Seán Mac Erlaine
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
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| genre = Ambient
experimental
Jazz
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Woodwinds, keyboards, live electronics
| years_active = 1999-present
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| website = {{URL|https://www.seanmacerlaine.com/}}
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Seán Mac Erlaine (born 30 July 1976) is an Irish musician and composer specialising in woodwinds and electronics. He studied jazz performance in Newpark Music Centre under Ronan Guilfoyle where he also taught for a number of years before completing his formal education at Dublin Institute of Technology where he was awarded a Masters in Jazz Performance as well as a PhD focusing on solo woodwind performance with live electronics.{{cite web|title=Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media|url=http://www.gradcam.ie/people/sean-og-mcerlaine/|website=GradCAM}}
He plays alto saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet which he often processes through software created with Max/MSP.{{cite web|title=Improvised Music Company|url=http://www.improvisedmusic.ie/artists/details/sean-macerlaine|website=Improvised Music Company|accessdate=23 May 2017}} He has performed with leading musicians including Jan Bang, Bill Frisell, David Toop, Ernst Reijseger, The Smith Quartet, Hayden Chisholm, Eivind Aarset, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Ronan Guilfoyle, Iarla O'Lionaird, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Damo Suzuki and The Gloaming.{{cite journal|journal=The Journal of Music|date=19 October 2016|url=https://journalofmusic.com/listing/19-10-16/note-productions-presents-duo-series-2016-5-sean-mac-erlaine-jan-bang|accessdate=23 May 2017|title=Note Productions presents DUO SERIES 2016 #5 SEÁN MAC ERLAINE WITH JAN BANG}}
Mac Erlaine has released two solo albums on Irish record label Ergodos. The Irish Times describes Mac Erlaine as "consistently one of the most interesting and adventurous musicians of his generation."{{cite web|last1=Larkin|first1=Cormac|title=Album review|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-reviews/se%C3%A1n-mac-erlaine-1.554895|website=The Irish Times|publisher=The Irish Times|accessdate=23 May 2017}}
Discography<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2405548-Se%C3%A1n-Mac-Erlaine?filter_anv=0&type=Credits|title=Seán Mac Erlaine|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref>
- Ordnance Survey: Relative Phase (Scintilla Recordings, 2019)
- INNI-K: The Hare & The Line (Independent, 2019)
- Achim Zepezauer + guests: Slotmachinene (Gruenrekorder, 2019)
- Seán Mac Erlaine: Music for Empty Ears (Ergodos, 2018)
- This is How we Fly: Foreign Fields (Playing With Music, 2017)
- Davy Kehoe: Short Passing Game (Wah Wah Wino, 2017)
- Benedict Schlepper-Connolly: The Weathered Stone (Ergodos, 2016)
- Dylan Tighe: Wabi-Sabi Soul (Independent, 2016)
- Quiet Music Ensemble: Mysteries Beyond Matter (Farpoint Recordings, 2015)
- Seán Mac Erlaine: A Slender Song (Ergodos, 2014)
- This is How we Fly: This is How we Fly (Playing With Music, 2014)
- Ergodos Musicians: Songs (Ergodos, 2014)
- Dylan Tighe: Record (Independent, 2014)
- Martin Tourish: Under a Red Sky Night (MT Music, 2014)
- Seán Mac Erlaine: Long After The Music Is Gone (Ergodos, 2012)
External links
Official website - [http://www.seanmacerlaine.com www.seanmacerlaine.com]
Improvised Music Company artist page - [https://www.improvisedmusic.ie/artists/details/sean-macerlaine]
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