Electroacoustic music is music that exploits electroacoustic devices in the creation of sound, and is to be projected over loudspeakers rather than performed by instrumentalists. Electroacoustic music does not seek to imitate instrumental music but to venture into new sonic worlds.

By combining high-level artistic, conceptual and technical skills with the utilization of advanced electroacoustic technology, I seek to blur the dividing line between film music and sound design, broadening the scope of storytelling in film.

While adopting my “musical sound design” approach to film sound, working with game audio I'm focussed at creating a dynamic soundscape which contributes to the dramaturgical structure the game, appreciating the implications of its nonlinear nature.

In projects calling for a traditional score, a combined sound design and music editing service is offered. Having a background as orchestrator, I’m able to appreciate the intentions of the instrumental composer, and to interpret the potentials of a score in relation to image.

Working with electroacoustic composition, mixing and mastering are integral parts of the compositional process. In recent years I started to assist artists working in other genres to similarly exploit mixing and mastering in the forming the wholeness of a given project.

Rabbit at the Airport I-III, 2006-2008, for bass clarinet and electroacoustic sound (Usagi Records) Seven Tales of Misery, 2006, electroacoustic performance-installation, collaboration with SIGNA, commissioned by PLEX Music Theatre, Copenhagen Ring road, Night in the Park, 2005, 4 channel sound installation, commissioned by SPOR festival Ring road A141, 2004, electroacoustic sound, commissioned by mooseMATRIX Sleepdriver, 2003-2004, electroacoustic sound, commissioned by the Foundation Bruynél (Elektramusic) Essential Tree Work, 2001-2002, for bass clarinet and electroacoustic sound, commissioned by The Danish Composers' biennial and ensemble Contemporanea twoAwoman, 2002, Electroacoustic Theatre Performance, collaboration with Laurence Arpi, commissioned by AUT Sound Picture, 2001, sound installation, commissioned by SWUNG Shadow Songs, 2000-2001, for soprano and electroacoustic sound, commissioned by Rikke Simonsen Glober, 1999-2000, for organ, commissioned by Christian Præstholm

Rabbit at the Airport IV, the Finish Line, 2009, online film, collaboration with Jacob Ballinger, Eyemotions Sekunder, 2009, additional music, sound design, and music mixing (Dolby Digital) for short film by Anders Fløe Svenningsen Alser Draam, 2000/2009, mastering and additional music for short film by Jacob Ballinger, Eyemotions Rocketman, 2008, integrated music and sound design (Dolby Digital) for a 35mm short film by Jacob Ballinger/Juliane Beer Ring road A141, 2006, music video, collaboration with Jacob Ballinger, Eyemotions

LIMBO Integrated music and sound design for black/white puzzle game headed for Xbox Live Arcade, summer 2010

Essential Tree Work awarded the ElektraMusic Award 2005, France Sleepdriver nominated in Du 32e Concours International de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges, France in 2005 Essential Tree Work awarded an honourable mention in the Prix Ton Bruynél, the Netherlands, the only award made by the jury in 2003 Essential Tree Work awarded an honourable mention in the 25th International Competition Luigi Russolo, Italy in 2003 Shadow Songs prize awarded in the The Danish Arts Foundation competition in 2000

2005, Received a 3 year working scholarship from The Danish Arts Foundation 2003/2004/2008/2009, Received annual working scholarships from The Danish Arts Foundation 2003, received an international research scholarship from the Danish Research Agency and the Danish Ministry of Culture 2001 - 2007, Grants for artistic purposes received from Sonning Foundation, Danish Arts Council, KODA, Danish Composers' Society/KODA's Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes, Danish Actors' Association's Gramex Fund, William & Hugo Evers Fond & Astrid and Aksel Agerbys Mindefond

Selected performances International Computer Music Conference 2009 Montreal/2005 Barcelona The Cutting Edge 2008, The British Music Information Centre, London Le Bruit de la Neige 2009, Annecy, France San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2005/2007, California Sonorities 2005/2006, Belfast ÉuCuE 27ii 2008, Montréal FUTURA 2006, Crest, France International Gaudeamus Music Week 2003/2004 BEAST, Birmingham University CCRMA, California Berkeley University of California Santa Fe Electro Acoustic Music Festival, New Mexico Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London Kontur Festival 2007/2008, Copenhagen Festival Forfest, Czech Republic MANTIS SOUTH-NORTH 2007, Manchester NWEAMO, Oregon/California Nordic Music Days 2004/2006 SPOR festival 2005, Århus Amplitudes, Paris Dal Niente, Chicago Sound Around 2007, Copenhagen Two Days Two Nights New Music, Ukraine Santa Maria Nuova Musica, Italy ...

