Moss Prophet

Moss Prophet is the alias of producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Briggs. His music explores the idioms of EDM and IDM while incorporating a contemporary classical approach to arranging and a jazz-informed harmonic language. Briggs has studied jazz composition and audio engineering, skills he has honed as a founding (and current) member of the bands Exhaler and The End All. His solo work was a departure born out of a primal desire to make sounds by turning knobs––sounds ripe to be mangled, polished, cut up, and stretched. Moss Prophet aims to create harmonic atmospheres where the surreal is made real and the digital becomes physical, where the ephemeral is stated explicitly and psychedelia is sobering. 


 

Flamethrower Vol. 1

Dear Listener,

 

I often imagine myself in front of the toy section in a secondhand store. I wonder what I would feel if I pulled the clear plastic storage solutions bins from the attic. I imagine myself standing long enough to wander away from symbols, franchises, brands, fond memories, attachment. There is always a place for objectivity, for observation, a place somewhere between reminiscing happily and seeing piles of plastic junk. I see a wooden car that has been repainted twice, a tamagotchi with a leaking display, an action figure missing both arms, pristine play food sets, jigsaw puzzles with pieces from other boxes, a western revolver still in its original packaging. I learn that authentic meaning can be manufactured and that nostalgia is a tired lure. 

 

There are so many little worlds we construct for ourselves, built at times where narrative is unnecessary and time is what the clock reads. Not memories, but feelings. Falling asleep by surprise. A scratching band tee. The jingle from an insurance commercial. The scent of burnt dust when the heater turns on for the first time. It’s hard to imagine these worlds populated by anyone but yourself. It’s hard to care. This burning, overfilled world makes it very difficult. I come to you, dear listener, thesis in hand with my clothes ablaze. I welcome you to my little worlds, my attic boxes, my sounds from behind the fire, with the hope that you let yourself back into yours. 

 

When you get to them, use caution. Be precise when making value judgments. Consider cause and effect. Shed your nostalgia. Feel. 

 

Happy Propheteering,

Moss Prophet

 

Awards / nominations

Briggs received a partners in scholarship grant award from the university of denver to produce Flamethrower, Volumes 1-3 in collaboration with Grammy-nominated artist Remy Le Boeuf

Briggs is currently an honors student at the university of denver studying Music recording and production

Briggs played in the telluride jazz festival in 2024 as a founding member of jazz fusion group the end all. They are slated to return in 2025.

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