FACT Magazine today premiered "1979 (On a Snowy February Day) from the upcoming remix EP, "1979: Remixed", out April 29th on Friends of Friends Records. The EP is available for preorder today, as well as a vinyl repress of "1979".
"1979" at BRIC in Brooklyn - March 26th
New York, we’re bringing “1979” to BRIC on March 26th along with the super talented Hannah Epperson. The BRIC House Ballroom in Brooklyn should be an amazing setting for the show. We’re pumped. See you soon.
3/26 - Brooklyn, NY
TICKETS HERE
"1979" at The Regent Theater - Los Angeles
We’ve long awaited our hometown show for “1979”, and we'll be joined by our friend Telefon Tel Aviv who will be performing live for the first time in 6 years, with new material. It’s going to be a special night.
The Regent Theatre - 4/2 - Los Angeles.
Tickets on sale now.
"1979" in Chicago
Excited to be bringing “1979” to Chicago this Friday (12/18) at Constellation. And pumped to have Nick Butcher opening up! See you soon.
Echo Society IV - Veils, November 14th
A night of new musical works for a 9-piece orchestra & electronics.
Featuring:
Eskmo
Deru
Jeremy Zuckerman
Mica Levi
Justin Boreta (The Glitch Mob) + Matthew Davis
Joseph Trapanese
Rob Simonsen
Jusdon Crane
Daniel Wohl
"One Long Night"
My piece for the last Echo Society show. Written for solo cello and computer processing.
Our next concert will be November 14th, 2015 in downtown LA.
Deru + EFFIXX / 1979 Live
Preview video for our upcoming show at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC.
So excited to bring “1979” to Le Poisson Rouge in NYC July 25th.
It’s an amazing venue. Should be a great night! Tickets on sale now.
In The Studio
I did an "In The Studio" interview with Headphone Commute.
The Future Never Comes
I just posted "The Future Never Comes" to SoundClound and I figured I'd use this track as an opportunity to talk about some of the production on "1979". As some of you have been asking, I bounced all of the songs on the album straight to cassette tape. I bought an old Marantz portable tape deck on eBay and the songs went straight out of the computer onto the deck, fully mixed. The tape recorder is kinda fucked up and has a really pronounced pitch warble that I love. It gives everything a very distinct character. Throughout the years I've become less careful with my mixes. I don't think I would've ever done this when I was first making music and was obsessed with clarity or whatever, but now that I've been doing it a while I'm much more into interesting mixes... Mixes with character.
This song in particular almost didn't make it onto the record. It's the only song with a beat on the album, and I wasn't sure that it fit because of it. But after playing the album to a few friends some of them said that it was their favorite, and that it provided a nice contrast to the rest of the songs. It's hard to gauge these things while working on the music sometimes as you're too close to it. But I'm glad I was convinced. Ambient music is just music after all.
- Ben
PS: The SoundCloud player really does some heinous shit to the tape noise in this one. Listen to a real copy if you can sometime.
You can grab it HERE.
Prepping...
for The Echo Society.
The Echo Society - BLOOM
I'm excited to announce The Echo Society's third concert, Bloom, March 12th in downtown Los Angeles. We will premiere new pieces from all of our composers, as well as new works from our two guests, AMON TOBIN and RYAT.
Tickets available now: www.theechosociety.com/three-bloom
I Would Like / Ivan's Childhood
Someone on YouTube combined "I Would Like" with footage from "Ivan's Childhood".
"1979" Rehearsal Photos
Some still shots from our rehearsals for the "1979" show.
Video coming soon.
The Obverse Box
There are only a few Obverse Box's left. We hadn't released the photos below as we wanted this package to be a surprise when it showed up at your door step. I think it's time.
Outliers Iceland - Free To Watch Now
In 2012, I traveled to Iceland with a group of amazing photographers and film-makers to make an improvised documentary about creativity and inspiration. I scored the film, and asked a bunch of musicians to contribute to the soundtrack. "Outliers Vol.1, Iceland" is now free to watch in full!
LA Weekly - July 17th, 2014
Feature in this weeks LA Weekly, "Deru - In Search of Lost Time".
Let The Silence Float
Second track off of "1979", released on digital, vinyl, and handheld projector. Friends of Friends Records.
"1979" - OUT NOW
The Future Never Comes
A new video for "The Future Never Comes" premiered today on XLR8R.