bio

Arlin Godwin is a Washington, DC-based music recording and multimedia artist who was also the sole creative force behind the now defunct electronica act Delphinium Blue. Before that incarnation he worked under the name Darkangeles (one word pronounced like Los Angels). He has written and produced 4 full length albums, 3 EPs, and countless singles and demos. He's also been nominated more than twenty times for the Washington Area Music Association's WAMMIE Award and has won twice in the Electronica category.

Arlin was signed in 2003 to San Francisco label INgrooves home to a diverse roster of acts including Tina Turner, Thievery Corporation, The Crystal Method, Jimmy Buffet, Jody Whatley, Paul Oakenfold and Dolly Parton. Arlin's first live shows began in June 2004 with a total audience attendance to date of nearly 300,000. Under the Delphinium Blue name Arlin has opened for Crystal Waters, Ultra Nate, Ari Gold and Sophie B. Hawkins.

Arlin's television experience is also extensive, with approximately 25 years in the business. He was for 3 years Senior Designer for Atlantic Video---the top post production studio in the Washington, DC area---with a client list that included HBO, MTV, Comedy Central, ESPN, The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, BET, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, VH1, Polygram Records and Sony Music. Arlin has worked on 4 U.S. Presidential campaigns as a graphic designer and video editor.

In 2004 Arlin was invited to work with disco diva Donna Summer cutting a music video for her "Donna Summer Medley". The following year he was employed by Mercury-Polygram Records to edit a video for funk mastermind George Clinton and his legendary band Parliament Funkadelic. The track was "Tear The Roof Off".

In November 2009 Arlin terminated his deal with INgrooves, dropped the Delphinium Blue name and began to release new music under his own name. He is currently writing and recording new tracks while simultaneously working regularly in broadcast television and pursuing innumerable side projects. He is, in short, a very busy guy.