AUDIO ARCHITECT RICHARD DEVINE – REMIXED APHEX TWIN, DESIGNED SOUND
FOR APPLE, SCORED COMMERCIALS FOR NIKE – IS BERKLEE TEACHER FOR A
WEEK, APRIL 10 - 14
Pioneering electronica artist, producer,
sound designer, and 5.1 surround mixer Richard Devine – who remixed
Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy," designed sound for Apple, and scored
commercials for Nike and Touchstone Pictures – will spend a week at
Berklee College of Music, April 10 – 14, 2006. The department,
faculty, and students are looking forward to an intense week with
Devine, hosting him in the classrooms, labs, and the college's
recently completed surround studio complex.
"Richard has a depth of knowledge and expression that really spans
our curriculum and interests. He is one of this generation's
expedition leaders, their advance man, an explorer," said Music
Technology Division Dean, Stephen Croes.
A self-described "audio architect in search of the most interesting
sounds on the planet," Richard Devine, 26, is known for his layered
and heavily processed sound, combining influences from old and modern
electronic music. He grew up playing classical piano, and later took
up drums, bass, and jazz guitar. As an Atlanta College of Art
student in 1993, Devine first started experimenting with CSound and
other powerful computer-based music applications. He would go on to
code several FFT applications in SuperCollider, a programming
language for real-time audio synthesis.
After he was given an endorsement from legendary British electronica
duo, Autechre, Devine was recruited by Warp Records to put out
tracks, tour, and remix songs by other Warp artists. Since 2001, he
has released four full-length albums, including Assect:Dsect
(Schematic, 2003), and Cautella (Sublight, 2005). Devine has
designed sound patches for Apple and Native Instruments software and
has scored commercials for Nike and Touchstone Pictures. Currently,
he is creating music for 5.1 and 12.1 surround environments.
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle
that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was
through the study and practice of contemporary music. For over half a
century, the college has evolved constantly to reflect the state of
the art of music and the music business. With over a dozen
performance and non-performance majors, a diverse and talented
student body representing 70-plus countries, and a music industry
"who's who" of alumni, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab
for the music of today — and tomorrow.
