Computerchemist
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computerchemist is the ongoing solo project of Dave Pearson, (born March, 1964), an English musician who lives in Székesfehérvár
, Hungary
, after moving from the UK in 2008.
's Cloudburst Flight
During the early 80's he played synthesiser in a number of rock bands, including Lichfield UK-based Monteagle with founder Mark Thwaite
, as well as simultaneously composing his own solo music.
In 2003 he had sold all of his synthesisers and had moved over almost completely to a virtual instrument environment using Cubase SX3, only using the guitar as a "real" instrument.
Since 2006 he has issued a number of albums on his own label "Terrainflight".
His music has been likened to "Berliner Schule/Berlin School
style jazz-rock".
Bruce Gall of ARFMs "Sunday Synth" has remarked on the crossover style of his playing, invoking comparisons to electronic artists Tangerine Dream
, Jean-Michel Jarre, Klaus Schulze
, Kraftwerk
, and the progressive sounds of Pink Floyd
and David Gilmour
solo work, Ash Ra Tempel
, Mike Oldfield
, Steve Hackett
, Brian Eno
and King Crimson
.
His debut album, "atmospheric", was released on his own label on the 7th January 2007, after taking just over 6 months to complete.
His second album "icon one" was released on the 1st January 2008, and by this time was already attracting the attention of podcasts such as the Tangerine Dream Fan Zone.
During April 2008, SynGate started producing re-issues of the first two albums, however the agreement was short-lived and SynGate ceased production of the SynGate re-issues in June 2009, however the original terrainflight editions are still available.
"landform" followed afterwards on the 19th December 2008, and was notable for the first time a guest musician, Robin Hayes on cello
, had played on a computerchemist album.
"aqual measure" was released on the 14th November 2009. Uwe Cremer, otherwise known as Level Pi
was the guest musician for this album and played guitar on the title track.
By now, computerchemist was getting airplay on ARFM (UK) - including two hour long special interview shows, Harborough FM
(UK) Terry Hawke - including live telephone interview, KPFK
and WDIY
(US FM radio), Radio WAF (Germany) and podcasts TDFZ (Tangerine Dream Fan Zone), Hypnagogue, Kozmik Ken Experience (Aural Innovations) amongst others.
A collaboration project started in July 2010 between Computerchemist and "Nemesis", ex-Hawkwind
dancer and singer has produced several tracks, some of which were initially released for free under Creative Commons
licensing which have been available on the computerchemist website for free download, with a full album will be released at a later date entitled "Chronicles of Future Present". The link as of August 2011 to this project is no longer active and there have been no further announcements about this album.
Computerchemist was featured on WDIY
's Galactic Travels show with Bill Fox, as the August 2010 "Special Focus", where each album was consecutively played back-to-back each week.
A different approach was taken for his fifth album, Music for Earthquakes, involving the conversion of seismograph readings into musical form. It was inspired by the 4.8 richter scale earthquake in Hungary in early 2011, and featured on the national Hungarian news channel Hir24 and Hungarian English Language news site pestiside.hu shortly afterwards.
There has been recent (Aug 2011) news on computerchemist's facebook site of two new album releases. One is a new solo album called "Signatures" with Hungarian drummer Zsolt Galantai formerly of the Hungarian metal band Ossian (Hungarian band) http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Zsolt_Gal%C3%A1ntai/7790Link to Zsolt Galantai's entry on "Encyclopaedia Metallum". The other is a collaboration project called "Audio Cologne" with German EM artist Uwe Cremer of Level Pi
.
United Kingdom
Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, after moving from the UK in 2008.
Biography
Dave's love of electronic music started as a teenager when he first heard Tangerine DreamTangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
's Cloudburst Flight
During the early 80's he played synthesiser in a number of rock bands, including Lichfield UK-based Monteagle with founder Mark Thwaite
Mark Thwaite
Mark Gemini Thwaite has been the guitarist for a number of British rock bands and artists over the last two decades, including The Mission, Tricky, Peter Murphy, New Disease, Spear of Destiny, Theatre of Hate, Mob Research , and Canadian band National Velvet plus various guest appearances...
, as well as simultaneously composing his own solo music.
In 2003 he had sold all of his synthesisers and had moved over almost completely to a virtual instrument environment using Cubase SX3, only using the guitar as a "real" instrument.
Since 2006 he has issued a number of albums on his own label "Terrainflight".
