computerchemist is the ongoing solo project of Dave Pearson, who lives in Staffordshire, England.
Dave has played in, on and around bands for over 25 years, strongly influenced from the likes of such notable Berlin School performers as Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze.
His musical output is as strong today as it was in the beginning. He plays synthesisers, bass and lead guitars, and performs all of the drum and sequencer programming.
“atmospheric” was released in January 2007 to critical acclaim; within its seven tracks it captures the very essence of the Berlin School sound, but with a distinctly modern interpretation. Each track takes the listener on a fresh voyage of discovery; each track has a very different story to tell, through the universal medium of music.
In Dave's words: “The title track “atmospheric” was inspired directly from the recordings of the Cluster-2 spacecraft, which listen to the earth's magnetic fields, translating the raw energy of particle impacts from the magnetosphere into audio making a truly ethereal sound. This research was performed by Prof. Gurnett at the University of Iowa and NASA, who has very kindly given me permission to use those sounds, which you can hear interwoven at the start, middle and end of the piece. Why did I do it? Well, when browsing cyberspace sometimes you come across something which truly moves you... and the fact that something as beautiful as the aurora could make music - literally out of thin air - inspiring me to write "atmospheric" - it would have felt wrong to have missed it out.
This album is a departure from my older work in that it is the first completely virtual album – there are no “real” synths or drums in this, they are all virtual instruments within Cubase. Only the guitars are real, everything else exists only in the mind of the computer.”
Dave is currently in the process of mastering his latest album, “icon one”, at his own studio and publishing house, terrainflight, and is aiming for a release date sometime in Q3/2007.
More details can be found on his site at http://www.computerchemist.com and his myspace page http://www.myspace.com/computerchemistcom which always carries a selection of his latest works.
“atmospheric” can be purchased through mail order at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/computerchemist as well as online sites such as napster and iTunes. |
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