Daedelus (musician)
American record producer
Musical artist
Alfred Darlington (born Alfred Weisberg-Roberts ; October 31, 1977), better known by their stage name Daedelus , is an American record producer based in Los Angeles , California . They[ a] The Long Lost [ 5] [ 6] Dublab .[ 7]
Early life
Daedelus attended the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music studying Jazz on Double Bass.[ 8]
Career
A teenage obsession with Greek mythology led them to adopt the stage name Daedelus—a tribute to the artist, inventor, and craftsman (spelled Daedalus ).[ 9]
In 1999 they began DJing Dublab.com's Entropy Sessions and releasing their own early demo productions. This got the attention of Carlos Niño (of Ammoncontact), who featured Daedelus tracks on two compilations. Subsequently, Daedelus released a studio album, Invention , on Plug Research in 2002.[ 10] The Household EP was released on Eastern Developments in 2003.[ 11] The Weather Busdriver and Radioinactive , on Mush Records that year.[ 12]
Daedelus released a studio album, Of Snowdonia , on Plug Research in 2004.[ 13] A Gent Agent , on Laboratory Instinct that year.[ 14]
Their 2005 album, Exquisite Corpse MF Doom , Mike Ladd , and TTC .[ 15] Denies the Day's Demise [ 16]
Their 2008 album, Love to Make Music To [ 17] Bespoke Ninja Tune .[ 18] Righteous Fists of Harmony EP in 2010,[ 19] The Light Brigade in 2014.[ 20] Drown Out Anticon .[ 21] Soundhunters Arte .[ 22] Labyrinths .[ 23]
In 2019, they became a faculty member of the Berklee Electronic Production and Design Department. [ 9]
In 2020, they were named an Artist In Residence at SETI . [ 24]
Discography
Studio albums
Her's Is > [sic] (2001)Invention (2002)Dreams of Water Themes (2003) (with Frosty, as Adventure Time) The Weather (with Busdriver and Radioinactive ) Rethinking the Weather (2003)A Gent Agent (2004)Of Snowdonia (2004)Exquisite Corpse Denies the Day's Demise Live at Low End Theory Love to Make Music To Bespoke Drown Out The Light Brigade (2014)Of Beyond (2014) (with Frosty, as Adventure Time) Kneedelus (2015) (with Kneebody ) Labyrinths (2016)Baker's Dozen (2017)Wears House (2017)Taut (2018)The Bittereinders (2019)What Wands Won't Break (2020)What Wands Remixes (2020)Holy Water Over Sons (2021) (with Joshua Idehen) Simmers Over (2022)Xenopocene (2023)
EPs
Portrait of the Artist (2001)The Quiet Party (2002)The Household EP (2003)Something Bells (2004)Meanwhile... (2004)Glass Bottom Boats (2004) (with Frosty, as Adventure Time) Axe Murderation Remixes (with Venetian Snares) (2006)Throw a Fit (2006)Fair Weather Friends (2007)Make It So (with Michael Johnson) (2008)Touchtone & FWF Remixes (2008)Friends of Friends Vol. 1 (with Jogger) (2009)Los Angeles 6/10 (with Teebs ) (2010)Righteous Fists of Harmony (with Kid A) (2010)Overwhelmed EP (with Bilal ) (2011)Looking Ocean (with Austin Peralta, Computer Jay, Zackey Force Funk) (2012)Pluses (2019)Visible (with Danae Greenfield) (2024)Way Out! (with Michael Dunaway) (2024)Daedalus (with Norfik) (2024)Tumult (with joni071012, Niels Broos) (2024)
Singles
"Dublab presents: Freeways 7inch" (2001) (with Mia Doi Todd )
"Hi-Top Fade Parade" b/w "My Petite" (2003) (with Frosty, as Adventure Time)
"28:06:42:12" (2004) (with Boom Bip )
"Impending Doom" b/w "Just Briefly" (2005)
"Sundown" (2006)
"For Withered Friends" (2008)
"Make It So" (2008)
"Hrs:Mins:Secs" (2008)
"Sounds of Symmetry" (2011) (with James Pants )
"Tailor-Made" (2011)
"Ain't No Juke" (2013)
"Knocking On Adore" (2022) (with Baseck remix)
Guest appearances
Daedelus - "A Mashnote" from Dublab presents: Freeways (2001)
Daedelus - "Let's Be Brave" from Advanced Public Listening 01 (2004)
Daedelus - "All Lights On Stage That Night" from Keepintime (2005)
