Darrin Verhagen

Darrin Verhagen
Birth name Darrin Verhagen
Born 1967
Melbourne, Australia
Genres dark ambient
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, composer
Instruments Keyboards, programming, shakuhachi
Years active 1992–present
Labels Extreme
Associated acts Shinjuku Thief, Shinjuku Filth
Website darrinverhagen.com

Darrin Verhagen is an Australian-born composer of dark ambient and gothic music. He has adopted several different monikers for his recorded output, depending on the genre including Shinjuku Thief, Shinjuku Filth and Professor Richmann. .[1] After his first album Bloody Tourist was released, Verhagen founded Dorobo Records which he has continued to issue his music through.[2] He has composed music for Australia's premiere arts companies (including Chunky Move, Australian Dance Theatre, Lucy Guerin, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Daniel Schlusser Ensemble, Showtime Movie Channel, Patricia Piccinini, and SBS Television). He currently works as a senior lecturer in Sound + Vision, and researcher at AkE (Audiokinetic Experiments) Lab RMIT University in Melbourne, with his work based in multisensory integration.[3]

Discography

Solo
as Shinjuku Thief
as Shinjuku Filth
as Professor Richmann

References

  1. Jester (January 1998). "Interview with Darrin Verhagen of Shinjuku Thief". sonic-boom.com. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. Weidenbaum, Marc (20 March 1997). "Dark Ambient, Down Under". disquiet.com. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. "Mr. Darrin Verhagen". RMIT University. 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

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