For Cherry Ember, sound and color belong to the same creative world. Her artist portrait offers a way into that spectrum.

Some artists give you a sound to recognize. Others invite you into a place. Cherry Ember’s story begins with the connection between hearing and seeing: her experience of synesthesia, in which sounds were perceived as colors, helped shape the way she approached music.

From poetry to songs

Born Amber Rose Kirsch in Los Angeles, Cherry grew up in Angelino Heights, surrounded by stained glass and Victorian architecture. She began writing poetry at eleven. Those early verses became the starting point for songs, bringing language and a vivid visual imagination together.

Her artist portrait traces that path and the influences around it, including Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, The Cure, and Cocteau Twins. Read it as an introduction to the person behind the recordings, then return to the records with that context in mind.

Seven albums, a whole spectrum

Rad Red arrived in 1991. It opened a run of seven studio albums in seven years: Ambergris, Dandelemon, IV Reverie, Cherenkov Blue, Abyssalafterglow, and Lavender Rush followed through 1997.

The titles form their own trail through color and feeling. On her profile, the studio albums sit together in color order, making the visual side of that journey part of the discovery.

Choose a starting point

Begin with Rad Red in the Synclexia catalog, or spend a little time with the full artist portrait first. There’s no required listening order. Follow the detail that stays with you—a title, an image, a connection—and see where it leads.

Explore Cherry Ember.
Read her story and album timeline, then explore Rad Red.
Based on the Cherry Ember artist portrait in the Synclexia Records archive.