Mountain Black

Martin Kay (aka Mountain Black) is a Melbourne based sound recordist, artist and designer who works with field recordings and cross synthesis processing to create hybrid noise, ambient, music-concrete and drone (electro-acoustic) compositions. His work focuses strongly on the environmental, atmospheric, spatial and textural aspects of sound composition. Greatly inspired by the use of sound in film and anime, Martin draws upon the construction and editing techniques within the soundtrack to produce hyper-real and abstract sonic landscapes. Working in the realms of live-performance, composition, installation & sound design, Martin’s recent projects include collaborations with sound artists Darrin Verhagen (Shinjuku Thief) and Nick Van Cuylenburg, working on theatre productions with director Daniel Schlusser. Martin has also exhibited, run workshops and performed in Melbourne, Armenia, Georgia, Malaysia and South Korea.