About
David has loved both electronic and classical music from
an early age. Earliest electronic influences were Jean Michel-Jarre,
Ultravox and Gary Numan and, in the classical realm, Aaron Copland,
Erik Satie and the Baroque composers, which he originally listened to
during the early 80's. David experienced disenchantment with the later 80s'
music, but found a solution to this by way of a retrospective appreciation
of the music of Tangerine Dream and Depeche Mode, along with, of course,
the refuge of the music of his classical heroes. These proved to be as
influential then as earlier.
With the rise of guitar-based music in the mainstream,
David felt obliged to experiment with this genre; his main influences
during this time being the Pixies. However, it was only with the emergence
of trance, and hence his awareness both of electronic dance music and
of classical progressions, that David returned to those roots and started
upon his own attempts within this genre. Dance music remains David's
passion, and, under the act name 'Sojourner', he has now achieved a
quality of production in his work, informed by his love of classical
music, which rivals the works of today's better known artists. David's
classically-based works show the same respect for genre, the same courage
to innovate, and the same production values.
