C Duncan

C Duncan (born Christopher Duncan, 29 July 1989) is a Scottish composer and musician. His compositions have been featured on various television programmes, including Waterloo Road and have been performed by Icebreaker and the Sirens of Titan choir. His first solo single, "For", was released in December 2014. He is currently signed to Fat Cat Records. His debut album Architect was nominated for the 2015 Mercury Music Prize. In October 2016 he released his second album The Midnight Sun.

Duncan's parents are both classical musicians. He initially took up piano and viola as instruments, but playing with bands in his teenage years, he also learned to play guitar, bass and drums. He enrolled in Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) to study music composition. His pieces were performed by various ensembles across the UK. His music takes in both classical and modern music and have been described as combining lush choral harmonies and acoustic instrumentation, textured like contemporary dreampop, and a cross of lo-fi folk with the harmonic width of choral composition.

Albums

Singles