Artist description Kim Swift is a keyboardist and computer musician equally at home with music and technology and both fuse to become one in his musical expression. He is also a vocalist.

Music Style colorful electronica, improvisation, singing

Musical Influences classical and jazz piano, Charles Ives, computer music, choir music

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Artist History Kim started playing piano in the second grade. He received degrees in music and engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also studied jazz improvisation privately and played keyboards in the university jazz ensembles. His first CD Mountain Car played on over 350 stations and charted on 23 stations in a nationwide promotion to college radio. "The High Mountains", a unique 12 minute computer music piece based on the gamelan music of Java, received the most airplay. He has sung with the Woodland Park Community Singers. His second CD Star Flower combines warm singing and crystal metallic tones of a synthesizer. Several tracks have been hits on mp3.com. Star Flower hits on mp3.com include: "Stars In Our Eyes" -- Top 10 Progressive Electronica "I Love A Gravity Wave" -- #1 Experimental Classical "Danny Boy" -- #3 Celtic "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" -- #1 General Children's Music

Instruments voice, digital and analog synthesizers, personal computer, grand piano

Albums Star Flower, Mountain Car

Press Reviews Mountain Car review: "Listening to Kim Swift's 'Mountain Car' was like taking a vacation to many different places of the world in forty five minutes." Breakthrough Connections, http://www.brkthrough.com/kswift/kswift.htm

Location Woodland Park, CO - USA

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