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(information is from the Wikipedia entry of computerchemist<\/a>, retrieved 14\/Dec\/2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pearson’s love of electronic music started as a teenager when he first heard Tangerine Dream<\/a>‘s Cloudburst Flight.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the early 1980s he played synthesiser in a number of rock bands, including Lichfield UK-based Monteagle with founder Mark Thwaite<\/a>,[1]<\/a><\/sup> as well as simultaneously composing his own solo music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2003 he had sold all of his synthesisers and had moved over almost completely to a virtual instrument environment using Cubase<\/a> SX3, only using the guitar as a “real” instrument.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2006 he has issued a number of albums on his own label “Terrainflight”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His music has been likened to “Berliner Schule\/Berlin School<\/a> style jazz-rock”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruce Gall of ARFMs<\/a> “Sunday Synth” has remarked on the crossover style of his playing,[2]<\/a><\/sup> invoking comparisons to electronic artists Tangerine Dream<\/a>, Jean-Michel Jarre<\/a>, Klaus Schulze<\/a>, Kraftwerk<\/a>, and the progressive sounds of Pink Floyd<\/a> and David Gilmour<\/a> solo work, Ash Ra Tempel<\/a>, Mike Oldfield<\/a>, Steve Hackett<\/a>, Brian Eno<\/a> and King Crimson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During April 2008, SynGate<\/a> started producing re-issues of the first two albums atmospheric<\/em> (2006) and icon one<\/em>(2007), however the agreement was short-lived and SynGate ceased production of the SynGate re-issues in June 2009. The original terrainflight editions are still available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest musician Robin Hayes played cello on the third release landform<\/em>(2008), the first time a guest musician had appeared on a computerchemist solo album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uwe Cremer<\/a>, otherwise known as Level Pi, was the guest musician on the fourth album, aqual measure<\/em>(2009), and played guitar on the title track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A collaboration project started in July 2010 between Computerchemist and “Nemesis”, ex-Hawkwind<\/a> dancer and singer has produced several tracks, some of which were initially released for free under Creative Commons<\/a> licensing which had been available on the computerchemist website for free download, with a full album promised at a later date entitled Chronicles of Future Present<\/em>. The link as of August 2011 to this project is no longer active. The single and first track Sky Turned Black<\/em>, a rework of Mirage<\/em> from Aqual Measure, was however released on a charity compilation in October 2012 entitled Space Rock: The Compilation<\/em> on bandcamp on the “Sound for Good” label.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computerchemist was featured through the month of August 2010 on WDIY<\/a>‘s Galactic Travels show with Bill Fox, as the “Special Focus”, where each album was consecutively played back-to-back each week.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A different approach was taken for his fifth album, Music for Earthquakes<\/em>(2011), involving the conversion of seismograph<\/a> readings into musical form. It was inspired by the 4.8 richter scale<\/a> earthquake in Hungary in early 2011, and featured on the national Hungarian news channel Hir24[5]<\/a><\/sup> and Hungarian English Language news site pestiside.hu[6]<\/a><\/sup> shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His sixth double release album, and second collaboration, launched January 2013, Signatures I.<\/em> and Signatures II.<\/em> feature the Hungarian drummer Zsolt Gal\u00e1ntai<\/a>, formerly of the Hungarian metal band Ossian<\/a>.[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A single track was specially composed for the “Sound for Good” charity release The Human Condition \u2013 Dedications to Philip K. Dick<\/em> entitled The Pink Beams of Light, He Said<\/em>, published in March 2013.[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collaboration project “Audio Cologne Project” again with Uwe Cremer<\/a> and Zsolt Gal\u00e1ntai<\/a> featuring on drums was released in summer 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2013, Pearson has been producing several one-off tracks for compilations and collaborations, notably with artists such as Cousin Silas<\/a> and Altocirrus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, he compiled a series of six CD albums (for which he appeared or produced tracks in various guises on each album) for the radio Spreaker<\/a> show Aquarian Moons<\/a>.[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, he produced his first analogue-only synth album for over twenty years, Volcan Dreams<\/em>, using exclusively Korg Volca analogue sound modules and external guitar effects. Zsolt Gal\u00e1ntai<\/a> guested on drums for one track, and Chris Gill<\/a> from Band Of Rain<\/a> played guitar on the opening track Volcan Plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2020, That Which Prevails<\/em> was released, followed shortly afterwards by three retrospective album compilations Origins I-III<\/em> which were compiled from surviving tapes from Pearson’s output between 1980 and 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pearson’s first motion picture soundtrack for the feature film The Fort<\/em>[10]<\/a><\/sup> was released as an album in January 2021. It won an award at the Berlin Indie Film Festival in March 2022 for ‘Best Original Score’. [11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 also introduced a new collaboration partnership with RadioRay<\/a>, a singer\/songwriter who has notably played in Alan Davey<\/a>‘s post-Hawkwind<\/a> band The Psychedelic Warlords<\/em>. This has led to two albums being released in 2021 and 2022 under the titles Masks<\/em> and Underneath the Soul<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, a further solo album Parallel Thought Experiment<\/em> was also released in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Studio albums<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/th>Title<\/strong><\/th>Format<\/strong><\/th>Label<\/strong><\/th>Catalog Number<\/strong><\/th><\/tr>
