My friend Ian Clark worked on a documentary on the sound artist/musician Dan Deacon. It’s up at www.pitchfork.tv. It’s called “In the Studio with Dan Deacon.” You might have to search around a minute to find it, but it’s well worth it. This Deacon guy is a total nutjob, but in the best way possible. This video is from a while ago, and isn’t really a good indicator of how good this album is, but you can get an idea of the personality behind it:
The full “Bromst” album is available to listen to at npr here. I have been pretty much listening to it nonstop since I watched the documentary. It has to be one of the densest albums I have ever heard. There are just so many different sounds. It sounds inhuman, impossibly complex, and wonderfully melodic. I don’t know too much about music, but if this doesn’t win a bunch of “Album of the Year” awards I will be sincerely surprised.
a search for “in the studio with dan deacon” returned no results for me. I can’t find it.
Comment by Paddy Johnson — April 6, 2009 @ 1:24 am
This guy is off the chain, thanks for sharing.
I just found surfed here from your modern history series, keep it up! Both it and the Borderlands series are great.
Comment by rautiocination — April 11, 2009 @ 3:43 am