Artist description One man using a variety of electronic sound analysis, synthesis, and reconstruction tools creating and restoring ambient music from the stars.

Music Style Ambient

Musical Influences Aphex Twin, Walter/Wendy Carlos, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Tomita

Similar Artists Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, Tomita

Artist History In my travels through space I have discovered many things. Often, while tuning across subspace bands, I'd discover odd, alien signals drifting through the void. Visiting other worlds, I always tried to hear the local ethnic music from these alien worlds. These records contain collections of the most intriguing transmissions I've come across.

Group Members Captain Kirk

Instruments ADA MP-1 MIDI vaccuum tube preamplifier, Akai S1000 digital sampler, Ixian PGR-3 electro-mechanical resonator, Koss MindShaker direct-injection brainphones, Landau MB-Alpha DSP analyzer, Numan U-238 microphones (matched stereo pair), Radio Shack PZM microphones, Roland Jupiter-6 analog synthesizer, Roland MC-50 sequencer, Roland GP-8 digital multi-effects processor, Spectral Harmonix NRT-1 Thetan side-band noise eliminator, Spectral Harmonix HTB-6 Hawkings time-based modulation effects unit, TASCAM 8-track analog cassette recorder, Yamaha SPX-90 digital effects processor

Albums Subspace Transmissions, The Shape of the Universe

Press Reviews "...The music is well blended and evocative, even when it's unobtrusive. As a fellow musician myself, I'm only rarely able to create music that sounds this good. I'm convinced that Kirk would be perfect as a modern motion picture score composer. His works remind me of Tangerine Dream's "Risky Business" and "Wavelength" or Peter Gabriel's "Passion" releases."-- Todd Bradley, 404notfoundhttp://www.404notfound.net/captain_kirk.htm

Additional Info I am a member of CHILL -- http://www.chillproductions.com

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).