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The audio projects of Michael Bentley

You can sample and purchase Michael's albums, along with other Foundry releases, via the Foundryshop at Bandcamp.

Follow the links on the left for more information on individual audio projects and releases, or scroll down for a complete discography.

 


 

DISCOGRAPHY
(listed chronologically within each section; top to bottom = oldest to newest)

Albums (full length CDs)

  • as eM - Djinn for THE FOUNDRY [1997]
  • as co-contributor (with Nathan Kreisberg) - Eclectronica for THE FOUNDRY [1995-7]
  • as The Apiary - Descent for THE FOUNDRY [1996/7]
  • as Rhomb (with Nathan Kreisberg) - Hidden Topographies for THE FOUNDRY [1998]
  • as eM - Greater than zero, less than one for THE FOUNDRY[1998]
  • as The Foundry (with Nathan Kreisberg & Susan Worland) - Mote for THE FOUNDRY [1999]
  • as eM - All the Stars Burning Bright for THE FOUNDRY/HYPNOS[2001]
  • as Mollusk - Accretions for THE FOUNDRY/HYPNOS[2001]
  • as M. Bentley - This World for THE FOUNDRY [2006]

 

EPs (CD, vinyl, cassette)

  • as eM - The Motor Sessions EP for THE FOUNDRY [1999]
  • as eM - Import for FALLT [2000]
  • as Rhomb (with Nathan Kreisberg) - Lunatic for ARCHIPELAGO [2000]
  • as eM - Click Pop for ARCHIPELAGO [2000]
  • as eM - Retrograd for SLAPART [2002]
  • as eM - Outward for FOUNDRY/HYPNOS [2002]

 

PROJECTS (as originator/curator and contributor)

  • as eM, Rhomb (with Nathan Kreisberg) - 360° : A Foundry Project for THE FOUNDRY/HYPNOS [2002]
  • as eM, Rhomb (with Nathan Kreisberg), The Apiary, and Mollusk - Lost and Found : A Foundry Compilation for THE FOUNDRY/HYPNOS [2002]
  • as M. Bentley/eM - the track The Twilight Pageant of the Bibimbots... on Bibimbap: An Archipelago Project for THE FOUNDRY/ARCHIPELAGO [2004]
  • as M. Bentley - Thing Asunder for THE FOUNDRY [2005]

 

COMPILATIONS (as contributor)

  • as Rhomb (with Nathan Kreisberg) - the track Lunatic Transit for the compilation Goldtri Volume 2 on STONKER [1998]
  • as eM - the track Gently Gigantic for the compilation Knots on THOUSAND/WMO [1999]
  • as eM - the track On (minuet) for the compilation accompanying the Fall 2000 issue of Computer Music Journal published by MIT PRESS [2000]
  • as M. Bentley - the track Dead Suns on the Compilation ambient@hyperreal.01 AQUAFM [2000]
  • as eM - the track Bertram's Room on the No Compression Festival compilation on LITTLE FURY THINGS [2001]
  • as eM - the track Galaxies Like Grains of Sand on the compilation ambient@hyperreal.02 AQUAFM [2001]
  • as eM - the track If on a Winter's Night (Version) on the compilation Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men ZAFTIG RESEARCH [2001]
  • as eM (with n.kra) - the track Linoleum on the compilation Freest of Radicals No Type [2002]
  • as M. Bentley - the track From there... on SUB.TERRA: A Foundry Project for THE FOUNDRY/HYPNOS [2003]
  • as M. Bentley/eM - the track April... on Jonathan Hughes' Fluidities for THE FOUNDRY [2004]

 

OTHER & MULTIMEDIA

  • as The Apiary - music for Charles Browning's installation "What are you afraid of?" [1996]
  • as The Apiary - music for Charles Browning's video "The Hunting of the Wren" [1999]
  • as eM - Waiting (an html based project with MP3s) for FALLT [2000]
  • as eM - Broken Moments (an eight part suite of MP3s with graphics) for .TILN [2000]
  • as Mollusk - mollusk.net (an ongoing series of MP3s with graphics) for WWW.MOLLUSK.NET [2000]
  • as eM - music and images for the "Bertram's Room" video [2001]
  • as eM (with n.kra) - Urban Renewal MP3s for NO TYPE [2002/upcoming]
  • as M. Bentley - music and images for the "Chronos & Kairos" video [2003]
  • as M. Bentley - some music and all images for the "Fluidities: Visual Studies" video [2003]
  • as M. Bentley - music and images for the "St. Michael Oubliette" video [2003]
  • as M. Bentley (with Forrest Fang) - images for the "Birds Fly Into the Sun" video [2004]