Dan Deacon Text Only Press Kit

Short Biography:
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.

Notable Press Quotes:
Review of 6/18/04 Warehouse Next Door
"Dan Deacon performs an eccentric brand of electronic music that is so distinctive I don't see how he couldn't be a solo act. His digital torture started somewhere between demented circus music and warped polka, but quickly took on lots of hints from more standard pop structures. Even at it's most ordinary, which wasn't very ordinary by any usual scale, Deacon took great joy in using his computer and other assorted electronics to twist the sounds beyond any normal expectations, and this was one of the things I liked best about his stuff. Too many folks use computers or synths to play loops or back themselves, but really don't use them to do anything that couldn't be done, more or less, by humans. By contrast, the machine love in Deacon's stuff was obvious; his sounds are inhuman in all the best ways possible. The more obvious highlight of Deacon's set was the spastic energy of his performance, an even more extreme rarity in the often dull laptop arena. Hell, plenty of plain old rock bands don't have half the nerdly charisma or give off one tenth the sweat he did during his all too short set. And the energy was infectious; before he was two songs into his set the Warehouse had erupted into a spontaneous dance party, and I think we all know exactly how common that is in D.C....there are few acts out there that could make any kind of an impression following Dan Deacon. Here's hoping that he makes the trip down the B-W Parkway frequently."
Washington City Paper, June 25-July 1, 2004

“Absolutely amazing...a true musical and compositional genius. Any work from him is sure to impress.”
OCDJ, Radio DJ WFMU 90.1 Jersey City/New York City

"Dan Deacon is to electronic music as the Simpsons was to television!
Ben Furgal, Artist, benfurgal.com

Review of 5/20/04 Warwick, NY Performance
"The Invader Editorial Board was delighted to attend a recent performance of the consummate experimental act, Dan Deacon, in Warwick, New York. Invader editors were ‘shocked and awed’ by the lively and bizarre performance of Deacon’s dances, screams and emphatic exclamations. The delightful and eclectic music was created as well as composed by Deacon, and filled the room and the streets outside with an air of ‘drama, excitement and rapture’."
by Invador Staff, theInvador.org, July, 2004

"With a style reminiscent of everything from Eugene Ionesco to Babar, Deacon never fails to impress with his frisky lyrics, unrelenting enthusiasm, and boners."
AbraAdduci, Writer, dirtroadtheatre.org

"Imagine Sifl & Olly produced by Fennesz, and maybe it would be like this. except, [Twacky Cats EP] is more awesome."
Paul Simpson, RPM Director/Asst. Music Director, WRSU 88.7FM, Rutgers University

Performed With:
Cat Power, Matmos, People Like Us, Rainer Maria, Rasputina, Chinese Stars, MF Doom, Kool Keith, Dainel Carter, MC Paul Barnum, Prince Paul, Tracy and the Plastics. The Rapture, Dufus, Jeff Lewis, the Locust, Borbetomagus, Blue Oyster Cult, the Aquabats, Arab On Radar, the Pietasters, Chris Corsano, Atom and His Package, World Inferno Friendship Society, Blink 182, Grand Buffet, Oxes, Kid Koala and many others.