Since the mid-1990s he has released more than a dozen albums with music primarily inspired by the Berlin School of electronic music and space music on the labels Space For Music, Spotted Peccary Music, Lotuspike, Fruits de Mer Records, and Groove Unlimited, and contributed to compilations, including a tribute album to Michael Garrison. He also edits and produces videos for local television commercials, infomercials, corporate events, and music videos.
Reception
Jim Brenholts (Allmusic) describes Padilla as "one of the premier Berlin school sequencers in the U.S.A."[3] while Stewart Mason (also Allmusic) calls him a "Berlin-based electronic music guru"[4] which is factually a misleading as Padilla is based in California.[2]
Discography
The discography includes only albums released on CD, digital download, and vinyl.
Eye of the Storm (Peace, 1996)
Patterns of Thought (Peace, 1998)
The Soul Within (Peace, 1999)
Beyond Beta with Skip Murphy (Peace, 1999)
Crystal Garden (Peace, 1999)
Beyond Volume 1 with Skip Murphy (Peace, 1999)
Edge of Eternity (Peace, 1999)
Eccentric Spheres (Peace, 2000)
Music for the Mind - Live (Vol. 1) (Peace, 2000)
Music for the Mind - Live (Vol. 2) (Peace, 2000)
Perspectives on the Dreamworld (Peace, 2000)
Reflections in Mercury with Skip Murphy (Peace, 2001)
Temporal Suspension with Skip Murphy (Space For Music 2001)
Folding Space and Melting Galaxies (Space For Music 2002)
12Brenholts, Jim. "Vostok - Review". Allmusic/Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 2008-10-03. Craig Padilla is one of the premier Berlin school sequencers in the U.S.A. [...] Padilla's atmosphere is deep and expansive. His sound design uses silence and empty spaces as integral elements of the soundscape. This is the ultimate icescape. It is also essential minimalism.
12Mason, Stewart. "Genesis - Review". Allmusic/Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 2008-10-03. The second album by Berlin-based electronic music guru Craig Padilla, Genesis offers more than the usual noodly drones that all too often pass for modern synthesizer music.
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