2006<\/td>Atmospheric<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF001; 2008 SynGate CD-R 2090 reissue; now withdrawn<\/td><\/tr>
2007<\/td>Icon One<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF002; 2008 SynGate CD-R 2091 reissue; now withdrawn<\/td><\/tr>
2008<\/td>Landform<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF003<\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/td>Aqual Measure<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF004<\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/td>The Scheming Machine ft. Nemesis<\/em><\/td>CD EP<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF005 (no longer available)<\/td><\/tr>
2011<\/td>Music for Earthquakes<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF006<\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/td>Signatures I. ft. Zsolt Gal\u00e1ntai<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF007<\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/td>Signatures II. ft. Zsolt Gal\u00e1ntai<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF008<\/td><\/tr>
2019<\/td>Volcan Dreams<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF010<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/td>That Which Prevails<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF011<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/td>Origins I.<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF012<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/td>Origins II.<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF013<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/td>Origins III.<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF014<\/td><\/tr>
2021<\/td>The Fort: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack<\/em><\/td>CD<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF015<\/td><\/tr>
2021<\/td>Masks ft. RadioRay<\/em><\/td>bandcamp download<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF016<\/td><\/tr>
2021<\/td>Parallel Thought Experiment<\/em><\/td>bandcamp download<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF017<\/td><\/tr>
2022<\/td>Underneath the Soul ft. RadioRay<\/em><\/td>bandcamp download<\/td>terrainflight<\/td>TF018<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Compilations and collaborations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/th>Title<\/strong><\/th>Track<\/strong><\/th>Collaborator(s)<\/strong><\/th>Format<\/strong><\/th>Country<\/strong><\/th>Label<\/strong><\/th>Catalog Number<\/strong><\/th><\/tr>
2009<\/td>Schwingungen auf CD No. 164<\/em><\/td>Atmospheric<\/em><\/td><\/td>CD<\/td>Germany<\/td>Cue Records<\/td>164<\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/td>Schwingungen auf CD No. 165<\/em><\/td>Timethorns<\/em><\/td><\/td>CD<\/td>Germany<\/td>Cue Records<\/td>165<\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/td>Musiczeit Sampler CD No. 12<\/em><\/td>Mirage<\/em><\/td><\/td>CD<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>Musiczeit<\/td>Sampler 12<\/td><\/tr>
2012<\/td>Space Rock: The Compilation<\/em><\/td>Sky Turned Black ft. Nemesis<\/em><\/td>Nemesis<\/td>Bandcamp Download<\/td>United States<\/td>Sound for Good<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/td>Audio Cologne Project: 2911.<\/em><\/td>—<\/td>Uwe Cremer, Zsolt Gal\u00e1ntai<\/td>CD<\/td>Hungary<\/td>Terrainflight<\/td>TF009<\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/td>The Human Condition – Dedications to Philip K. Dick<\/em><\/td>The Pink Beams of Light, He Said<\/em><\/td><\/td>Bandcamp Download<\/td>United States<\/td>Sound for Good<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2017<\/td>Silas and Friends | vi | part i<\/td>Expansion ( For Jaki )<\/em><\/td>Cousin Silas<\/td>Bandcamp Download<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>We Are All Ghosts[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>waag rel101<\/td><\/tr>
2018<\/td>The Emporium Project – 1point2<\/em><\/td>Dronium<\/em><\/td>Cousin Silas<\/td>Bandcamp Download<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>We Are All Ghosts[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>waag rel124<\/td><\/tr>
2018<\/td>Intergalactic Moonloonies Invade Mushroom Hill vol. 1<\/em><\/td>La Fungo Arpeggiato<\/em><\/td>Zsolt Gal\u00e1ntai<\/td>CD<\/td>United States<\/td>Aquarian Moons[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>AMP001<\/td><\/tr>
2018<\/td>Intergalactic Moonloonies Invade Mushroom Hill vol. 3<\/em><\/td>Morcellas Dance<\/em><\/td>Altocirrus<\/td>CD<\/td>United States<\/td>Aquarian Moons[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>AMP003<\/td><\/tr>
2018<\/td>Intergalactic Moonloonies Invade Mushroom Hill vol. 3<\/em><\/td>Low Tide on Mushroom Hill<\/em><\/td>Etherfysh<\/td>CD<\/td>United States<\/td>Aquarian Moons[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>AMP003<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/td>Cousin Silas & Friends volume 8 part 2<\/em><\/td>Goodbye, Home Service<\/em><\/td>Cousin Silas<\/td>Bandcamp Download<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>We Are All Ghosts[17]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>waag rel140<\/td><\/tr>
2022<\/td>Heads Together<\/em><\/td>That Which Prevails<\/em><\/td><\/td>CD<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>Fruits de Mer Records<\/a>[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Strange Fish 23<\/td><\/tr>
2022<\/td>COORDINATES volume 04<\/em><\/td>You Can Never Have Too Much Mellotron<\/em><\/td>Eagle (Arend Westra)<\/td>Bandcamp Download<\/td>Italy<\/td>EM Force records[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>04<\/td><\/tr>
2022<\/td>Sound Clouds 1<\/em><\/td>Mellotron Blues<\/em><\/td><\/td>CD<\/td>United Kingdom<\/td>Fruits de Mer Records<\/a>[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Friends of the Fish promo CD16<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

External links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n