Comptroller is Michael Cox, an electronic musician from Edinburgh, Scotland. He started out playing guitar and screaming in various punk bands, but now makes melodic/abrasive music with old consoles. He likes the distinctive low-bit quality of these devices and feels a compulsion to try to force hard sounds from them. He is doing his best.
Comptroller released his debut EP ‘Challenge!’ on GM4A Records in 2009, a self-titled album in 2010, and a third EP ‘Baddies’ on CalmDownKidder Records in March 2011. He is also one third of future sound terrorists Beats of Rage plus co-founder and organiser of annual chipmusic event Ultrachip.You can contact him via this mechanism.
Press
Radar – Q&A with Michael Cox of Ultrachip 08/11
Strathclyde Telegraph – Chipmusic: Ditch Your Preconceptions 02/11
Edinburgh Evening News – Compilation album to raise funds… 12/10
LoTek64 #33 – Comptroller album review (PDF) 05/10
Comptroller makes electronic music with old machines. He lives in Scotland.