Parish (b. 1997) is a composer, producer, and multidisciplinary sound artist currently based in San Francisco. His music draws influence from eclectic sources, combining elements of post-minimalism, experimental electronic, sacred music, and noise.

He has been pseudonymously releasing music since 2012, and his music has been used in film, television, documentary, video games, and theater. His music has been featured in The Wire, Mixmag France, Ted X, and discussed in the book Extreme Music: From Silence to Noise and Everything in Between.

His debut album under his own name, Cascades of Refinement was released on Important Records in 2023 and has been featured in The Wire, Boomkat Featured New Releases, and YEAR0001 SOUNDS. His performances explore the relationship between sound, body, artifice, religious ecstasy, and atonement, and include the use of custom-made wearable devices, electroacoustic instruments, reactive visuals, and explosive movement.

Parish has continued to work on developing new interfaces for performance and recording that allow for a direct, visceral connection between the body and processed sound. This project began in 2023 with a bespoke human-brain-interface device that allows for real-time translation of neural activity within the frontal lobe to spatialized sound. This device was premiered at Gray Area, San Francisco, in an interactive spatial audiovisual installation titled Irreductions. This was followed by an I2C motion sensor device called Blindsight, which allows for the real-time wireless control of Ableton Live parameters by a small ESP32-based motion sensor device. The first iteration of this device was developed and premiered in 2024 at Event Horizon, where it was used in a performance with live-input violin alongside Fitnesss, VVXXII, 011668, and Cel Genesis. Work is ongoing to develop a new version of Blindsight, as well as utilize other forms of motion and bio-sensing to interface the body directly with sound.

Parish’s study of sound is also informed by his previous work as a neurobiologist where he focused on neurodegenerative disease, hearing loss, and bioacoustics. His scientific research included studying the neural correlates of tinnitus and presbycusis and automatic transcription of bird song, among other work on neurodegeneration, organoid development, and computational genetics. He holds a B.Sc. in Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior with a specialization in Neurobiology and a B.A. in Philosophy from University of California, Davis.

Outside of developing new music and interfaces, he currently works professionally in audio plugin development, runs his own Max for Live studio, Aleph Null, and teaches courses on music production and audio programming.