Dan Deacon
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Dan Deacon is a Baltimore, Maryland-based absurdist electronic music composer/performer. He attended Purchase College in Purchase, New York where he completed his graduate studies in electro-acoustic and computer music composition. He studied under composer/conductor Joel Thome. Currently, he lives at Wham City in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dan Deacon's compositional style is best classified in the Future Shock genre along with Video Hippos, Santa Dads, Blood Baby, Ecstatic Sunshine, Ponytail, and other bands in the growing Baltimore music scene.
Discography
- Green Cobra Is Awesome vs. the Sun (single) (2003)
- Goose on the Loose (2003)
- Silly Hat vs. Egale Hat (2003)
- Meetle Mice (2003)
- Live Recordings 2003 (2004)
- Twacky Cats (2004)
- Porky Pig (Standard Oil Records New Music Series) (2004)
- Spiderman of the Rings (2006)
- Acorn Master (2006)
Media Appearances
- July 23, 2003: performed on WFMU
- February 21, 2004: performed again on WFMU
- February 2005: performed "Ohio" on Savannah, GA's local NBC affiliate
- May 26, 2006: performed again on WFMU
Awards
- Silly Hat vs. Egale Hat #18 in Top 30 most played albums on WFMU in November of 2003
- Meetle Mice Third Best Album of 2003 on Top Ten Albums by OCDJ
- Best Solo Performer 2005 Baltimore City Paper Critics Poll
- Best Solo Performer 2006 Baltimore City Paper Readers Poll
- Acorn Master #1 in Top 30 played albums on WFMU in July of 2006