BIO
Michael and Sohrab are both Brooklyn-based composers and musicians with a stylistically varied body of work that has been used in Film, Television, Video Games and Museum Installations, as well as on stage. Last year they scored the award-winning indie feature film "Arranged" and recently they've completed music for "The Old Man And The Storm," a documentary for PBS' Frontline series.
Michael began his career in the early 80's Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, playing guitar and writing music for, among others, S.O.A. (with Henry Rollins) and One Last Wish (with members of Fugazi), releasing several records on the seminal Dischord label. Later he was the songwriter/guitarist for Manifesto, whose sole LP made them press darlings in England, where they were lauded by both the NME and Melody Maker. Since then Michael has scored Activision's "Minority Report" video game and an impressive 66 documentaries for the Discovery Channel, including 17 episodes of the award-winning "Wings" series and, more recently, "The Chain." He just completed music for "Brilliant Simplicity," his second documentary collaboration with Metropolis magazine. Michael's music has been used by 20th Century Fox, TLC, Lifetime, MTV, Paramount, NBC and Overture Films.
After cutting his teeth in high school punk bands, Sohrab started singing and playing guitar in Edsel, a D.C. indie rock outfit that released 4 critically acclaimed albums and numerous singles. He moved to New York in 1997, acquired a handful of computer and studio skills, and focused on various audio projects between graphic design gigs. Sohrab has written, recorded, edited and mixed music, sound effects and dialog for cartoons, games, websites and other assorted interactive media. He's collaborated with ESL Music recording artists Thunderball on a track for the popular BBC America show "Coupling," has worked with the well-regarded French singer Alain Bashung, Brazilian-American No Wave icon Arto Lindsay, the NYC-based post-punk band Girls Against Boys, SoHo design company Funny Garbage and even with Debbie Harry on the score by experimental New York choreographer, dancer and director Richard Move for Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project. Sohrab currently plays guitar and sings in Obits, whose debut album was released by Sub Pop in 2009.