About
Composer of electronic music, focusing on immersive audio and live electronics.
Marcus composes electroacoustic music both in studio based form and for live electronics. All his compositions and performances feature cybernetic systems, ideas and techniques. He has worked with everything from complex immersive multi speaker technologies, modular systems, advanced gestural controllers to programming, field recordings and visual projections. Wrangö runs the small label/publishing company Mörk Materia Förlag and T-Shirt shop Modulart.
Based in Avesta, Sweden.
Education:
- Royal College of Music Stockholm Sweden — Masters, Composition Electroacoustic Music, 2008-2010
- Royal College of Music Stockholm Sweden — Bachelor, Composition Electroacoustic Music, 2005-2008
- Gotlands School of Composing Visby Sweden, 2003-2005
- Electronic Music Studio Stockholm Sweden, 2001-2003
- Spånga/Kista Gymnasium and Vasa Gymnasium Arboga, Electro Tele Technical program, Technical college graduate, 1993-1995
Current Work
- Freelance composer, musician and artist
- Tonmeister and Technical Coordinator at Audiorama in Stockholm. 2010-present
- Teacher/lecturer in Electroacoustic Music and Studio Engineering at Gotlands School for Composition in Visby. 2020-present.
Past work experience
- Teacher/lecturer, Royal College of Music in Stockholm, 2018-2020.
- Studio Engineer, Royal College of Music in Stockholm, 2016-2020.
- Freelance composer, Blocc Stockholm, Sweden, 2011-present.
- Web Systems Engineer, IDG Sweden AB Stockholm, Sweden 1999-2003
- Network and IT-engineer, KL Data Computer AB Solna, Sweden 1998-1999
- IT Consultant, GebexGruppen Stockholm, Sweden 1997-1998
- IT Engineer, Hewlett Packard Stockholm, Sweden 1997
- IT Engineer, AiX Arkitekter i Nätverk Stockholm, Sweden 1995-1996
Curating work
- Elektronmusiken i Fokus, curating, moderator. Conference for FST/Föreningen Svenska Tonsättre, 2023
- FST100, Curating for the 100 years jubilee of FST, one large festival, one chambermusic with electronics concert, curating member events, 2018
- Nordic Music Days festival, 2016, Festival concept and curating/program, arranged by FST at Southbank Centre, London, UK.
- Sound of Stockholm festival, 2012-2014, Curating group, Stockholm, Booked artists like Ryoji Ikeda, Mark Fell, Kyoka, Grischa Lichtenberger, Kangding Ray, Kaffe Matthews, Jean-Francois Laporte & Benjamin Thigpen, People Like Us.
Commission of trust
- FST/Society of Swedish Composers, Board Member, 2014-2024
- STIM Grading Committee Board member, 2017-2024
- Manifest Award Jury Experimental Category, 2018-present
Event producing experience
- Audiorama, Curating, tech production, sound engineering, etc 2010-present, around 30-60 events each year, 2 of our own festivals each year.
- Modular Synth Night, Fylkingen, 2022. Producing, curating, marketing, tech production, together with Mattias Petersson.
- FST100, Technical production, 2018
- Modular Synth Day, Fylkingen, 2018. Producing, curating, marketing, tech production, together with Mattias Petersson.
- Sound of Stockholm music festival, 2012-2014, Technical manager, production and coordination, Around 40 separate events, concerts, seminars, workshops, around 6 venues.
Collaborations
- Marcus Wrangö & Andrew Raffo Dewar (US), record and perform on Serge modular synths, 2022-present
- Omlopp, Duo together with Astrid Wrangö, record and perform on electronic and acoustic instruments, 2023-present
- RTTRSPRT, Duo together with Mattias Petersson, record and perform academic techno, 2014-present
- Wrangö/Bunnskog, Duo with Magnus Bunnskog, composing Hörspiel related music/installations, 2012-present
Recent grants
- Swedish Arts Grants Committee, project grant, 2023
- Swedish Arts Grants Committee, extra work grant, 2022
- Swedish Arts Grants Committee, covid crisis grant, 2021
- Swedish Arts Grants Committee, extra work grant, 2020
- STIM/Swedish Performing Rights Society Stockholm Sweden 2020
- Swedish Art Council (Kulturrådet), record release grant, 2020
Memberships
- FST/Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare (Society of Swedish Composers)
- American Society for Cybernetics
- Audiorama Ekonomisk Förening
- STIM/Swedish Performing Rights Society
- Fylkingen - Ny musik och Intermediakonst, ideell förening