Tom Aragon

Tom Aragon (Oroville, California, USA), became interested in music in the early 70's and was noted as a hard rock guitar player, then in 1991 he started experimenting with samplers, synthesizers and electronics as it offered much greater possibilities. He once described his many styles as covering Minimal, Noise, Ambient, Film Music, Techno, Rock, Alternative, Asian, Goth, Electronica, African, Spoken Word, Russian, World Fusion, Experimental, Piano, New Age, Industrial and Medieval, summing this up at the end as 'Soundscape' music.

He once described his many styles as covering Minimal, Noise, Ambient, Film Music, Techno, Rock, Alternative, Asian, Goth, Electronica, African, Spoken Word, Russian, World Fusion, Experimental, Piano, New Age, Industrial and Medieval, summing this up at the end as 'Soundscape' music. His music is multi-layered with the intention of creating a variety of moods for the listener. He was an early participant of the original mp3.com website where his music was downloaded over 600,000 times and he also received airplay on PBS as well as the song "Eagle Falling" being played on the Syndicated show "Hearts of Space".

His album Heaven and Earth was reviewed by Legend magazine who said "The music is inspired as much as it is inspiring" and "this artist continues to remain a challenge since the music is such a live entity that insists on recreating itself with each listen".

In another review, the album The Golden Mean was summed up by Musicdish who said "If you enjoy excellent synthesizer music done in a progressive and open ended style with varying degrees of complexity, you will absolutely love this disc".

Influences:
Kraftwerk
Dead Can Dance
as well as Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Eno, Seal, Alan Parsons, Joe Satriani, Michael Schenker, The Beatles, Cream, Michael Hammer, Larry Fast, Jeff Beck, Suzanne Cianni, Frank Zappa, The Animals, Queen, Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Collaborations:
Lizette (who sang vocals on his Heaven and Earth album).
Jimmy Stewart (Tom provided percussion and synth programming on Jimmy's album Heart Beat of the Jungle).
Irina Mikhailova (who provided the vocals for the track Dance of the Waters on the album Living The Dream).
David Hayden (joint project called 'Sound Of Light' to produce the album Deep Space)

Member of:
Looking Glass
Jessica's Attic

Links:
Grave Concerns eZine interviews Tom Aragon.