Jules Maxwell
| Jules Maxwell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 28, 1965 Bangor, Northern Ireland |
| Genres | Composer for Theatre, Dance and Film |
| Website | Official website |
Jules Maxwell (born October 28, 1965 in Bangor, Northern Ireland) is a songwriter, and composer. He played keyboards for Dead Can Dance on their 2012/13 world tour. His composition work for dance and theatre draws upon minimalism and is often recorded, incorporating strong melodic montages of sampled sound influenced by the work of Gavin Bryars.
Jules Maxwell’s career in music began in rather unlikely circumstances. As a politics undergraduate at Queen’s University in Belfast he hooked up with the drama society and began composing music for their productions. Up to that point he had no intention of working professionally as a musician. Subsequently, however, this unlikely group of actors, writers, directors and musicians went on to form Tinderbox Theatre Company.
From 1988 through to 2002 Maxwell composed for fifteen of the first Tinderbox shows. These included Lynne Parker’s production of Catchpenny Twist by Stewart Parker, Gary Mitchell’s “Independent Voice”, Marie Jones “Ruby” and Tim Loane’s “Caught Red Handed”. One thing led to another and during this period he also began picking up work as a composer for contemporary dance, working for 4 seasons with Limerick based Daghdha Dance Company. He moved from Belfast to Dublin in 1994 and forged an exciting relationship with fledgling animation house Moving Still with whom he collaborated on 2 series for television: “Ri Ra” was an Irish language programme for RTÉ/UTV, and “Stop, Look, Listen, Animals” was a 6-part series for Channel 4. 1997 marked a significant turning point in his career. He made the soundtrack for Oscar nominated short film "Dance Lexie Dance” directed by Tim Loane, an old college friend from Queen’s, and also collaborated with Wayne McGregor for the first time on an audacious dance project called “Cybergeneration” for Belfast Festival.
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