Loren Dent is an Austin-based aural architect, musician, and producer. Having cut his teeth as a founding member of the critically acclaimed orchestral rock group, Purchase New York, he followed the band's dissolution by helping to establish the Contract Killers collaborative. His solo efforts (often years in the making) incorporate humming static, chasmal feedback, and sonic objet trouvés all meticulously assembled into a warm, " joyous drone". His first album Empires and Milk is released in March 2007.