  Absurdist
composer and electronic musician, Dan Deacon, is based
in Baltimore, Maryland. Musically influenced by Devo,
Talking Heads, Scratch Orchestra, People Like Us,
Raymond Scott and Conlon Nancarrow, Dan’s music
strives to take contemporary experimental composition
and electronic music out of the circle of the esoteric
intellectual gangs and hipster communities, placing
it into the more informal “fun time.”
His high-energy performances consist of song-structured
material performed with Casio keyboard, computer,
vocoder and many whosits and whatsits to process his
voice and signal generator.
Musically influenced by Devo, Talking Heads, Scratch
Orchestra, People Like Us, Raymond Scott and Conlon
Nancarrow, Dan’s music strives to take contemporary
experimental composition and electronic music out
of the circle of the esoteric intellectual gangs and
hipster communities and place it into the more informal
“fun time”.
His performance and compositional techniques shows
strong influences from the Fluxus Movement, Italian
Futurism, Performance Art, Spiderman, Absurdism, and
the current movement in underground rock. While maintaining
a constant performance and tour schedule Dan has spent
most of his time working on pieces for brass ensemble,
string quartet, solo cello, solo study and his study
in mid and high frequency sine waves.
Dan Deacon has performed with Cat Power, People Like
Us, Matmos, Tracy and the Plastics, Rasputina, Dufus,
Kool Keith, MC Paul Barum, Prince Paul, Blue Oyster
Cult, Oxes, Grand Buffet, Arab On Radar, Rainer Maria,
the Aquabats and many others, including Comfort Stand
artists, Eddie The Rat, Big City Orchestra and Otis
Fodder. |
