Kelly Moran (musician)

Kelly Moran (born February 17, 1988) is an American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Brooklyn.

[1] When Moran returned to New York after her graduate program, she played bass guitar for no-wave punk band Cellular Chaos.

[5] Moran self-released her first album, Optimist, in 2016 and re-released on vinyl and CD on Primal Architecture Records and Obsolete Units respectively.

[10] Moran signed with Warp Records in September 2018 to release her album Ultraviolet,[11] which has been recognized by the New York Times,[12] Rolling Stone,[13] and Vice,[14] among others.

In an interview, Moran noted that because the production world is male-dominated, she preferred establishing herself as an independent artist before bringing others in who may get credit for her work.

[11][16] Moran utilizes the prepared-piano format in her compositions, which involves altering a piano by placing objects on or between its strings.

[5] Moran creates unique timbres through this method, often placing items like screws within the piano and playing the strings with her fingers or an EBow.