murphy bruning
portfolio
A selection of the creative work I've released, written/composed, performed on, engineered, mixed and recorded.
songs from the river
murphy bruning
My first released work as a solo artist. The album blends gothic western and grunge. Many songs have thematic links to rivers, given the EP name. Working on the album has given me experience in the recording/producing and songwriting aspects of music creation.
Coming soon.
on other celestial bodies
ghostcity
An indie-folk EP that I worked on as a recording engineer. I also helped write the song Promethus, and mixed the songs Prometheus, Charon & Prometheus (Again). The storytelling of the album is influenced by stories from Greek Mythology.
Coming soon.
wind and metal
wind and metal
A multi-genre mixtape EP following the history and colonisation of Wellington. I wrote the song Tory and was involved in the field recording and mixing process. This album uses field recordings and a 7.1 surround sound mix to place the listener into the environment and music.
Available on YouTube and Soundcloud.
growing pains
anna praill, various artists
Growing Pains is a collaborative EP by Anna Praill, who has collaborated with other Wellington-based musicians. I collaborated on the track All Things, and engineered the tracks All Things, Eulogy in Open D/Eulogy II and 10 Year Reunion.
Coming Soon.
something old, something new
something something, various artists
A collection of live video recordings of covers and originals published online in 2022. Bands were assigned genres and had to recreate the covers in that genre and write originals in the genre.
Available on YouTube.
collecting culture: a defence of physical music media
murphy bruning, alice burnett, anna praill
Collecting Culture: A Defence of Physical Music Media is a zine created by myself, Alice Burnett and Anna Praill. It explores the benefits of collecting vinyl records, CDs and other physical forms of music and includes interviews from local record stores.
Available for limited release in local record stores. Website.
