Alistair MacDonald is a composer and performer who creates uniquely rich, spatialised music and sound.
Often collaborative his work encompasses field recording, live electronics, interactivity and improvisation with live electronics. He makes standalone electroacoustic works, music for instruments and voices, music and sound design for dance, film and art gallery installations.
Recent recordings include duo performances with soprano Stephanie Lamprea, Scottish harpist Catriona McKay, and Estonian singer Anne-Liis Poll. Collaborative projects include The White Cave with Jesse Jones, Stephanie Lamprea and Erin Thomson (Singapore Biennale, 2025); The moss and the cosmos with Kim Beveridge (The Cumnock Tryst, 2021); music for the silent film Nosferatu, with Phil Minton and Vlady Bystrov (Braunschweig, 2018); works with dance company Reckless Sleepers (UK and Belgium 2018-22); music for glass percussion, electronics and live flame-working with artist Carrie Fertig (UK, USA, Germany, 2012-14).
His music is published by the Canadian label empreintes DIGITALes.
