Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon (born 1981) is a Baltimore, Maryland-based electronic music composer/performer.

Life and work

Dan Deacon attended the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College in Purchase, New York, where he played in many bands, including tuba for Langhorne Slim and guitar in the improvisational grindcore band Rated R. He completed his graduate studies in electro-acoustic and computer music composition. He studied under composer/conductor Joel Thome. He is a member of Wham City, an art collective in Baltimore, Maryland.

Deacon's compositional style is best classified in the future shock genre along with other bands in the growing Baltimore music scene. In February 2008 Deacon performed at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Discography

• Green Cobra Is Awesome vs. the Sun (single EP) (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)
• Acorn Master (2006)
• Spiderman of the Rings (2007)
• Bromst (Carpark 2008)news

Media appearances

• July 23, 2003: performed on WFMU
• February 21, 2004: performed again on WFMU
• February 2005: performed "Ohio" on WSAV, Savannah, GA's local NBC affiliate
• February 13, 2006: featured on Liam Lynch's Podcast Lynchland. Portions of Deacon's song "Big Big Big Big Big" are also used for Lynchland's opening and closing credits on each episode.
• May 26, 2006: performed again on WFMU
• October 25, 2007: featured on Public Radio International's The Sound of Young America. [1]

Charts

• August 1, 2006: Acorn Master hits #162 on the CMJ Radio 200 charts.

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
• Spiderman of the Rings named Best New Music on Pitchfork Media in May of 2007
• Spiderman of the Rings named one of the best records of 2007 by CMJ New Music Monthly
• Crystal Cat Single listed in top 100 singles of 2007 by Rolling Stone Magazine
• Spiderman of the Rings named one of the 25 best records of 2007 by Pitchfork Media

External links

• Official website
• Article on Dan from the Baltimore CityPaper
• Dan Deacon interview for the New York Times
• Dan Deacon interview for NPR
• Dan Deacon's electronic jungle — A June 2007 Associated Press/asap Flash interactive, video piece with Dan Deacon explaining his instruments.
• Interview from Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
• Dan Deacon myspace page
• Dan Deacon releases back catalogue, free of charge