About Me
Henry Strange (AKA Henry Hsiao), son of a biologist, spent much of his youth in his father’s laboratory counting fish eggs. Following his father’s footsteps, he was destined to become a breakthrough neuroscientist. But much like his father who was also a painter, Henry had a creative side, a love for music. He performed classical guitar and drums in rock bands for many years from youth throughout college. Soon, he became weary of running animal mazes and dissecting bird brains, but also became weary of the unevolving sound of rock music. That was when both worlds, art and science came together for him at SYCOM, the electronic music laboratory of his college.
Henry spent sleepless nights in the studio with old modular synthesizers studying the science of sound and synthesis. There he found his love for the avant-garde, which gave him a new focus to compose music with an experimental edge. He continued to produce an album, and a series of experimental concerts in hexaphonic surround, sound and visual installations, and eventually started Pure Tone Productions, Inc. a production company devoted to the research of sound and the production of modern music.
At Pure Tone he adapted his experimental sound to commercial projects; scoring independent films, writing for television, producing artists, remixing, and sound design. He’s worked on a remix of ‘One More Chance’ for Michael Jackson, wrote themes for a science television show ‘Beyond Science’, worked features like Wes Craven’s “Cursed†and produced countless artists. He also continues his quest performing live with a Theramin and producing a blend of experimental textures, angular beats, and symphonic strings.
Beyond his cutting edge composition, Henry has worked in many studios as an engineer and is a master at recording and production. He uses the most modern technologies, and composes regularly in the 5.1 surround format. Henry now resides in Los Angeles, fullfilling his destiny to create a new sound.
