Artist description I'm a senior software developer who gets around to composing when I feel motivated enough to do more programming at home.

Music Style Dark, moody, contemplative electronic/darkwave/industrial

Musical Influences Depeche Mode, Recoil, Red Flag, Seven Red Seven, Cause & Effect, Camouflage, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Haujobb, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails, Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy, Numb, Gridlock, Wumpscut, Noise Unit, Alice In Chains, Decoded Feedback, Will, Intermix, Synaesthesia, Delerium, Enya, Enigma, Sarah McLachlan, Vangelis, and last but certainly not least, Hungry Lucy (http://www.mp3.com/hungrylucy) and Collide (http://www.mp3.com/xcollide).

Similar Artists Been compared to Depeche Mode, Enigma, Nitzer Ebb, Pink Floyd, Vangelis.

Artist History Bought a $250 Yamaha keyboard in high school and learned to play practically every Depeche Mode song I knew. Made a couple of DM covers using my synth and two boomboxes. Started writing lyrics around this time. Got to college (U.C. Davis - go Ags!), took two electronic music classes, and got exposed to Csound. Several course projects were composed using Csound. The ending to my first song, "Water And Wine", germinated from my Csound days. By this time, the lyrics were coming fast and furious. At this point, the album concepts took shape. Once I got a job out of grad school (University of Michigan - go Blue!), I finally had the means (namely, the $$) to start putting music to the lyrics. Bought my first professional synth in 1996; "Water And Wine" was released in 1997, and my song output rate has been about one song per year. That'll get better, I promise.

Group Members Whitney Kew

Instruments PC, Alesis QS7, Alesis EuroDance QCard, Cakewalk Sonar, 2 Roland DS-50a monitors, Echo Mia, Midiman SAM, Shure SM58, GoldWave

Albums Sacrosanct (in progress). Future: A Blink In The Timeline, Atmosphere, Winged Trajectory, At Midnight, Lifeblood, One White Iris

Press Reviews Um, "press"? ..... "Darkly melodic...an ethereal delight!!!" - the fabulous Hungry Lucy (http://www.mp3.com/hungrylucy)... "A personal favorite of mine." - Lady's Grim (http://www.mp3.com/LadysGrim)... "Nice work." - the most excellent Collide (http://www.mp3.com/xcollide)... "Somebody give him like a $20 million dollar contract. He has lots of ideas." - the creator of 6t7 Tunes (http://www.mp3.com/stations/6t7_tunes)... "Cool music!" - Jeff Harper, a.k.a. Intervox (http://www.mp3.com/intervox)... "God, I love this stuff...very awesome...man, your stuff is great - I really dig the textures and everything going on. Beautiful stuff." - Joshua Steffen, a.k.a. Halo In Reverse (http://www.mp3.com/haloinreverse)... "I was very impressed with your compositions, very strong instrumental work." - DC astro of Deep Red (http://www.mp3.com/DEEPREDusa)... "I listened to your songs and they are great..." - Nathan Hewitt of The Holocaust Humanity (http://www.mp3.com/holocausthumanity)... "You have a nice sound going." - Ganon (http://www.mp3.com/ganon)... "REALLY GOOD MUSIC!" - Guillaume Roberge (guillaume@sigma-rh.com)... "I like the style of your songs. The beats are excellent. Keep up the good work!" - DJ Prae, a.k.a. Code Bass (http://www.mp3.com/codebass)

Additional Info Lots of ideas; several album concepts; some might meld together; visit my web site for more info. Main photo by Francisca Mar (iscanmnm@aol.com).

Location San Diego, California - USA

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