Artists

Hypatia’s progressive house project and the namesake of the label bring a new twist to the world of dance music by integrating classical harmony and counterpoint into progressive house and breaks. The melodic tribal drums and airy pads evoke a strange new order of musical soundscapes, as if gazing through a looking-glass to the future of a solar-punk symphony of synthesizers.

“… and the sky broke open. The rivers surged beyond their banks eroding the fortified facade only to leave a thin veil barely clinging to the visage that radiated with a fragile purity shining only as brilliant as it was versed. For is it not but friction that generates the spark that ignites the inner flame?”

Pronounced “circa nine-teen eighty-two,” Pembroke’s umbrella project for ambient and experimental utilizes vintage hardware to create beautifully fractured pictures of sound.  Like the nostalgia for a time that never was, c.1982’s tape heavy sound design evokes melancholy splendor leaving the listener longing for the remembrance of distant reverie.

Beginning her extensive music career in 2002, Hypatia began DJing progressive house in Reading, PA. Exploring dark tribal styles, she quickly gained regular spots on the internet radio station 610 Underground. In 2003 she teamed up with Joshua Ian forming the DJ duo, Vertigo and Shua, playing dark and funky prog across the Mid-Atlantic and obtained a residency at the Crystal Club in West Reading, while promoting events with DJ Justin Thomas and Digital Movement production company.

In 2008, she took a decade long sabbatical from dance music to focus on classical piano. Learning the principles of voice leading and refining her technique, she performed for weddings, dinner parties, and recitals with a repertoire that included Mozart, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, and many other virtuosic composers.

In 2020, the call of dance music would grasp her soul once again when she began DJing techno, staying true to her roots of dark styles. Later that year, she formed Pembroke Records™ as a label to release her eclectic productions and to host new and creative talent from around the globe.