Mochipet - "Spring" from Bunnies & Muffins (2009)The Gaslamp Killer - "Impulse" from Breakthrough Daedelus - "The Beat Laid Bare" from Flywrench OST (2015)
Daedelus - "Morning Melody" from Up Too Early (2017)
Threefifty - "More" from Gently Among the Coals (2017)
Wylie Cable - "Pirouette" from Buried At Sea (2018)
Daedelus - "Brightest Star Tonight" from Road Angel Project, Vol.5 (2021)
Productions
Prefuse 73 - "Busy Signal" from One Word Extinguisher Ammoncontact - "Super Eagles & Black Stars", "Hu Vibes RE:Invention" from Sounds Like Everything
Madvillain - "Accordion" from Madvillainy Ammoncontact - "Dreamy" from One In An Infinity of Ways (2004)
Busdriver - "Yawning Zeitgeist Intro", "Wormholes", "Befriend the Friendless Friendster", and "Lefty's Lament" from Fear of a Black Tangent Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - "Waves Of Infinite Harmony"(with Madlib ) , "Life Force" from Love is the Answer (2005)Subtitle - "Shields Up" from Terrain to Roam Shafiq Husayn - "Le'Star" from Shafiq En' A Free Ka (2008)
Busdriver - "Scoliosis Jones", "Do the Wop", "Happy Insider", and "Fishy Face" from Jhelli Beam Nocando - "Skankophelia" from Jimmy the Lock Busdriver - "Thick Enough" and "Flesh Glove" from Computer Cooties Thirsty Fish - "Ducks Fail" from Watergate Blu - "Hours" and "Annie Hall" (featuring Chop, Brooker T & Tiombe Lockhart) from York Kevin Abstract - "Yellow" from American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story Busdriver - "Exploding Slowly" from Electricity Is on Our Side Shrimpnose - "Fall Away (feat. K.Raydio, Bobby Raps, & Daedelus)" from ...And The World Weeps (2019)
Cyne - "Elephant Rome" from Pretty Dark Things (2019)Self Jupiter - "When Some Drama Pops Off" from Sexy Beast (2019)Shrimpnose - "Getting Through To You" from Before It's Too Late (2020)
Lapsung - "Disappearing Platforms" from wORM (2020)
Attacca Quartet - "Holding Breadth (feat. Daedelus)" from Real Life (2021)
Remixes
Lab Waste - "Get the Signal (Daedelus Remix)" from Zwarte Achtecground (2003)
Technophonic Chamber Orchestra - "Vitus (Daedelus Remix)" from Nemoretum Sonata (2004)
Take - "The Start of Our Ending (Daedelus Remix)" from Colossal (2004)
The One A.M. Radio - "Under Thunder and Gale (A Black and Blue Sky by Daedelus)" from On the Shore of the Wide World (2005)Raw Thrills (Insted) - "Please Help Me Help You (Daedelus Remix)" from Together Again (2005)
Soylent Green - "Altered State (Remix by Daedelus)" from Software and Hardware (2005)
Flying Lotus - "1983 (Daedelus Remix)" from 1983 Busdriver - "Kill Your Employer (Daedelus Remix)" from Kill Your Employer (2006)Coldcut - "Man in a Garage (Daedelus Hydraulic Remix)" from Man in a Garage EP (2006)Department of Eagles - "Sailing by Night (Daedelus Floats Thru)" from Romo-Goth (2006)Savath & Savalas - "Paths in Soft Focus (Daedelus Wishes You The Best Remix)" from History Is Bunk, Pt.1 (2006)Cities - "Lounge Act (Daedelus Remix)" from Variations (2006)Eliot Lipp - "Glasspipe (Daedelus Journey To The Center Remix)" from Steel Street Scraps (2006)Tunng - "Bricks (Daedelus Remix)" from And Then We Saw Land (2007)Ernest Gonzales - "While On Saturn's Rings (Daedelus Remix)" from While On Saturns Rings (2007)
Junk Science - "Do It easy (Daedelus mix)" from Grandad's Nerve Tonic (2007)
Take - "You High (Daedelus Remix)" from Plus Ultra (2008)
Lymbyc Systym - "So We Can Sleep (Daedelus Remix)" from Love Your Abuser Remixed (2008)
zero dB - "Sunshine Lazy (Daedelus Remix)" (2008)Yo Gabba Gabba - "Happy (Adventure Time Remix)" from "Episode 106 - Happy" (2008)Little Boots - "Earthquakes (Daedelus RMX)" from Earthquakes Remixed (2009)John Tejada - "Imbroglio (Daedelus Reads the Definition)" from Reworked Data 95 Volume 1 (2009)Debruit - "Pouls (Daedelus Remix)" from Clé De Bras (2009)
