Phil Maguire is a Cork-based Scottish composer and sound artist, producing electronic sound works with synthesisers and computers. He is a doctoral researcher in Music at University College Cork, supported by a competitive university scholarship. Phil’s experimental music practice explores emergence and emptiness, of self, machine, and space. It draws from practice-led research that includes composing, performing, and presenting works across the spectrum of minimalism.
At the core of Phil’s work is an exploration of continuous and subtle movement in sound. He places timbre under the microscope in order to examine and highlight fine details of sound. In doing so, he invites listeners to engage deeply with electronic sound, uncovering moments of stillness that enable profound and personal experiences.
He has performed and presented across Ireland and internationally, including Reception Festival at The Complex (Dublin, 2023), Zeitgest Irland 24 Festival at Morphine Raum (Berlin, 2024), The Guesthouse (Cork, 2024), Café Oto (London, 2022), Klub Gromka (Ljubljana, 2022), and Paviljoen Ongehoorde Muziek (Eindhoven, 2019).
Collaborators include Danny McCarthy, Aonghus McEvoy, David Lacey, David Donohoe (Ireland), Galvanize Ensemble (UK), Anne La Berge (Netherlands), Tim Olive (Japan), and Primož Bončina (Slovenia).
His work has been supported by Culture Ireland, Arts Council England, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken Nederland, Errant Sound (Germany), Vaughn Williams Foundation (UK), and VOLSAP Foundation (Netherlands).
Phil has presented recorded works at festivals and on radio stations globally, including Dublin Digital Radio (Ireland), BBC Radio 3 (UK), Radio CASo (Argentina), L A D I G (Italy), and Freocast (Australia).
His work is published by leading sound art labels including Farpoint Recordings (Dublin), Krim Kram (Cork), Dinzu Artefacts (USA), Confront Recordings (UK), and his own label wheat flats press. Between 2016 and 2022 Maguire ran verz, a label, concert series, and radio show for experimental music and sound.
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Full CV can be downloaded here
Scores are available from the British Music Collection
Selected recordings are available from the British Library Sound Archive and Musik Verket (Sweden)
Discography available from:
Bandcamp
Ampwall
Tobira Records (JP)
