{"title":"Dan Deacon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Deacon is an American electronic musician who was born on August 28, 1981. He hails from Babylon, New York and Baltimore, Maryland. With a background in classical training as a composer and musician, Deacon has established himself as a prominent figure in the electronic music scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for his unique sound and energetic live performances, Dan Deacon's music blends elements of electronica with experimental and avant-garde influences. His compositions often feature intricate layers of synthesizers, samples, and manipulated vocals that create immersive sonic landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years, Deacon has released several critically acclaimed albums and EPs, including \"Spiderman of the Rings\" and \"Gliss Riffer.\" His innovative approach to music production has earned him recognition within the industry and a dedicated fan base worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"spiderman-of-the-rings","title":"Spiderman Of The Rings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpiderman of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, originally released on CD and LP in 2007, was the album that introduced the music world at large to the songs of Baltimore's Dan Deacon. For years, Deacon had been honing his compositional and performing chops with a relentless diy touring schedule. \u003ci\u003eSpiderman of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e presents a picture of a songwriter-performer at an early creative growth spurt and is the first full-length album on which disparate, experimental, conceptual pieces made way for infectious, road-tested, noise-pop hits. Spiderman was almost universally lauded by the music press upon its first release, and the record is littered with live staples and fan favourites, such as 'Crystal Cat', 'Wham City', and 'Okie Dokie'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carpark","offers":[{"title":"Green LP","offer_id":50411584684363,"sku":"2011532","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Pink LP","offer_id":50411586322763,"sku":"2047493","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Spiderman_of_the_Rings_edad1792_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726660363"},{"product_id":"mystic-familiar","title":"Mystic Familiar","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eMystic Familiar,\u003c\/i\u003e Dan gives us the result of years of obsessive work, play, and self-discovery. It’s at once his most emotionally open record and his most transcendent, 11 kaleidoscopic tracks of majestic synth-pop that exponentially expand his sound with unfettered imagination and newfound vulnerability. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 2015’s \u003ci\u003eGliss Riffer\u003c\/i\u003e, Deacon has branched out into an array of collaborative projects including film scores to Rat Film, HBO’s Well Groomed, ESPN’s 30 for 30: Subject to Review; collaborating with the NYCBallet’s resident choreographer Justin Peck, LAPhil and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. While fulfilling, these projects lacked Dan’s singing voice. In the midst of that whirlwind of activity, he returned whenever he could to a personal oasis⁠—the songs that would become \u003ci\u003eMystic Familiar,\u003c\/i\u003e informed by all these collaborations but built from within. Deacon’s writing took an exploratory new direction developed with therapeutic practices of self-compassion and mindfulness, daily prompts from Brian Eno’s deck of \u003ci\u003eOblique Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e and the use of meditation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese techniques produced songs that paint life as a psychedelic journey brimming with bliss and disruption, darkness and light. It’s a vulnerable shift in a songbook abundant with characters, metaphors, and modulations. This voice-focused album is also the first record in which each song was built around one central concept—the \u003ci\u003eMystic Familiar\u003c\/i\u003e, a supernatural other being that we carry with us everywhere in our head, which only we can hear and with whom we live our lives in eternal conversation. \u003ci\u003eMystic Familiar\u003c\/i\u003e takes a propulsive leap with the robot-performed drums and soaring melodies of \u003ci\u003eSat By a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e. 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His most recent studio album is 2020’s Mystic Familiar. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeacon’s original film and television scores include Twixt (Francis Ford Coppola, 2011), Rat Film (Theo Anthony, 2016), Time Trial (Finlay Pretsell, 2017), Well Groomed (Rebecca Stern, 2019), Strawberry Mansion (Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley, 2021), the 2021 PBS documentary series Philly D.A., and All Light, Everywhere (Theo Anthony, 2021). Deacon also scored Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension, which won Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca 2021 and earned a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 2022 Academy Awards; Deacon’s work on the film took home the Best Score prize at the 2022 Cinema Eye Honors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2022 sees the debut of Deacon's latest film score, the Adam Sandler Netflix feature Hustle, directed by Jeremiah Zagar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Netflix Music","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50504609890635,"sku":"1169964","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a776f770-e07e-4e25-9138-442e075521df_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727807481"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_97c3cb97_thumbnail_4096_aa6b21a6-d23c-4ce5-8e7c-0e11bf560b96.jpg?v=1726660326","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/dan-deacon.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}