Miki Furukawa - "ジョナサン (Daedelus Remix)" from Bondage Heart Remixes (2009)STS9 - "The New Soma (Daedelus Remix)" from Peaceblaster (The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes) (2009)Quantic - "Undelievered Letter (Daedelus featuring Computer Jay Remix)" from Tradition in Transition (2010)Nosaj Thing - "Coat of Arms (Daedelus Remix)" from Drift Remixed (2010)Bilal - "Restart (Daedelus Remix)" from Restart (2010)Baths - "♥ (Daedelus' Snorelaxed Remix)" from Cerulean Remixed (2010)Emika - "Drop the Other (Daedelus Fragments into a Thousand Little Pieces)" from Ninja Tune XX Vol. 2 (2010)LDFD - "Outtacontrol (Daedelus Remix)" from Outtacontrol EP (2011)
James Pants - "Thin Moon (Daedelus All I Need Remix)" from Sound of Symmetry, Vol. 1 (2011)Oorutaichi - "Futurelina (Daedelus Remix)" from Cosmic Coco, Singing for a Billion Imu's Hearty Pi (2011)
Sepalcure - "Down (Daedelus RMX)" from Love Pressure Remixed (2011)Gustav - "Rettet Die Wale (Daedelus' Muddled Mix-Up)" from Pudel Produkte 15 (2011)
Amon Tobin - "Kokuko Sosho Battle (Daedelus Remix)" from Chaos Theory Remixed (2011)Quantic and His Combo Barbaro - "Undelivered Letter (Daedelus Remix)" from Caliventura Remixes (2011)Slugabed - "Sex (Daedelus Remix)" from Sex (2012)
Pure Filth Sound - "LAX to LDN (Daedelus Remix)" from LAX to LDN (2012)
Turn On The Sunlight - "Firefly Night (Daedelus Remix)" from Remixes/Collaborations (2012)
DJ Krush and Dj Kentaro - "Kikkake (Daedelus Remix)" (2012)Collarbones - "Don Juan (Daedelus' slowest decay)" (2012)
Open Mike Eagle - "Nightmares (Daedelus Pacifically)" (2012)Zoon Van Snook - "Half Term(8:08) (Daedelus Remix)" from (Remixes from) The Nutty Tree (2012)Sunny Levine - "No Other Plans (Daedelus Remix)" from Hush Now (2013)
Kid A - "BB Bleu (Daedelus Remix)" from BB Bleu (2013)
Daft Punk - "Doing It Right (Daedelus' Pacific RMX)" [ 25] Hundred Waters - "Boreal (Daedelus Remix)" (2013)Sister Crayon - "Cynic (Daedelus Remix)" (2013)Mono/Poly - "Crew (Daedelus' Remix)" from Killer B's (2013)Moors - "Gas (Daedelus Remix)" from Moors (2014)80kidz - "Dusk (Daedelus Remix)" from Face:Remodel (2015)
Chapelier Fou - "La Guerre des Nombres (Daedelus "War Of Numbers" remix)" from Fuse (2015)
Jimmy Pé - "Broken Clock (Daedelus Remix)" from Fake Fantasy EP (2015)
Bass Sekolah - "Lighthouse (Daedelus Remix)" from Lighthouse Remixed (2015)
Saul Williams - "Horn of the Clock-Bike (Daedelus' Fugue)" from These Mthrfkrs (2016)The Album Leaf - "Back to the Start (Daedelus Remix)" from Between Waves (Deluxe Edition) (2016)DJ Shadow - "Mutual Slump (Daedelus Remix)" from Endtroducing... Re-Imagined (2016)Kasai Allstars - "Drowning Goat (Daedelus Remix)" from Félicité Remixes (2017)Jaw Gems - "Heatweaver (Daedelus Remix)" from Heatweaver Remixes (2017)
Aeli - "Guasba Lik (Daedelus Remix)" from Late Future Calls (Remixed) (2017)
Sonae - "Between Two Worlds (Daedelus Remix)" from Monika Werkstatt Remixes (2017)
Drum & Lace - "Sunrise (Daedelus Remix)" from Sunrise Remixes (2017)Inara George - "A Bridge (Daedelus Remix)" (2018)Death Cab For Cutie - "Gold Rush (Daedelus Remix)" (2018)Dropout Marsh - "Vagabond (Daedelus Remix)" from Shore Shells (2018)
Yo Gabba Gabba - "Quest (Daedelus Remix)" from Episode 411 - Quest (2018)Mild Minds - "Weak Signal (Daedelus' Missed Connections Remix)" from Swim Remixes (2019)
んoon - "Custard (Daedelus Remix)" from Hoajao (2019)
Local Natives - "Garden of Elysian (Daedelus Remix)" (2020)QRTR - "Nossa (Daedelus Remix)" (2022)
Jaws That Bite - "Limba (Daedelus Remix)" (2022)
Tropics - "Acrylic (Daedelus Remix)" from NTPM300 (2022)
