Daniel Liam Glyn


Daniel Liam Glyn is a British music composer. He is most known for combining his music writing with his neurological condition, synaesthesia. Glyn's work has been heavily influenced by his unique way of visualising numbers, letters, and words in his mind with specific colours, and was the inspiration for his first album, Changing Stations.
Glyn founded Caravan Boy Records in 2016.

Career

2015-2017: ''Changing Stations''

is a classical-contemporary music project based on the 11 main lines of the London Underground and composed using Grapheme Colour Synaesthesia. The idea began when Glyn graduated from university and subsequently moved to London. After being inspired by the London Underground Map, he decided to write 11 pieces for piano based on each main line of the underground network
Glyn added vocal clips of Underground passengers to several tracks on the record, as he aimed to join the characteristics and emotions of each tube line with the thoughts, feelings and descriptions of real London commuters.
His work has been featured in publications including Time Out Magazine, The Big Issue, and Norwegian Air in-flight magazine, and he was invited to debut his performance appearing on RTTV's current affairs programme, Going Underground.

Influences

Glyn cites his admiration for the works of Erik Satie, Steve Reich, John Cage, Michael Andrews, and Eric Whitacre grew during his time studying composition at the University of Salford and inspired him to embark on a career of contemporary composing. He also states that Kate Bush, Woodkid and Goldfrapp are sources of inspiration.

Discography