California-born and Boston developed, producer-songwriter Murray Sandmeyer is a 5th year Computer Science and Music Technology major at Northeastern. Murray enjoys writing music about technology and online connectivity, and as a result, he found his musical footing working for other artists over the internet. After numerous collaborations and hundreds of digital compositions, he created the artist persona Murray WOW to share his most personal original songs.
Cyber Fjörd is a 4-minute electronic work for fixed media. Placed at the heart of Murray WOW’s Virtual Reality musical project ‘Melt’, the composition illustrates an imagined landscape that simultaneously evokes a grand discomfort. Cyber Fjörd highlights the awe and eerie power that comes with placing humans in vast virtual worlds.
Real Life
2019
‘Who on earth has the time for the real life?’ Just as electronic worlds are open for examination, so is the organic world. Even though the things we call ‘real’ seem palpable and relevant, this short song calls into question the completeness and satisfaction of the physical realm.
XCX Plunderphonics
2019
XCX Plunderphonics is a brief study on the experimental sounds in the discography of pop musician Charli XCX. The work toggles between minute electronic spasms and grand vocal sweeps, highlighting the artistic range at which music from this artist operates.