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Artist
Emerald Adrift
12+ albums
ambientdark ambientabstractelectronicneoclassical
about
One of the persistent debates in the world of electronic, ambient, and experimental music is what the proper role of theory and training should be, given the limitless frontiers of the canvas and the inherent lack of rules in the genre. Is an experimental artist who has never received formal training in music at a disadvantage or an advantage to one who has? Some claim that theory has the effect of installing mental blinders, causing the artist to adopt a viewpoint that inherently limits the breadth of choices they have available to them. Others point out that there is no substitute for formal training as a foundation for creating new music, and those who lack such training, no matter how considerable their natural talents may be, would go farther and accomplish more as artists if they would also seek a background in theory. Both arguments, of course, have elements of truth to them, which is why the debate probably will never be decisively settled. Unifying these two divergent points of view can seem to be an unreachable goal. Until now. Along comes a new artist to Earth Mantra by the name of David Herpich, who releases some of the most powerful and sublime experimental electronic ambient music we have yet heard, under his Emerald Adrift project name. And unification is reached, at last. This artist certainly has a sterling academic background in music, with multiple degrees in theory and composition at both undergraduate and graduate levels. And yet his music is anything b
