Surd is the sound you want at 4am after a long night to get/keep you in the mood for...what ever...or to simply close off from the world.

Australian Composer & Video Artist. 
Father of two, Social Media Defector, Monotasker.
PhD in composition from UQ under Rob Davidson.
Mr. Maps (math-rock)
Nonsemble (chamber/indie-classical)
Software of Seagulls (electronica)
Artless Pursuit (pop)
Various other audiovisual work, notated compositions, and one-off projects.

The Artless Pursuit of Excellence is a husband-and-wife art-pop duo from Brisbane, Australia. They are an unusual pairing of skills, consisting of Helen Carrington, a music therapist and classically trained soprano, and Chris Perren, a PhD student in music composition and member of Mr. Maps and Brisbane's lofly records collective.

Their recordings combine a nerdy love for the musically cerebral with the sonic immediacy of the pop song format, drawing inspiration from artists such as James Blake and Alpine.

They plan to release a single on the Seventh of every month from March 2013, until they run out of energy or songs.

Here you'll find sets of studio recordings,  soundtrack excerpts and demos from projects past and present.

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