Today, Daedelus is taking his trusty monome on the road for a national run in support of his excellent new album, Love to Make Music To. Joining him for most of the dates will be Phoenix, Ariz.’s Eliot Lipp.
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May
09
2008
 
Daedelus makes “Love to Make Music To”Posted by plugoneboss in News, tags: Daedelus, Ninja Tune
Eccentric Los Angeles dandy Alfred “Daedelus” Darlington has set a date for his ninth full-length album (not counting his work with Adventure Time, countless EPs, et cetera). Set for release on Ninja Tune, Love to Make Music To drops in the U.S. on July 15. Love to Make Music To follows his excellent Live at Low End Theory, which came out this January. Special guests include Taz Arnold and Om’mas Keith from Sa-Ra and Laura Darlington, Daedelus Darling’s wife. Incidentally, the ever-prolific Daedelus has upcoming projects with both parties: he has a DJ crew with Taz and Shafiyq Hussein called FMB (Fire Magic Blood). They’ve been making Internet noise with “Obama,” a tribute song to the Illinois presidential candidate. Meanwhile, Daedelus and Laura have a project called the Long Lost, and their album is set to come out later this year on Ninja Tune. But back to Love to Make Music To. Daedelus is an imaginative fellow, and it seems he’s devised a special backstory for this project. Here’s an excerpt from the press bio:
Sep
11
2007
Alpha Pup fall slate: edIT, Daedelus, Carlos NinoPosted by plugoneboss in News, tags: Alpha Pup, Carlos y Gaby, Daedelus, edIT, Reefer
Alpha Pup, the West Coast indie label and digital reissue company founded by producer Daddy Kev and his fiance Danyell Jariel (pictured above), is prepping a full slate of releases for fall 2007. Tagged by XLR8R magazine as one of “ten record labels to peep in the months ahead,” Alpha Pup’s recent catalog includes Subtitle’s Terrain to Roam and Scream Club’s controversial queer-rap epic Life of a Heartbreaker. In August it issued underrated L.A. producer Omid’s instrumental suite Afterwords 3. The big title on its schedule, however, is edIT’s Certified Air Raid Material. Once primarily an IDM jock, edIT has been tearing up L.A. nightclubs with his glitchy hip-hop mixes. He brings a similar aesthetic to his second album, collaborating with the Grouch, Abstract Rude, Busdriver, TTC and DJ D-Styles. Certified Air Raid Material drops as a digital release on September 18, and in physical CD form on October 9. Next up is Carlos y Gaby, a collaboration between producer Carlos Nino — who issued the excellent tone poem Fill the Heart Shaped Cup with multi-instrumentalist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson last February — and vocalist Gaby Hernandez. The duo’s La Voz Sabia De Los Cosmos comes out October 16. Other releases set to arrive in the near future including a previously-mentioned concert album from Daedelus, Live at Low End Theory; and a much-blogged-about collaboration between Daddy Kev and Nick Thorburn from the Canadian rock band Islands. Daddy Kev and Thorburn have banded together as Reefer, and their The Life Narcotic “mini-album” is scheduled for early 2008. LA personalities like Existereo (last seen on tour with 2Mex), Kail, and 2007 Scribble Jam champion Nocando also have projects in the works. Alpha Pup’s current focus, however, is edIT’s Certified Air Raid Material. The DJ is currently building a mini-empire with Glitch Mob, a DJ crew that also includes Ooah, Boreta, Kitty-D and Kraddy. The team has launched a record label, Glitch Mob Unlimited, and often wrecks clubs together. Below is the track listing for Certified Air Raid Material.
And here’s an itinerary of edIT’s upcoming gigs:
9/15: w/Kelpe, Rena Jones, Shen, Deru, Tycho, RaNDom, Nalepa, Dr. Toast, Anasia
Alfred Darling, better known as Daedelus, has been in the lab for the better part of a year, working on his official Ninja Tune debut, among other projects. This fall, he’ll reveal some of the fruits of his labor as well as a few limited-edition goodies. First comes Fair Weather Friends, an EP of material that serves as a prelude to the Ninja Tune joint. Due out on October 8, it finds him refining his singing skills over five tracks. Then comes a live album, Live at Low End Theory, that captures a gig performed at the Los Angeles club night. It should land in stores iTunes via Alpha Pup before the end of the year. There are other bits and pieces, including a track on one of Dublab.com’s infamous limited-edition EPs (Echo Expansion). But the best way to get some Daedelus is in person, since he always takes plenty of rare and unusual merchandise with him on tour. This fall, he’ll head out on the road with Busdriver, who has worked tirelessly to promote his nifty but weird Roadkillovercoat. The dates for the tag team duo are below.
11/01-12/01: w/Busdriver |
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