Cocteau Twins Pet Shop Boys Karlheinz Stockhausen Ralph Vaughan Williams Jon Mark Tangerine Dream Basil Poledouris Prince Gustav Mahler Jonn Serrie New Order Pierre Boulez Coyote Oldman Photek Per Nørgård Miles Davis Chris & Cosey Arnold Schoenberg Josquin Desprez Sandra Collins Olivier Messiaen
Emerald Adrift is a nom de plume of composer and electronic musician David Herpich. Eclectic yet unified, the music of Emerald Adrift explores the unusual confluences of melodic synth-pop with avant-garde abstraction, meditative ambiances with propulsive rhythms, and purely electronic timbres with otherworldly manipulations of sounds from everyday life.
An interest in diverse synthesis technologies has led to the use of various commercial and academic computer-based applications, numerous additive, wavetable, FM, and analogue keyboards, and vintage rarities such as the E-mu and ARP 2500 modular systems. Throughout it all, Emerald Adrift has maintained a consistent approach to sonic expression which defies any obvious genre categorization.
Founding member David Herpich holds degrees in music theory and composition from the University of Kansas, and completed his master's degree in contemporary composition as a recipient of the University Graduate Fellowship Award at the University of South Florida in Tampa. At both institutions, he focused his studies on electronic music, working under Michael Timpson, Paul Reller, and Edward Mattila. In addition, Herpich has written award-winning works for acoustic ensembles, scored theatre, dance, and film productions, and lectured on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen. He is currently the host of Zen Caffeine, a weekly program on the StillStream internet radio station.
Hey David! I saw the Cocteau Twins live in the early 90's on the Heaven or Las Vegas tour...was a wonderful treat...saw they were on top of your list. They had really impressive live performance over the drum machine.
Thank you for kicking off Day Two of City Skies 08 with such an amazing set. All pieces were immaculately constructed and performed. Next time we'll project a video feed from your computer so folks will see your "score".
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