Abigail Brady

Hi. I'm Abigail Brady, software engineer, musician, and writer. In 2018 I was given an Academy Scientific & Engineering Award for my work on industry-leading compositor Nuke.

I am currently working at SideFX. When I'm not doing that I make music.

You can email me at elcathriel@gmail.com, or find me at @abigailb on twitter; or @elusiveandtemporary on instagram.

Music

Events

Videos

Writing

Software

I play guitar and sing in the London DIY indie scene. Highlights include:

BCOS RSNS: lockdown ep (self-released, 2020) - 7 live shows from 2023, more coming
Jennifer Denitto: extra guitar, on albums "Trustfall" (2017) and "In Real Life" (2021), the "What She Would Have Wanted" EP (2023) - and live
Pride's Purge: "God Save the King" (2023)
The Montain Goths: the Mountain Goats covers band you didn't realise needed to exist.
Spencer (originals band, 1 show, 2017)
Kenickers (Kenickie tribute band, 4 shows, 2016-2017)

My soundcloud, BCOS RSNS linktree.

I've written fiction, comment, and reviews for various outlets.

Transrealities #3 (Cool Cookbook, with Horry/Cooper/Bidikar)
Stop the world, I want to tune up (presented at Boring 2017)
Transrealities #2 (Cool Cookbook, with Horry/Cooper/Bidikar)
Transrealities #1 (Cool Cookbook, with Horry/Cooper/Bidikar)
Orange Is The New Black: how the book adds to the show (Den of Geek)
Fewer than three percent of land plant species named by women: Author gender over 260 years (Taxon, with Lindon, Gardiner and Vorontsova)
Review: The Librarian (Eruditorum Press)
Review: Time Heist (Unlimited Rice Pudding)
Facebook introduces choice of 50 genders – but why can’t we write in our own? (New Statesman)
Moths Ate My Girls Aloud CD (Eruditorum Press)

I also make and edit videos.

Abigail tries Peter Murphy's fishcakes recipe (2020)
Chart Rundown 29th February 1989 - rare lost edition (2020, with Kieron Kelly)
Music video for Keith TOTP's "Morrissey Will Never Forgive Me" (2020)

I promote gigs in London as Abigail's Parties.

Foxcunt / The Ethical Debating Society / BCOS RSNS - April 2022
AB40 / Keith TOTP / Argonaut - June 2019
Foxcunt / Argonaut / Panic Pocket / Layzervag - August 2018
Keith TOTP / Foxcunt / The Ethical Debating Society / MX Tyrants - June 2017
Kenickers / Menaces / W*llstonekraft / Layzervag - May 2017
Fightmilk / Charla Fantasma / TOTP / Spencer - March 2017
The Indelicates / The Misters of Circe / Kenickers / "Travolta" - June 2016

I've a long history of contribution to software. I am AbigailBrady on github.

Arithmix - (2018 — 2023)
Nuke - compositing and visual effects software ([principal] software engineer 2007 — 2014)
Cryosphere and MusicMUD - a science fiction MUD and its codebase (1997 — )
Crystal - a lightweight mud client (2002 — ongoing)