»Martin Stig Andersen draws the listener into a deeply evocative mood where agitated sub-frequencies and gathering crescendos suggest a sinister, cinematic quality...« (furthernoise.org) »... driven along with amphetamine-like conviction and laced with disturbing sub-clauses and alarming punctuation marks« (The Journal of Music in Ireland) »... a faintly glowing atmosphere of fine-tuned associations and delicate nuances of sound, precariously travelling from the soaring, clear, sweeping morning feeling to the covered, hidden, tucked-away grumble of stash-aways, heard through the wall, murky, dark... « (Sonoloco) »I solemnly enjoy the way Andersen brings you into the mist of notions, into hints of bardos far beyond the logic and reason of this world« (Sonoloco) »It's odd to see myself writing such things, but there's no other way to describe the deep, primal way these sounds acted on me - basic, deep-seated emotions of violence, fear, helplessness, and tenderness« (San Francisco Classical Voice)

2004-2010 PHD student in Electroacoustic Composition at City University, London, studying with Denis Smalley 1998-2003 Diploma in composition from The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark, studying with Karl Aage Rasmussen and Bent Sørensen 2001-2003 Studying electroacoustic at City University, London, as part of the Danish diploma degree 1998-2000 Attending courses at the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music 1995-1998 Private studies in composition, harmony, counterpoint 1976-1988 Student of music, primarily piano, at the Aarhus Musikskole

2005-2010 Teaching courses in music technology and acoustic awareness at the Academy of Music and Music Communication, Esbjerg 2006 Teaching course in electroacoustic composition at the Royal Danish Academy of Music 2005-2007 Conlsultant for the programme committee of Sound Around 2007 2004 Presentation at San Diego State University 2003 Presentation at Berkeley University of California and Stanford University, California 2003 Member of the committee for the integration of DIEM at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus 2002-2003 Co-opt member of Danish Composers Society 1998-2002 Board member of AUT (Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere) 1999-2002 Development of timbreAnalysis (audio analysis software) in collaboration with the University of Aarhus, Department of Computer Science 1999-2001 Chairman of Young Nordic Music Society, Denmark

A short preview of LIMBO will be playable at the IGF pavilion during the 2010 Game Developers Conference, taking place in San Francisco from March 9-13. I'll soon be mixing and re-mixing Jexper Holmens Oort Cloud for a unique surround sound release on Dacapo records Ring road A141 selected for concert performance at the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2009, Montreal Currently working at Limbo/Playdead ApS, creating original audio for an experimental video game title (release expected january 2010) Sound studio relocation to Pilestraede, Copenhagen

Martin Stig Andersen (b. 1973) creates acousmatic music, sound installations and electroacoustic performances, and collaborates with a number of distinguished musicians, performance and video artists. In recent years he ventured into the world of film sound and game audio, blurring the traditional dividing line between music and sound design. As a composer Martin Stig Andersen has received commissions from various ensembles and organizations and his music has been performed in numerous international festivals. He has obtained distinctions in the ElektraMusic Award - listener's prize (France), Prix Ton Bruynél (the Netherlands), the "Luigi Russolo" Competition (Italy), Bourges, and the Danish Arts Foundation's Competition. While having undertaken numerous commissions, Martin Stig Andersen increasingly seeks to challenge cultural boundaries by conceptualizing, initializing and producing his own artistic projects. Most recently he has realized the large scale project Rabbit at the Airport collaborating with Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner), clarinetist Gareth Davis, and visual designer Jacob Ballinger. Martin Stig Andersen graduated from The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus in 2003 where he studied composition with Karl Aage Rasmussen and Bent Sørensen. He is currently pursuing a PhD in electroacoustic composition at City University, London, studying with Denis Smalley.

Working within the field of electroacoustic composition, I consider my studio as my instrument. Primarily suited for post production, my studio comprises a mixture of highly specialized (and eccentric) tools and industry standard equipment, facilitating 5.1 surround sound mixing.