Aziraphal is a composer and producer of electronic music whose style could be loosely defined as Symphonic Progressive Ambient. Researching and composing electronic music since 1993 he has created solo albums in many diverse styles, but has also collaborated with other authors and written music for TV, films, commercials, Flash ads, games and children's stories. He also composes "serious" classical music for solo piano and small ensembles which was performed live by himself (as pianist) and other performers at several events.
The composition style emerged from the author's classical background, at first influenced, formally, by Chopin and Beethoven and sonically by Vangelis. After a period of collaborating on several film and TV projects he developed a musical form most suitable for his creative visions and electronic tools: the Electrosymphonic Poem. It is a program music form that should be experienced as a standalone soundtrack, utilizing both synthesizers and orchestral samples. He often composes complex classical forms such as the Fugue with modern synth sounds.
His music is best known as background on daily intermissions on Slovenian National TV "Skrita Slovenija" (Slovenia Unrevealed), credited with real name Matej Hrovat, by the director B. M. Jambrek who also produced a computer animated film with live jazz-balet cast based on Aziraphal's adaptation of a famous Slovenian ballad, "The Legend of the River Man" (Povodni moz). One of his chamber works, Tabula Perdita for string quartet, was performed at Ljubljana International Summer Festival.
His latest CD, The Little Match Girl, is available at CDBaby .
In daytime he is a software developer specializing in Java and occasionally writes free Mobile Java applications (see below).
Official Website:
www.aziraphal.com
SoundClick page (many more songs available):
soundclick.com/aziraphal
In action as classical pianist:
The Art of the Duel (own composition; inspired by and dedicated to Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson)
F. Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - part 2 "Friska"
Scherzo alla Paprica (own composition)
In action as Mobile Java (J2ME) software developer:
