Thom Brennan, born on May 31, 1957, in Lubbock, Texas, is an American electronic ambient musician, composer, and synthesist. He began his career in the 1980s with the release of Mountains (1987), recorded on a two-track stereo cassette deck. Brennan's compositions are inspired by nature, particularly American Southwest landscapes and Pacific Northwest forests. His music is realized almost exclusively with synthesizers, creating beatless soundscapes and rhythmic journeys. Brennan has collaborated with other well-known ambient composers such as Steve Roach on Western Spaces (1987). Notable albums include The Path Not Taken (1995) and Mist (2000). Since the beginning of his career, Brennan has chosen the World Wide Web as the primary channel of distribution. He has worked as an independent artist and has released music through his own label, Raingarden SoundWorks.
