David Miles Huber - “Creating a Zen-meets-Tech Experience”
instrumentation
David Miles Huber (DMH) - plays a "mean computer" (steinberg nuendo & ableton live), novation launchpads, MIDI guitar, ethnic flutes, vocals & MIDI toys
Bio
David Miles Huber is a Grammy-nominated producer and musician in the emotronic (IDM), dance and downtempo genres, whose CDs have sold over the million mark. The chilled foundation of David’s music is perfectly energized and balanced out by lush, downtempo beats and live acoustic instruments that can be performed in stereo or surround sound. These combine to create a “Zen-meets-Tech experience” that pulls the listener into a musical soundscape that’s rich, enticing and energizing. His latest music and collaborations can be heard on www.51bpm.com and www.MySpace/51bpm.
short music bio
DMH’s music is perfectly energized and balanced out by lush, downtempo beats and live acoustic instruments that combine to create a “Zen-meets-Tech experience” which pull the listener into a musical soundscape that’s rich, enticing and energizing.
Had a "GREAT" time with my radio DJ brother at WECI, working the mics, playing music, etc... at 6:30 in the morning!... Here's a fun interview that he did with me...
Desciptive Bio
David Miles Huber is a producer, composer, surround mix engineer and author. He's become known in recording and production circles as an artist who’s changing how we listen to and perceive music in the settling dust of the digital revolution. After his release of “Tranquility” and 2008's Grammy nominated “Colabs”, the broader public is discovering this studio veteran and 5.1 pioneer. This fall, DMH will release “Parallax Eden”, which will exist in two forms: as both an IDM dance and downtempo project.
David was born and raised in southern Indiana. At 14, he left the Heartland to study at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He grew up fast at Eastman, learning the latest recording techniques in an advanced group many times his age. He returned to study at Indiana University where he met his friend and mentor, acclaimed drummer Jack Gilfoy. Soon after, he was accepted into the prestigious “Tonmeister” program at the University of Surrey in Guildford, England, being the first American to have been accepted into that program. DMH literally wrote the book on recording, being the author of “Modern Recording Techniques”, the gold standard academic textbook for audio engineers. It’s currently in its 7th addition.
DMH’s music not only transcends the boundaries of standard stereo, but also those of standard western musical compositions. Ask him what instruments he plays, and he’ll tell you about the flute, keys, and percussion… but prefers to say, “really, I play a mean computer”. It’s a phrase you hear more often these days, but he was doing it using an array of synths, percussion and studio tools before Digidesign had written their first line of Pro Tools code. Early on in his professional career David was making 5.1 mixes that were inspired by quad projects coming out of New York and LA. He started releasing relaxation music through Laserlight in the 90's (which sold over a million units worldwide) and hasn't looked back during his move into intelligent dance music in both stereo and surround. What sets him apart is his ability to push the listener’s mind to see every tone as a fresh color on a melodic and evolving rhythmscape. Each note is seemingly hand built using waves of algorithm, rolling in milliseconds from different angles. We swim in the liquid sound, we breathe under the surface. When we finally come up, all that's left to do is dive back in again.
David Miles Huber has also written such industry-standard books in the pro-audio industry as Modern Recording Techniques (www.modrec.com), The MIDI Manual and Professional Microphone Techniques.
One of the first pieces of gear that I acquired was my Raven from quasimidi. It's definetely meant to tear out in a German techno-style at 130+ bpm. However, being the downtempo guy that I am, I cranked the bpm down to as low as it goes (which happens to be 51bpm)... damn, does it sound lush! It's a digitally-modeled analog synth that has a meaty, full sound. Since then, I've gotten a few other pieces of quasimidi gear and the bpm name stuck with me. Even though I work at higher tempos, I still have a soft spot for well-crafted 51bpm chill beats. Coincidently, the "51" works very well with my passion for working in surround... and thus 51bpm.com was born.
electronic music collective
A few years back a like-minded group of extremely talented musicians and djs in Seattle and London decided to formally band together to form "EMC". Since that time, we have dedicated ourselves to making high-quality electronic music in styles that range from downtempo to bangin' shake your butt dance music. Our charter also calls for educational outreach in the pacific NW area... something that we hope to expand in the near future.
One of our special calling cards is our love for melody, instead of simply being a slave to the rhythm. Some might call it intelligent music (IDM) that works either in concert or on the dance floor. In addition, we have the rare ability to perform live in 4.0 or 5.1 surround sound... often to an amazing 3-screen visuals display, as shown in our aclaimed youngstown gigs.
