Sam Britton

Sam Britton trained as an architect at the Architectural Association in London (where he received his RIBA Part 1), but took up music full time after securing a recording contract as an undergraduate. He has since recorded and released music as Icarus (with Ollie Bown) for a number of independent labels (Output Recordings, Temporary Residence, Hydrogen Dukebox, The Leaf Label and No Immortal) to significant critical acclaim and performed all over Europe.

In 2004 Icarus's 'I Tweet The Birdy Electric' album was listed as one of the Wire magazines top 10 electronic records of the year and the BBC similarly hailed it as one of the top experimental records of 2004. In 2005 Sam was accepted to study a masters course in computer music and composition at IRCAM in Paris, where he will be in residence until November 2006.