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dan deacon studied composition at the conservatory of music at the state university of new york at purchase college. in 2004 he and several friends moved to baltimore and started the collective wham city. at that point his musical output focused primarily on loud, dense, noise based dance-pop which he could tour as a solo performer. in 2007 deacon started to gain media attention and has toured internationally over a dozen times. his live performances involve large amounts of audience participation and utilize the audience as a means of improvisation and collaboration.
photo: Josh Sisk
Karen Borca (NYC): bassoon
Shayna Dunkelman (NYC): percussion
Ju Suk Reet Meate (Portland): trumpet
Hans Koch (Switzerland): bass clarinet
Andrea Neumann (Germany): inner piano
Tuna Pase (Istanbul): voice, flute, laptop
Juanjosè Rivas (Mexico City): circuit bending
Tomoko Sauvage (Paris): porcelain bowls, water
Gary Smith (United Kingdom): guitar
Keith Fullerton Whitman (Boston): electronics
Wobbly (California): electronics
Shelly Blake-Plock: stringed instruments
Ami Dang: sitar, voice, electronics
Drew Daniel: electronics
Dan Deacon: electronics, tuba
Tiffany Defoe: saxophone
Owen Gardner: strings
Ayako Kataoka: electronics
Liz Meredith: viola
Marc Miller: guitar
Stewart Mostofsky: electronics
Michael Muniak: feedback
M.C. Schmidt: electronics
Dan Deacon (Baltimore)
Ayako Kataoka (Baltimore)
Dr. Johannes Rosenberg (Australia)
Dragos Tara (Switzerland)
Dragos Tara @ Goucher College (9/22)
Wobbly @ Peabody Conservatory (9/22)
Juanjosè Rivas @ MICA (9/22)
Hans Koch @ UMBC (9/24)