Tyondai Braxton
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Tyondai Braxton performing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in May 2012
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tyondai Adaien Braxton |
| Born |
October 26, 1978 New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | New music, experimental rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Warp, Nonesuch |
| Associated acts | Battles |
| Website | www |
Tyondai Adaien Braxton (born October 26, 1978) is an American composer and musician. He has been writing and performing music under his own name and collaboratively under various group titles and collectives since the mid-1990s, including in the art rock group Battles from its formation to 2010. Raised in Connecticut and Northern California, Braxton is the son of avant-garde multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser Anthony Braxton. He studied composition at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut with Robert Carl, Ingram Marshall, and Ken Steen.
In late 2002, Braxton co-founded Battles, in which, until 2010, he performed as guitarist, keyboardist and singer. The group received worldwide acclaim for their debut album Mirrored (2007), which, among other honors and awards, was hailed by Time and Pitchfork Media as one of the ten best records of the year. The 16-month tour for the record brought the band to such venues as The Cartier Foundation Museum in Paris, The Fuji Rock Festival in Northern Japan, and the Sydney Opera House in Australia for Brian Enoʼs Luminous Festival.
Braxton's Central Market was released worldwide by Warp Records in September 2009. The album, Braxton's second full length as a solo artist, features a large-scale orchestral score with performances by The Wordless Music Orchestra. The album's name is both a nod at Stravinsky's Petrushka (the fairytale-like bazaar that opens that ballet), as well as the worldwide market crash of 2008.
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