Tanya Tagaq - "Tongues (Daedelus Remix)" from North Star Remixes (2022)Tropics - "Acrylic (Daedelus Remix)" from NTPM300 (2022)
Kidkanevil - "Super FX (Daedelus Remix)" from BOBBLE (Bubble Expansion Pack) (2023)
Sadnoise - "sifting instrumental (Daedelus' lightly Schranz Remix)" from New Musical Resources (Extended) (2023)
Gouldian Finch - "Algorithm (Daedelus Megamix)" (2024)
Shrimpnose - "Glued2 - Remix" (2024)
Mixes
Where the Day Takes You (1998)Happily Ever After (2010)Boiler Room #66 (2012)Lovers Juke Too (2012)Fact Mix 331 (2012)Exotica (2013)Lovers Juke Too, Deux (2016)Wears House (2017)Where the Day Takes 2 with side B by Goodnight Cody (2021)
Video games
Notes
^ Daedelus uses they/them pronouns.[ 4]
References
^ Staples, Derek (November 2, 2010). "Taking a Breather with Daedelus in Chicago" . Consequence of Sound the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2020 . ^ Fintoni, Laurent (March 8, 2016). "Daedelus on Daedelus: LA's beat scene vanguard traces their musical evolution" . Fact the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2020 . ^ Gitlow, Ali (September 9, 2008). "Handy Dandy: A Daedelus Interview" . XLR8R the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2012 . ^ "@daedelus" . X . Archived from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024 .^ Howard, August (March 13, 2009). "The Long Lost" . XLR8R the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2012 . ^ Sylvester, Nick (January 27, 2004). "Adventure Time: Dreams of Water Themes" . Pitchfork ^ Schepper, Ron (October 17, 2003). "Adventure Time - Dreams of Water Themes" . Stylus Magazine the original on May 10, 2012. ^ Pennick, Bailey (March 29, 2013). "Don't Drop The Beat Until You See "The Whites Of These Kids' Eyes": Talking Shop With Daedelus" . Filter the original on April 24, 2017. ^ a b "Daedelus Joins Berklee Electronic Production and Design Department | Berklee College of Music" . www.berklee.edu . Retrieved April 13, 2020 .^ Siebelt, Olli (April 30, 2002). "Daedelus - Invention" . BBC ^ Georgopoulos, Alexis (May 6, 2003). "The Household EP" . XLR8R ^ Arnold, Eric K. (March 26, 2003). "Busdriver and Radioinactive with Daedelus" . East Bay Express ^ Hoffman, K. Ross (December 2, 2004). "Daedelus - Of Snowdonia" . Dusted Magazine . ^ Bieritz, Erick (November 24, 2004). "Daedelus - A Gent Agent" . Stylus Magazine the original on June 29, 2013. ^ Dix, Noel (June 2005). "Daedelus - Exquisite Corpse" . Exclaim! ^ O'Neil, Tim (June 23, 2006). "Daedelus: Daedelus Denies the Day's Demise" . PopMatters ^ Slevin, Michael (May 23, 2008). "Daedelus - Love To Make Music To" . The Skinny ^ Clarke, Paul (April 14, 2011). "Daedelus - Bespoke" . Resident Advisor ^ Bloomfield, Philip (March 18, 2010). "Daedelus - Righteous Fists of Harmony" . Drowned in Sound the original on May 2, 2014. ^ Travers, Kate (September 24, 2014). "Daedelus - The Light Brigade" . The Line of Best Fit ^ Bromwich, Jonah (September 16, 2013). "Daedelus: Drown Out" . Pitchfork ^ "Soundhunters (2/4) - Daedelus in "Lucid Dream" . ARTE (in German). Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .^ Kaye, Ben (October 26, 2016). "Daedelus: Prolific electronic artist" . Consequence of Sound ^ "SETI Institute Names 3 New Artists in Residence; 1 New Advisor" . Seti.org . Retrieved October 31, 2024 .^ "Listen to Daedelus' frenetic remix of Daft Punk's 'Doin' It Right' . June 14, 2013.^ Kolbert, András (May 29, 2014). "Nidhogg Test" . PC Guru [hu ] . Retrieved July 7, 2024 . ^ "Flywrench - Team & Repeating Collaborator" . flywrench.com . Retrieved July 7, 2024 .^ Matulef, Jeffrey (November 4, 2016). "Nidhogg 2 announced for next year, with weird new art style" . Eurogamer Gamer Network . Retrieved July 7, 2024 .
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