Alistair Paxton is a musician and composer living in the Hudson Valley of NY. Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, and, after many years living in Brooklyn he now lives in Nyack, NY and continues to produce music for film and television. As a professional multi-instru,mentalist, he has traveled and performed in over 30 countries worldwide.
He has performed with his own band Stapleton (Xtra-Mile recordings) in addition to spells as a touring member with Shilpa Ray (Northern Spy Records) Sun Airway (Dead Oceans) and Black Gold (Red Bull Records)
He has scored award winning short films, international feature documentary projects and traveling art installations. Recent film projects have screened at IFC in New York, the Landmark Cinema circuit and Cannes International Film Festival. His work can be heard regularly on the NBC and ABC television networks and has aired in commercials nationwide.
Al has a BEng (Hons) in Electronics with Music from University of Glasgow and has also studied Game Audio at Berklee College of Music. Currently, a composer for NYC based production libraries 4Elements Music, Hologram Sounds and contributing artist for Go Rogue Records, Al continues to seek interesting and unique new projects.
His latest recording project is Hirta.
contact: alpaxton@gmail.com
646 717 4002