Music of Transparent Means is an ever-evolving experimental performance ensemble project founded by Australian-born composer, filmmaker and researcher Alex Carpenter. It is also a pseudonym for any of Alex's solo or ensemble projects in which elements of sound or vision (or both) are embraced as gateways to new perceptual dimensions.

Now based in New York City, Music of Transparent Means was active in South Australia from 2002 to 2007, first presenting concerts of precisely-tuned (just intonation) wineglass inventions, then later incorporating instruments such as prepared guitars, keyboards, woodwind, strings, percussion and brass, and featuring as many as 21 performers at a single time.

The group's monumental, ultra-minimalist and semi-improvised sound events, often presented inseparably with Alex's moving image work, have been enthusiastically received in a diverse and unlikely collection of settings, including art galleries, record store basements, concert halls, theatres and pubs.

In addition to producing many independent shows/seasons, Music of Transparent Means has provided support performances in Adelaide for visiting sound artists such as Will Guthrie (Melbourne) and Francisco Lopez (Madrid), and has released several recordings on Alex's own Vanished Records label.