Graysen Braun is a Canadian interdisciplinary sound artist and composer based in Vancouver, BC, which resides on the unceded, traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. He is currently in his fourth year at Simon Fraser University for a BFA in Music & Sound. His work spans fixed media, performance and installation via Ableton, Logic Pro X, modular synthesis, field recordings, piano, violin, and voice. HIs work is often characterized by harmony, minimalism, texture and dissonance. 

Graysen has collaborated with artists from the School for the Contemporary Arts, including Adelya Mullasheva, artistic director of SENSES, for their collaboration Glücki. Previous projects with Glücki include Sonorous Wires, a large visual art string instrument amplified for live performance and upcoming projects include an interactive untitled installation. He has also collaborated with Atreyu Brassard Yañez for his short film UYERTA and Aiden Gobillot for the modular synthesis projects Allo Larva I and Allo Larva II.

In January of 2024, Graysen began a collaboration with Perelandra Waddle, an up and coming Métis interdisciplinary performing artist, SCA Dance Alumni and founder of the BIPOC collective ᐋᐧᐸᓇᒐᐦᑯᐢ✨ (pronounced: wâpanacahkos). Braun, Waddle, and many other artists are actively collaborating on “The Perelandra Project”, an experimental theatre-dance adaption of the C.S. Lewis book Perelandra from The Space Trilogy series. Besides various other roles, Graysen mainly works as the sound designer and composer for the project. The soundtrack incorporates styles from folk, classical, electronic, Métis jigging and features from vocalist and actress Athena Chan; as well as the fiddle player and composer Wesley Hardisty. The project is set to debut at Performance Works in Granville Island from December 5-8.

Before his time at Simon Fraser University, Graysen actively participated in the theatre community as both an actor and composer. He wrote original works for performances of Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and Pygmalion.

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Bandcamp: https://graysenbraun.bandcamp.com/music