Alec K Redfearn is a musician and composer based out of Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

. He has composed music for dance, theater, and film. His primary instrument is the accordion. Most notable is his body of compositional work for The Eyesores, a genre-bending ensemble of unorthodox instrumentation which spawned in the mid-1990s and whose music spans old-time Americana

Americana (music)

Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...

, Appalachian, folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 and Eastern European music.

He composed the soundtrack for and acted in a small role in Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

-based director Laura Colella's 2004 film Stay Until Tomorrow. In 2005 he was awarded the MacColl Johnson Fellowship from the Rhode Island Foundation.

He has also developed a unique style of playing the accordion, introducing elements commonly associated with the guitar such as distortion, drone, and noise. He has performed on accordion and recorded in several ensembles of which he also composes for, such as Amoebic Ensemble

Amoebic Ensemble

Amoebic Ensemble were an instrumental band in the 1990s, from Providence, Rhode Island, headed by Alec K. Redfearn, who wrote the music and arrangements for the group, and played accordion...

, Barnacled, and Beat Circus

Beat Circus

Beat Circus is a band from Boston, Massachusetts fronted by multi-instrumentalist / singer-songwriter Brian Carpenter, who has been its only constant member since its inception.-Musical style:...

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Albums

Alec K. Redfearn and the Seizures

• Exterminating Angel (Corleone Records, 2009)

Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores

• May You Dine on Weeds Made Bitter By the Piss of Drunkards (Magic Eye Singles, 1999)
• Bent at the Waist (Handsome Records, 2002)
• Every Man For Himself and God Against All (Corleone Records, 2003)
• The Quiet Room (Cuneiform Records, 2005)
• The Smother Party (North East Indie, 2006)
• The Blind Spot (Cuneiform Records, 2007)

Beat Circus

Beat Circus

Beat Circus is a band from Boston, Massachusetts fronted by multi-instrumentalist / singer-songwriter Brian Carpenter, who has been its only constant member since its inception.-Musical style:...

• Ringleaders Revolt (Innova Records, 2004)
• Dreamland
  Dreamland (Beat Circus album)
  Dreamland is the second studio album by American band Beat Circus. It was released on January 29, 2008 by Cuneiform Records, and shares its title with the turn-of-the-century Coney Island theme park which burned in a devastating fire in 1911. The album is a 150-page score for 9 musicians composed...
  
  (Cuneiform Records, 2008)

Barnacled

• 6 (Corleone Records, 2003)
• Table 12 (7 inch single, White Denim Records, 2004)
• Charles (ESP-Disk, 2008)

Amoebic Ensemble

Amoebic Ensemble

Amoebic Ensemble were an instrumental band in the 1990s, from Providence, Rhode Island, headed by Alec K. Redfearn, who wrote the music and arrangements for the group, and played accordion...

• Limbic Rage (1995)
• Amoebiasis (Stupeur Et Trompette, 1998)