Joe Frawley (b. July 4, 1971) is an experimental composer and pianist working out of New London, Connecticut whose works blur the boundary between music and sound art. By layering and juxtaposing original music with processed found sounds, field recordings, and recontextualized speech fragments, the composer creates challenging yet accessible sound assemblages bearing a hypnotic dreamlike quality. His works have been widely broadcast internationally and appear on several prominent experimental music compilations, including Vibrö No. 4: Music No Music, published by Double Entendre (Paris), and Audiotron, published by Extrapool (Netherlands). His music has been choreographed by Tracie Stanfield for Synthesis Dance Project (New York). Joe's work has also been featured on a special edition of PopArt, Concertzender (Dutch national radio).

"He crafts his pieces somehow like Joseph Cornell did with his boxes, by collecting objects and fragments, or building some by himself, and then employing his skills and personal sensitivity to give life to new worlds, accurately shaped in every detail, complexly mixing with fantasies and past experiences." -- Francesco Bergamo, junkmedia.com

"Frawley blurs traditional distinctions between music and sound art. Like his mysterious hypnotist, he plays with the power of suggestion, layering fragments of speech and story on top of a recurring piano phrase. Meanwhile the voices break through the melodic surface, but no real 'characters' emerge, and I'm unsure who is being hypnotised. Is it me?" -- Stacey Sewell, furthernoise.org

"Sounding like a slightly more classical version of The Orb, the music comes from that place between waking and sleep, snatches of speech only adding to the barely glimpsed mystery, the sounds beautifully mixed for maximum impact. Throughout, the piano is delicately poised a soft rain of notes that are filled with emotion and blessed with gentle grace." -- Terrascope Online