Daedelus (musician)

Not to be confused with Daedalus (band) or Daedalus.

Daedelus
Alfred Darlington
Background information
Birth name	Alfred Weisberg-Roberts Alfred Darlington (married name)
Also known as	Daedelus Daedelus Darling
Born	October 31, 1977 (1977-10-31) (age 34)
Origin	Santa Monica, California
Genres	Electronic Music Experimental Music Musique concrète
Occupations	Musician Songwriter Remixer Producer
Instruments	Bass Clarinet Double Bass Accordion Electronics Laptop computer Guitar Melodica Monome
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Ninja Tune Phthalo Plug Research Temporary Whatever Mush Eastern Developments Laboratory Instinct Soul Jazz Warp Planet Mu Alpha Pup Records Brainfeeder
Associated acts	Adventure Time The Long Lost Build An Ark Busdriver Michael Johnson (Ape School) MF Doom

Alfred Darlington (born Alfred Weisberg-Roberts) is an experimental music producer based in Los Angeles, California. Daedelus pioneered using the Monome in conjunction with Max/MSP for live performances.^[1] He is a part of the groups Adventure Time and The Long Lost. He is currently signed to the Ninja Tune label but has released material with a number of labels, including: Plug Research, Mush, Laboratory Instinct, Eastern Developments, Phthalo, Merck, Big Dada, Soul Jazz, Distill, Hefty, Bit Of Heaven, Temporary Whatever, Stones Throw, Alpha Pup, Eat Concrete, Proximal Records, Friends Of Friends, Brainfeeder and Warp. He is also a founding DJ at the internet radio station Dublab. He attended the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.

Discography

Major albums

• Portrait of the Artist (2001) Distill Records
• Her's is > [sic] (2001) Phthalo recordings
• Invention (2002) Plug Research
• Rethinking the Weather (2003) Mush Records
• A Gent Agent (2004) Laboratory Instinct
• Of Snowdonia (2004) Plug Research
• Exquisite Corpse (2005) Mush Records/Ninja Tune
• Denies the Day's Demise (2006) Mush Records/Ninja Tune
• Live at Low End Theory (2008) Alpha Pup Records
• Love To Make Music To (2008) Ninja Tune
• Righteous Fists of Harmony (2010) Brainfeeder
• Bespoke (2011) Ninja Tune

EPs and miscellaneous

• The Quiet Party (2002) Plug Research
• Live Airplane Food (2003) Temporary Whatever
• The Household EP (2003) Eastern Developments
• 28:06:42:12 (2004) Mush Records
• Something Bells (2004) Plug Research
• Meanwhile... (2004) Laboratory Instinct
• Impending Doom / Just Briefly (2005) Ninja Tune
• Axe Murderation Remixes (2006) Phthalo
• Sundown Single (2006) Mush Records
• Throw A Fit - EP (2006) Alpha Pup
• Live from Percussion Lab (2007) Percussion Lab
• Fair Weather Friends (2007) Ninja Tune
• For Withered Friends / Touchtone (2008) Ninja Tune
• Friends of Friends vol.1 (2009) FoF
• LA 10x6 (2010) All City
• Proximity One: Narrative of a City (2010) Proximal Records

With Busdriver and Radioinactive

• The Weather (2003) Mush Records

With Adventure Time

• Dreams of Water Themes (2003) Plug Research
• Glass Bottom Boats (2004) Plug Research

With The Long Lost

• Woebegone (2008) Ninja Tune
• Amiss (2009) Ninja Tune
• The Long Lost (2009) Ninja Tune

References

1. ^ Nagler, Riley. "Daedelus Interview". Melophobe. http://www.melophobe.com/articles/interview-daedelus/. Retrieved 2008-12-04. 

External links

• Daedelus at Allmusic
• Daedelus on MySpace
• Daedelus on Dublab
• Discogs Listing
• Ninja Tune: Daedelus
• Mush Records: Daedelus
• Interview (2005) R4NT Magazine
• Interview (2004)
• Daedelus' Primary Compositional/Performance Tool
• "Rethinking the Process" Interview with MonsterFresh.com Dec 2007
• February 2008 Interview + Podcast with L.A. Record
• Daedelus on the Mary Anne Hobbs show

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