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Joseph Branciforte
Joseph Branciforte is a musician, composer, designer, and sound artist whose work explores the intersection of structured systems and emergent phenomena through custom-built technology. He works fluidly across performance, composition, and installation in both acoustic and electronic mediums.
His recorded works include collaborations with vocalist Theo Bleckmann—LP1 (2019) and LP2 (2023)—that The New Yorker praised as "beguiling explorations of voice and machine,” and Sti.ll (2024), his acoustic arrangement of Taylor Deupree's microsound work, which Pitchfork called "a contemporary classical composition of arresting beauty."
In 2019, he founded the Greyfade record label as a platform for artists exploring process-based composition, alternative tuning systems, and digitally mediated forms of improvisation. As both curator and designer, Branciforte brings careful attention to sound, concept, and visual form, crafting a cohesive identity that bridges music and art.
Alongside his artistic practice, Branciforte has shaped the sound of hundreds of albums as a GRAMMY award-winning recording engineer and producer, collaborating with many of the most respected figures in experimental music. He maintains a busy production schedule mixing and mastering records at Greyfade Studio, located just north of New York City.
Awards
GRAMMY Award, 2022 (recording engineer)
Latin GRAMMY Award, 2023 (recording engineer)
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Ben Monder: Planetarium
by Vic Albani
Ben Monder chi? In Italia è piuttosto difficile incontrare qualcuno che conosca bene il lavoro di questo sessantatreenne signore newyorchese. Inquadriamolo: chitarrista di spicco nell'area newyorkese da oltre un trentennio, Ben ha lavorato con importanti nomi della musica moderna come (tra i tanti) Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, Andrew Cyrille, George Garzone, Paul Motian, Maria Schneider, ma forse il suo nome è noto per il fatto di essere stato chitarrista dell'ultimo album inciso da David Bowie Blackstar.
Continue ReadingTaylor Deupree & Joseph Branciforte: Reimagining Stil
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On experimental music producers and label owners Taylor Deupree and Joseph Branciforte. Back in 2002, Taylor Deupree released an electronic album called Stil. (12k Music). That release captivated listeners with its quiet, repeating patterns and stark digital sound. Twenty years later, Taylor and producer Joseph Branciforte linked up to reimagine the album as Sti.ll (greyfade), rebuilding the entire work using only non-electronic instruments. The new version takes all of the computer-generated sounds ...
Continue ReadingJoseph Branciforte/Theo Bleckmann: LP1
by Dan Bilawsky
Is sound something to bathe in? Can music envelop? Does the art of improvisation lend itself to ambient sound painting? The answer to all three questions, according to this collaboration, is “yes." LP1, the debut release on Joseph Branciforte's greyfade imprint, finds the producer and electronics ace teaming up with vocalist Theo Bleckmann to conjure variable atmospheres. The result of some studio experimentation leading up to a 2018 performance alongside the legendary Ryuichi Sakamoto, the four improvisations ...
Continue Reading[A] mastermind behind the scenes.
Pitchfork
Myriad artists are characterized as polymaths, but few may actually live up to the billing. Joseph Branciforte is one who’s earned that distinction.
The New York City Jazz Record
An electronic composer and audio engineer of impeccable taste and discerning ears.
Chamber Music Magazine
[Branciforte] manages to make the alien sound familiar while discovering new contours, crevices, and some positively room-rattling low end.
The Wire
Every sound is thoughtful and intentional, rewarding the patient listener.
SPIN
