
Now based in Berlin, the French-Northern Irish musician straddles artistic disciplines. Their albums, EPs and 12"s only tell part of a story that includes kinetic live shows, and lavish interactive experiences. After releasing their immersive 2018 debut album String Figures on the SVS imprint, Mc Pherson released 2020's rhythmically complex States of Fugue – described by Hard Wax as »adventurous« – on their own SFX imprint.
Since then, Mc Pherson has assembled several sound installations for Berlin's Silent Green and Alhambra, performed at international festivals and venues – such as Moscow’s Mutabor, Malmö's Inkonst, Madrid's LEV, Amsterdam's Fiber, Berlin’s CTM – and initiated a collaboration with sound artist Jessica Ekomane. The duo's jagged debut live set was filmed at Berghain Halle and broadcast by ARTE TV, and their first recording was released in 2021 on Ostgut Ton's Fünfzehn + 1 compilation. Mc Pherson also recently embarked on an ambitious project alongside two organizations in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, to invite musicians and designers to perform and hold workshops at a brand new queer-owned club, and the city's newest art center.
This year, Mc Pherson will release their next statement on Berlin's Pendulum Recordings label. Titled Abyss Elixir, it continues where States of Fugue left off, crawling out of recognizable electronic templates and dissolving sci-fi sonics in dubbed-out rhythmic vortexes.