Brian Transeau

Brian Transeau (born Brian Wayne Transeau on October 4, 1971 in Rockville, Maryland) is a musician who records under the stage name BT. Classically trained from the age of thirteen, he attended Berklee School of Music in Boston for one year before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles, and then back to Washington, DC.

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October 4 - 1971 - Rockville - Maryland - Musician - Stage name - Berklee School of Music - Boston - Los Angeles - Washington, DC

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Transeau's music was not very well received in the United States during the early 1990s, and he moved temporarily to Europe where his music was discovered by Sasha, a British DJ who introduced BT's music into the club circuit. Instantly popular, BT's 1996 album Ima helped shape the future of the burgeoning progressive house scene as it merged with, and later came to define, the trance music style. However, unlike so many artists of the trance genre, BT has lost neither his momentum nor his edge. While Ima was comprised solely of the "progressive" sound, 1997's ESCM was more experimental (although it still produced several big records for the electronic dance music scene). BT's 1999 album Movement in Still Life continued his experimentation outside of the trance genre he helped to define through an interesting dichotomy emerged between his more adventurous work and the more structured, commercially viable tracks. This album also featured a strong element of nu skool breaks, a genre he helped define with the classic Hip-Hop Phenomenon, in collaboration with Tsunami One. 2003 saw the release of Emotional Technology featuring more vocal tracks than usual, including six with vocals by Transeau. He also provided vocals on the DJ Tiësto single "Love Comes Again", and recently worked together with David Bowie on the song "(She Can) Do That", recorded for the movie Stealth (2005), which BT also composed the score for.

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United States - 1990s - Europe - Sasha - British - DJ - Club - 1996 - Ima - Future - Progressive house - Trance music - Genre - Momentum - Edge - 1997 - ESCM - Experiment - Electronic dance music - 1999 - Movement in Still Life - Nu skool breaks - Tsunami One - 2003 - Emotional Technology - DJ Tiësto - David Bowie - Stealth

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In recent years he has also moved into film scoring including Go (1999), Under Suspicion (2000), Driven (2001), The Fast and the Furious (2001), and Monster (2003). He recently completed the score for Stealth (2005), as well as the score for The Underclassman (2005).

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Film - Go - Under Suspicion - Driven - The Fast and the Furious - Monster - Stealth - The Underclassman

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Also of note, unlike many artists working in electronica, Transeau frequently performs his music live on-stage. In 2004, he did a very popular "last night of summer" concert at BT Tower (named for British Telecom, not Transeau).

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Electronica - Stage - 2004 - BT Tower - British Telecom

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On December 14, 2002, Transeau invited twenty plus fans to his home for a private party to preview his (as of then, unreleased) upcoming album, Emotional Technology (2003).

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Aliases include Kaistar, Libra (as in Libra Presents Taylor), with John Selway as Dharma, with Deep Dish and John Selway as Prana, with Shaun Keng Collins as Elastic Reality, with Taylor as Elastic Chakra, with Guy Oldhams and Taylor as GTB, and with Sasha as 2 Phat Cunts.

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The song Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved) was featured on the North American version of the dance video game Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME.

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Video game - Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME

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Brian Transeau is the father of a young daughter. He lives and composes his works in his Los Angeles, California home/studio.

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