Kent Macpherson was born in New Zealand in 1967. He completed his post graduate studies in contemporary music technology at Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia (Where he now lives) in 1994.

He plays a variety of instruments including: Bass, Guitar, Saz, Sitar, Keyboards, Mandolin, Zither, Cavaquinho, Irish Bouzouki, Mandola, Quatro, Melodica and Banjo.

He performs live occasionally as Burning Giraffe and as a member of experimental electronic duo Legs For Fish. He is a former member of Japanese pop rock group Che and a current member of post folk quartet Svartisen. To find out more about his recorded output click here. He completed studies in Screen Music at The Australian Film Television and Radio School in Melbourne in 2009.

Since 2001 he has had in excess of 150 works published by 5 production music houses in Australia and the United Kingdom. This work has been used on television and radio hundreds of times. Since 2005 he has been emerging as a composer and sound designer for a handful of short films, featurettes and documentaries.