Michael Begg

Michael Begg formed Human Greed in 1999. After being joined by Deryk Thomas, they released Consolation in 2001. Pilgrim: New World Homestead followed in 2006. The profile of Human Greed was raised somewhat by their third album, 2008's Black Hill: Midnight at the Blighted Star, which also featured guest contributions from Julia Kent, Clodagh Simonds, David Tibet and Fabrizio Palumbo.

Michael Begg's profile as an innovative electronic instrumentalist continues to grow as does his reputation as a producer and sound artist. He has appeared on recordings by Fovea Hex, Blind Cave Salamander and Laura Sheeran. The Russian theatre company blackSKYwhite have used his work, and this particular collaboration is set to continue.

His "Fragile Pitches" collaboration with Colin Potter has been performed in St Mary's Cathedral, Haddington, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, and was subsequently released as a 2CD on Omnempathy/ICR. Fragile Pitches was also performed at the Intermediale Festival, Poland in November 2010.

As well as continuing to develop Human Greed, Begg continues to record and perform with Clodagh Simonds's Fovea Hex, and recently signed up as a contributor to the international collective steered by Jean Marie Mathoul, 48 Cameras.