from a short melodic theme for electric bass, and takes the listener through a gradual destruction of that theme. Each section explores a few small elements of the theme and incorporates live delay, pitch-shifting and other processing techniques. Included in the mix are several prepared electronic cues, which amplify a certain emotional quality within each destructive section. The piece ends with a modified recapitulation of the main theme, signifying a musical jamais vu, caused by the musical events in between the two.

Download score (.pdf, 371 KB)
Download performance patch (.zip, 37 MB)

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for tape (2009)

Music behind closed doors was composed in late 2009. Source sounds for the piece include various screams, moans, cries, whips, slaps and choking sounds, sounds that are considered gross or deviant according to social custom, but are ever-present in people?s private lives. These sounds are accompanied by a creaking door, which act as transitional material in the piece and represent the doors that people close to hide their imperfections and deviances from the public eye.

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for solo piano and tape (2009)

“Traffic Circle, Jamaica Spain” was composed during the spring of 2009, and contains sampled recordings from various locations in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, as well as additional sounds courtesy of freesound.org. The piece was written as a tribute to this culturally rich area of Boston, and as an exploration into the musicality of these diverse sounds. Within each section, the two instruments relate to each other in interesting ways, often creating a bizarre sense of counterpoint between the piano and everyday sounds.

Brandon aims to rework this piece for work in an 8-channel speaker environment.

Download score (.pdf, 194 KB)

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for solo piano (2009)

In January 2009 I composed a series of short pieces as a contribution to a local independent film called Soul Sisters. The music spans roughly one hour, and is predominantly written for solo piano, with minimalist structures and production. Some samples are available below.

hope within my baby’s heart

alone, she whispered

collaboration with MindPie arts collective (2008)

Music and sound design by Brandon Lucas Green
Kinetic sculpture by Deb Todd Wheeler
Edited by Annaliese Rittenhouse
Photography by Mark Wuerthner

indeterminacy for two pianos (2008)

Zion was composed in late 2008 as a study of indeterminate composition at Northeastern University. Each player is to choose the order in which they play each of the 6 main sections of the piece. The tempo, pulse and order of melodies can also be manipulated by each player.

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