Brian Transeau (born October 4, 1971) is a musician who records under the stage name BT. Born in Maryland, and classically trained from the age of thirteen, he attended Berklee School of Music in Boston for one year before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles, then back to Washington, DC.

Transeau's music was not very well received in the United States during the early 1990s, and he moved temporarily to Europe where his music was discovered by Sasha, a British DJ who introduced BT's music into the club circuit. Instantly popular, BT's 1996 album Ima helped shape the future of the burgeoning progressive house scene as it merged with, and later came to define, the trance music style. However, unlike so many artists of the trance genre, BT has lost neither his momentum nor his edge. While Ima was comprised solely of the "progressive" sound, 1997's ESCM was more experimental (although it still produced several big records for the electronic dance music scene). BT's 1999 album Movement in Still Life continued his experimentation outside of the trance genre he helped to define, though an interesting dichotomy emerged between his more adventurous work and the more structured, commercially viable tracks. 2003 saw the release of Emotional Technology featuring more vocal tracks than usual, including six with vocals by Transeau. He also provided vocals on the DJ Tiësto single "Love Comes Again".

In recent years he has also moved into film scoring including Go (1999), Under Suspicion (2000), Driven (2001), The Fast and the Furious (2001), and Monster (2003). Also of note, unlike many artists working in electronica, Transeau frequently performs his music live on-stage. In 2004, he did a very popular "last night of summer" concert at BT Tower (named for British Telecom, not Transeau).

Discography

Singles

• "Moment of Truth" (1993)
• "Relativity " (1993)
• "Embracing the Sunshine"
• "Loving You More" featuring Vincent Covello (1995)
• "Blue Skies" featuring Tori Amos (1996)
• "Divinity " (1996)
• "Quark " (1997)
• "Flaming June " (1997)
• "Love, Peace & Grease " (1997)
• "Remember " (1997)
• "Shineaway " (1997)
• "Believer " (1999)
• "Godspeed" (1999)
• "Mercury and Solace " (1999)
• "Fibonacci Sequence " (2000)
• "Never Gonna Come Back Down " (2000)
• "Dreaming " (2000)
• "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved) " (2003)

Albums

• Ima (1995)
• ESCM (1997)
• Movement in Still Life (1999, 2000)
• Emotional Technology (2003)

Compilations

• R&R (Rare & Remixed) (2001) - A collection of BT's remix work.
• 10 Years In the Life (2003) - "Best of" album.

Remixes

• Tori Amos, "Talula" (1996)
• Tori Amos, "Amos Putting the Damage On" (1997)
• B-Tribe, "Nanita (A Spanish Lullaby)"
• Cabana, "Bailando Con Lobos"
• Dina Carrol, "Run To You" (1997)
• Crystal Method, "Keep Hope Alive" (1997)
• Deep Dish, "Stranded" (1997)
• Depeche Mode, "It's No Good" (1997)
• DJ Rap, "Bad Girl" (1998)
• Paul Van Dyk, "Forbidden Fruit" (1996)
• Gipsy Kings, "La Rumba De Nicolas" (1996)
• Grace, "It's Not Over Yet"
• Lenny Kravitz, "If You Can't Say No" (1998)
• Sarah McLachlan, "I Love You" (1999)
• Madonna, "Drowned World/Substitute For Love" (1998)
• Billie Ray Martin, "Imitation of Life/Running Around Town" (1996)
• Billie Ray Martin, "Space Oasis"
• Mike Oldfield, "Let There Be Light"
• Diana Ross, "Take Me Higher"
• Seal, "I'm Alive"
• Shiva, "Freedom"
• Wild Colour, "Dreams"
• The Doors, "Break on Through" (2004) w/ additional production by Burufunk and Carmen Rizzo
• Sarah McLachlan, "Hold On" (2001)
• Korn, "Here to Stay" (????)

Film scores

• Go (1999)
• Under Suspicion (2000)
• Driven (2001)
• The Fast and the Furious (2001)
• Zoolander (removed his name, uncredited) (2001)
• Monster (2003)
• The Underclassman (2005)
• Stealth (2005)

Video game scores

• Wipeout Fusion (2002) - SmartBomb (Plump DJs Remix)
• Need for Speed: Underground (2003)
• Amplitude (2003) - Kimosabe (with Wildchild)

Sample CDs

• BT - Breakz from the Nu Skool (2002)
• BT - Twisted Textures (2002)

External links

• BT's official website
• Official Unofficial Website