Alexi Murdoch

Alexi Murdoch (born 27 December 1973) is a British musician and songwriter, currently living in Berlin. 2Background Murdoch was born in London to a Greek father and Scottish-French mother and lived in Greece until he was ten, when his family moved back to Britain, settling in Scotland. Murdoch moved to America in 1992 to study at Duke University, before moving to Los Angeles, California to be with a girlfriend. He first gained notice when an influential Los Angeles DJ, Nic Harcourt, began playing his music on the radio station KCRW. It led to much interest from the LA's music industry, which Murdoch largely ignored, turning down advances from record labels and opting to release his music independently. 2Four Songs He self-released the EP Four Songs through independent record stores and website CD Baby in November 2002. CD Baby sold over 50,000 copies of the release, becoming the site's all-time best-selling record. In 2003, he performed at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and that year's Sundance Film Festival, and, in 2004, at the Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference. In 2004, the song "Orange Sky" from the EP also became the most-played song on Philadelphia indie station WXPN. 2Time Without Consequence Murdoch's first album, Time Without Consequence, was released on 6 June 2006 on his own label, Zero Summer. As with the EP, Murdoch continued to turn down the record deals he was offered from numerous major labels to maintain creative control. (The record was distributed nationally through Sony BMG.) Time Without Consequence peaked at N