Artist portrait / 1972–2000
CherryEmber
A voice in full color.
For Cherry Ember, sound had a spectrum. Poetry, memory, and a vivid inner world became music you could almost see.
A brief biography
A life heard
through color.
- Born
- March 27, 1972
- Hometown
- Angelino Heights, LA
Born Amber Rose Kirsch in Los Angeles, Cherry Ember grew up among the stained glass and Victorian architecture of Angelino Heights. She experienced synesthesia, perceiving sounds as colors—a connection that shaped her artistic world. Poetry became an outlet at eleven, and those early verses grew into songs.
Drawing inspiration from artists including Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, The Cure, and Cocteau Twins, she turned personal loss and an expansive imagination into a prolific recording career. Her debut, Rad Red (1991), began a run of seven albums in seven years, reaching Lavender Rush in 1997.
After stepping away from recording, Cherry returned in late 1998. Her life ended on January 1, 2000, at twenty-seven. Posthumous releases, including Infrarad and Ultrarush, extended a body of work in which memory, feeling, and color remain inseparable.
“Beauty often emerges from the most unexpected places.”Cherry Ember · This Strange Endless Stage
The studio years / 1991–1997
Seven albums. A whole spectrum.
Her catalog, in color order
Beyond the studio years · Posthumous releases
The colors linger. The music stays.
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