Daedelus (musician)

This article is about electronic musician. For other uses, see Daedalus (disambiguation).

Daedelus
Alfred Darlington performing live
Background information
Birth name	Alfred Weisberg-Roberts
Also known as	Alfred Darlington
Born	(1977-10-31) October 31, 1977 Santa Monica, California
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Electronic, baroque
Occupations	Producer, singer
Instruments	Monome, laptop computer, bass clarinet, double bass, guitar, accordion, melodica
Years active	2001-present
Labels	Plug Research, Mush Records, Ninja Tune, Brainfeeder
Associated acts	The Long Lost, Adventure Time
Website	daedelusmusic.com

Alfred Darlington (born Alfred Weisberg-Roberts, 31 October 1977), better known by his stage name Daedelus, is a producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a part of the groups The Long Lost and Adventure Time. He is also a founding DJ at the internet radio station Dublab.

History

He attended the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music studying Jazz on Double Bass.

He has released material on numerous labels, including Plug Research, Mush Records, Alpha Pup Records, Brainfeeder, Ninja Tune, Anticon, Eastern Developments, Warp Records, Stones Throw, Soul Jazz, Phthalo, Merck Records, Distill, Hefty, Bit of Heaven, Temporary Whatever, Eat Concrete, Proximal Records, Friends of Friends and Laboratory Instinct. He is currently signed to the Ninja Tune label.

Daedelus pioneered using the Monome in conjunction with Max/MSP for live performances.

Discography

Albums

• Portrait of the Artist (2001)
• Her's is > [sic] (2001)
• Invention (2002)
• Rethinking the Weather (2003)
• A Gent Agent (2004)
• Of Snowdonia (2004)
• Exquisite Corpse (2005)
• Denies the Day's Demise (2006)
• Live at Low End Theory (2008)
• Love to Make Music To (2008)
• Righteous Fists of Harmony (2010)
• Bespoke (2011)

EPs

• The Quiet Party (2002)
• The Household EP (2003)
• 28:06:42:12 (2004)
• Something Bells (2004)
• Meanwhile... (2004)
• Impending Doom / Just Briefly (2005)
• Axe Murderation Remixes (2006)
• Sundown (2006)
• Throw A Fit - EP (2006)
• Fair Weather Friends (2007)
• For Withered Friends / Touchtone (2008)
• Friends of Friends Vol. 1 (2009)
• LA 10x6 (2010)
• Proximity One: Narrative of a City (2010)
• Overwhelmed EP (2011)
• Looking Ocean (2012)

Mixes

• Happily Ever After (2010)

Collaborations

• The Weather (2003) LP with Busdriver and Radioinactive
• Live Airplane Food (2003) LP with Busdriver
• Dreams of Water Themes (2003) LP as Adventure Time
• Glass Bottom Boats (2004) EP as Adventure Time
• Woebegone (2008) EP as The Long Lost
• Amiss (2009) EP as The Long Lost
• The Long Lost (2009) LP as The Long Lost

Productions

• Prefuse 73 - "Busy Signal" from One Word Extinguisher (2003)
• Busdriver - "Yawning Zeitgeist Intro" "Wormholes" "Befriend the Friendless Friendster" "Lefty's Lament" from Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)
• Subtitle - "Shields Up" from Terrain to Roam (2006)
• Busdriver - "Scoliosis Jones" "Do the Wop" "Happy Insider" "Fishy Face" from Jhelli Beam (2009)
• Nocando - "Skankophelia" from Jimmy the Lock (2010)
• Busdriver - "Thick Enough" "Flesh Glove" from Computer Cooties (2010)
• Thirsty Fish - "Ducks Fail" from Watergate (2011)

Remixes

• The One A.M. Radio - "Under Thunder and Gale (A Black and Blue Sky by Daedelus)" from On The Shore Of The Wide World (2005)
• Flying Lotus - "1983 (Daedelus Remix)" by 1983 (2006)
• Busdriver - "Kill Your Employer (Daedelus Remix)" from Kill Your Employer (2006)
• Department of Eagles - "Sailing By Night (Daedelus floats thru)" from Romo-Goth 7" (2006)
• Tunng - "Bricks (Daedelus Remix)" from And Then We Saw Land (2007)
• Little Boots - "Earthquakes (Daedelus RMX)" from Earthquakes remixed (2009)
• John Tejada - "Imbroglio (Daedelus Reads The Definition)" from Reworked Data 95 volume 1 (2009)
• Quantic - "Undelievered Letter (Daedelus featuring Computer Jay Remix)" from Tradition in Transition (2010)
• Baths - "♥ (Daedelus' Snorelaxed Remix)" from Cerulean Remixed (2010)
• LDFD - "OuttaControl (Daedelus Remix)" from OuttaControl EP (2011)
• Sepalcure - "Down (Daedelus RMX)" from Love Pressure Remixed (2011)
• Gustav - "Rettet Die Wale (Daedelus' Muddled Mix-Up)" from Pudel Produkte 15 (2011)
• James Pants - "Thin Moon (Daedelus' All Need remix)" from Dublab x Stones Throw 7" (2011)
• Slugabed - "Sex (Daedelus Remix)" from Sex (2012)
• Open Mike Eagle - "Nightmares (Daedelus Pacifically)" (2012)
• Sister Crayon - "Cynic (Daedelus remix)" (2013)
• Mono/Poly - "Crew (Daedelus' remix)" from Killer B's (2013)

External links

• Daedelus on Dublab
• Daedelus on Ninja Tune
• Daedelus on Mush Records
• Daedelus discography at Discogs