Paul Young is a Brisbane based composer, sound artist, visual designer, curator, researcher and drummer who has worked extensively as an independent composer for experimental films and documentaries. His practice focuses on sound design and interactive visuals within the application of theatre, film and spatial composition.

He was selected as a musician in residence at the Gallery of Modern Art (2011), writing music for silent Alfred Hitchcock films. HeartBeast theatre company commissioned Young to design an immersive soundscape for a post-apocalyptic adaption of Hamlet (2016). Young artistically directed and produced the documentary films Flood Plains (Brisbane Festivals Under The Radar program) and Malady (Brisbane Emerging Artists Festival). He was awarded first place in the Gold Coast Composers competition, while also receiving the AMC award for best ensemble composition. ABC National Radio featured his ensemble Mooshim during 2012 and 2013. 

Young has undertaken multiple residencies at the Metro Arts centre (2015 & 2016) to develop research and collaborative projects. His platform ASKEW reimagines traditional approaches to live performance and electronic composition while combing interactive visuals to create immersive spatialised noise fields through internal feedback loops. 

His music has featured at the SuperCell Festival (2017), ElectroFringe Festival (2015), Melbourne Fringe Festival, the Brisbane Festival, Queensland Poetry Festival, The Brisbane Emerging Arts Festival, theNOWnow, The Valley Jazz Fiesta, Crossbows Festival and The Trilling Wire Festival. He has performed throughout Europe and at acclaimed festivals such as the Adelaide Fringe Festival. 

Young curated the bi-monthly experimental performances Entry Series in 2014/15 and is currently co-curating the monthly collaborative/new music event Upper Partialism. He is also a co-host on the experimental radio show Rusted Satellites (4zzz).

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