Real name: Douglas JP Lee

Lily Pond Orchestra is an ambient/space music project of Douglas JP Lee (1953-2011) - self-taught musician, guitarist and composer from Massachusetts, USA.

Douglas started playing guitar at the age of 9, inspired by The Beatles, and at the age of 13 he was already playing in his first band. His interest in electronic music evolved from "Forbidden Planet" movie, which he saw in childhood. By the mid 1970's, Lee was already experimenting with electronic sounds and tape manipulations, but most of his ambient was created much later, already in the digital age, since he was mostly using software synthesizers to compose and record his music (referring to himself as a "MIDIdiot").

Among his inspirations Douglas was mentioning The Beatles, 60's San Francisco and European prog bands, Charles Ives, John Cage, Edgar Varèse, Krzysztof Penderecki, Brian Eno, Terry Riley, etc.

Douglas JP Lee died suddenly on April 5, 2011 at the hospital. Some of his albums are released by Earth Mantra net-label, and many archived stuff is available for downloading at his official website.