Darrin Verhagen

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 in the Digital Media program, researcher at AkE (Audiokinetic Experiments) Lab RMIT University in Melbourne, with his work based in multisensory integration. He collaborates with other practitioners in installation works as (((20hz))).[3]

Darrin Verhagen
Born1967
Melbourne, Australia
Genresdark ambient
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, composer, Senior Lecturer
InstrumentsKeyboards, programming, shakuhachi
Years active1992–present
LabelsExtreme
Associated actsShinjuku Thief, Shinjuku Filth
Websitedarrinverhagen.com

Discography
Solo
  • Soft Ash (1997, Dorobo)
as Shinjuku Thief
as Shinjuku Filth
  • Junk (1995, Dorobo)
  • Raised by Wolves (1997, Dorobo)
  • Zero/Stung (1999, Dorobo)
as Professor Richmann
  • Succulent Blue Sway (1995, Dorobo)

Personal life
  • Darrin has three children
gollark: An appointment for what, spontaneous apification?
gollark: Hmm, have you experienced osmarks internet radio™?
gollark: As you're me, yes.
gollark: Did you know? Not everyone gets a soul. The rise of industry and mechanization has sent the world's population booming upward, striving relentlessly for the fixed handful of souls that level armies and steer the fate of nations. The remnants of a crumbled empire fight in a grinding, bloody war against their ancient enemy.
gollark: GTech™ hyperaggressive structure cubes™.

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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