Arlin Godwin was born in Pensacola, Florida a long way from his British ancestry. Experts have traced his roots back to a 15th century king of England and more recently to the famous family of William Godwin whose most prominent member might have been Mary Shelley, the author of "Frankenstein".

Arlin grew up in a religious environment and was forbidden to listen to anything resembling rock 'n roll. As far as his parents were concerned it was "the Devil's music". Still he found ways to listen - hiding a tiny transistor radio under his pillow at night so he could hear 50,000 watt WLS AM in Chicago bouncing down to Pensacola.



After attending college Arlin ended up working in the recording studio of moral crusader Jerry Falwell. Arlin's father had become acquainted with Falwell and was hired to head up the Reverend's Moral Majority organization. It was Arlin's dad who gave him the choice of going back to school or getting a job. Arlin chose the job and was soon working in the Old Time Gospel Hour's radio studio. The entire story of how this came to be is too long to tell here but suffice it to say that Arlin took advantage of 24 track tape decks and state-of-the-art mixers that "the Reverend" used to produce his gospel radio show. Around this same time Arlin was coming to terms with his sexuality.

Imagine being the secretly homosexual son of the man who was running the Moral Majority. In any event, it was from these very odd beginnings that Arlin began to create what would mutate into a serious electronic music project. And this in a fundamentalist culture whose fanatical zealots referred to rock-and-roll as simply "evil".

In the years since the Falwell era Arlin has worked as a writer, video producer, web designer and graphic artist. He's produced television design work for The Discovery Channel, ABC, Fox, Animal Planet, CNN, MTV, VH-1, Comedy Central, Polygram Records, Sony Music, Black Entertainment Television and HBO. He's edited music videos for Donna Summer and Parliament Funkadelic and worked on 4 U.S. Presidential campaigns.

In 1994 a friend at Polygram Records took an interest in Arlin's musical inclinations and advised him to use a group name rather than present himself as a solo artist. After compiling a list of potential "band" names the record company chose Darkangeles (one word pronounced like Los Angeles). Arlin then decided to press his own vinyl 7 inch single - an early version of his song "StereoPornoGroove" - and release it under the Darkangeles name. He had 100 copies made and mailed them out to college radio stations nationwide.

"StereoPornoGroove" received air play at 72 stations and charted on a number of college radio playlists. The B-Side "Ed's Place" became an even bigger success, with DJs asking for new copies because they had worn out the originals. "StereoPornoGroove" also earned Arlin his first Washington (DC) Area Music Association WAMMIE Award nomination in the Techno category. Arlin went on to release more singles and garner 22 WAMMIE nominations and 2 wins as of 2003.

His current project Delphinium Blue was created in 2002 and has produced 4 full length albums, 1 EP and 1 single-only release. In 2003 the act signed with San Francisco label INgrooves home to a diverse roster of acts including Thievery Corporation and Dolly Parton.

Delphinium Blue's first live shows began in June 2004 with a total audience attendance to date of nearly 300,000. Delphinium Blue has opened for Crystal Waters, Ultra Nate, Ari Gold and Sophie B. Hawkins.