His music has been likened to "Berliner Schule/Berlin School
Berlin School of electronic music
The Berlin School of electronic music, or just Berlin School, was a development of electronic music in the 1970s, shaped by Berlin-based artists like Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream and Ashra....
style jazz-rock".
Bruce Gall of ARFMs "Sunday Synth" has remarked on the crossover style of his playing, invoking comparisons to electronic artists Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
, Jean-Michel Jarre, Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze is a German electronic music composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.-1970s:In...
, Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
, and the progressive sounds of Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
and David Gilmour
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
solo work, Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel are a German krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971. All three founding members had previously played...
, Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...
, Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
, Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
and King Crimson
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...
.
His debut album, "atmospheric", was released on his own label on the 7th January 2007, after taking just over 6 months to complete.
His second album "icon one" was released on the 1st January 2008, and by this time was already attracting the attention of podcasts such as the Tangerine Dream Fan Zone.
During April 2008, SynGate started producing re-issues of the first two albums, however the agreement was short-lived and SynGate ceased production of the SynGate re-issues in June 2009, however the original terrainflight editions are still available.
"landform" followed afterwards on the 19th December 2008, and was notable for the first time a guest musician, Robin Hayes on cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
, had played on a computerchemist album.
"aqual measure" was released on the 14th November 2009. Uwe Cremer, otherwise known as Level Pi
Level Pi
-Biography:Level π is the German musician Uwe Cremer , whose musical style is in the context of Krautrock but includes elements of Electronic and Experimental music....
was the guest musician for this album and played guitar on the title track.
By now, computerchemist was getting airplay on ARFM (UK) - including two hour long special interview shows, Harborough FM
Harborough FM
Harborough FM is a community radio station covering Market Harborough , South Leicestershire and North Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom.-History:...
(UK) Terry Hawke - including live telephone interview, KPFK
KPFK
KPFK is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves the Greater Los Angeles Area, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet...
and WDIY
WDIY
-External links:*...
(US FM radio), Radio WAF (Germany) and podcasts TDFZ (Tangerine Dream Fan Zone), Hypnagogue, Kozmik Ken Experience (Aural Innovations) amongst others.
A collaboration project started in July 2010 between Computerchemist and "Nemesis", ex-Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
dancer and singer has produced several tracks, some of which were initially released for free under Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
licensing which have been available on the computerchemist website for free download, with a full album will be released at a later date entitled "Chronicles of Future Present". The link as of August 2011 to this project is no longer active and there have been no further announcements about this album.
Computerchemist was featured on WDIY
WDIY
-External links:*...
's Galactic Travels show with Bill Fox, as the August 2010 "Special Focus", where each album was consecutively played back-to-back each week.
A different approach was taken for his fifth album, Music for Earthquakes, involving the conversion of seismograph readings into musical form. It was inspired by the 4.8 richter scale earthquake in Hungary in early 2011, and featured on the national Hungarian news channel Hir24 and Hungarian English Language news site pestiside.hu shortly afterwards.
There has been recent (Aug 2011) news on computerchemist's facebook site of two new album releases. One is a new solo album called "Signatures" with Hungarian drummer Zsolt Galantai formerly of the Hungarian metal band Ossian (Hungarian band) http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Zsolt_Gal%C3%A1ntai/7790Link to Zsolt Galantai's entry on "Encyclopaedia Metallum". The other is a collaboration project called "Audio Cologne" with German EM artist Uwe Cremer of Level Pi
Level Pi
-Biography:Level π is the German musician Uwe Cremer , whose musical style is in the context of Krautrock but includes elements of Electronic and Experimental music....
.
Studio albums
- 2006 Atmospheric (terrainflight TF001); (2008, SynGate CD-R 2090 reissue, now withdrawn)
- 2007 Icon one (terrainflight TF002); (2008, SynGate CD-R 2091 reissue, now withdrawn)
- 2008 Landform (terrainflight TF003)
- 2009 Aqual Measure (terrainflight TF004)
- 2010 The Scheming Machine EP (feat Nemesis) (no longer shown on the computerchemist site, was terrainflight TF005)
- 2011 Music for Earthquakes (terrainflight TF006)
Compilations
Germany- 2009 Schwingungen auf CD #164 with "Atmospheric" (Cue Records 164 (Germany))
- 2009 Schwingungen auf CD #165 with "Timethorns" (Cue Records 165 (Germany))
United Kingdom
- 2010 Musiczeit Sampler CD #12 with "Mirage" (Musiczeit Sampler 12 (UK))