Browse by Artist: DAEDELUS

Artist:	DAEDELUS
Title:	Meanwhile...
Label:	LABORATORY INSTINCT (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	LI 001LP

2010 repress, 2004 release. LP version. Born Alfred Weisberg-Roberts in Santa Monica, CA, producer/instrumentalist Daedelus wanted to be an inventor from an early age, a sentiment that led to him choosing an artistic moniker (in Greek mythology, Daedalus was known as an inventor, although Weisberg-Roberts also cites the character Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -- as well as the ship in the Japanese cartoon Robotech -- as equally valid reasons for his selection) when he began releasing his own work. Despite the fact that he was formally trained on double bass and bass clarinet, had studied jazz at USC, and could play additional instruments such as the guitar and accordion, Daedelus chose to go the electronic route, often incorporating samples from the '30s and '40s into his IDM and left-field hip-hop.Though Daedelus' first single appeared in 2001, it wasn't until the following year that his debut full-length, Invention, was released by the Plug Research label. Daedelus proved to be a prolific composer, and the following four years brought four new albums (released via Plug Research and Mush): 2003's Rethinking The Weather, 2004's Of Snowdonia, 2005's Exquisite Corpse, and 2006's Daedelus Denies The Day's Demise. He also worked on countless singles and side projects, including a stint as a producer for his Mush label-mates. "Sublime eccentric beats and sampledelic cutups from the unstoppable Daedelus, offering up his distinct plunderphonic charm for the Laboratory Instinct label. Following on from releases for Plug Research, Phthalo, Hefty, Tigerbeat 6, Mush and Eastern Developments, Daedelus has refined a style that is often imitated but seldom matched. The child-like quality of his selection defines these new pieces -- film samples, television advertisement clips and anachronistic narratives lifted from deep within his dusty wax archives nestle themselves amidst a weave of breaks and re-configured beats, a hip-hop paced antithesis to the drill n' bass techniques of old. Meanwhile is an utterly charming album that you will adore if you're into anything from Madlib through to Venetian Snares." --Boomkat

Artist:	DAEDELUS
Title:	A Gent Agent
Label:	LABORATORY INSTINCT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	LI 004CD

"Acclaimed Los Angeles producer Daedelus fires his second salvo from the Berlin-based label Laboratory Instinct in the form of a new, full-length recording. A Gent Agent makes good on the promise made by the spy-meets-I-and-I spirit of the renowned bedroom artist's recent 'Meanwhile EP'. The BBC has called his music, 'fiendishly clever and devilishly original'. Pitchfork found his sounds 'effortlessly charming.' Audiences in Japan, Europe and the United States have witnessed the man the San Francisco Examiner called 'an alt-tronic genius' working his magic live."

Artist:	DAEDELUS
Title:	Impending Doom/Just Briefly
Label:	MUSH RECORDS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.50
Catalog #:	MH 031EP

"Daedelus commemorated the release of his Mush full-length Exquisite Corpse with the single 'Impending Doom/Just Briefly.' Previously only available digitally, album versions of 'Impending Doom,' featured emcee extraordinaire MF Doom, and 'Just Briefly' are each paired with remixes by enigmatic English producer Domu and his alter ego, Umod. 'Impending Doom' gets a dancefloor facelift, finding Doom at home with this style of production just as he is on gritty hip-hop beats. 'Just Briefly' is reworked into a head-nodding downtempo track. 'Impending Doom' a capella is for DJs who have always wanted to work with the metal-faced emcee. A great collaborative effort, this single is a must for all fans of Daedelus, MF Doom, and Domu."

Artist:	DAEDELUS
Title:	Rethinking The Weather
Label:	MUSH RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	MH 218CD

"Daedelus hooked up with emcees Busdriver and Radioinactive to produce Mush's February 2003 hit, The Weather. Using the instrumentals of that album as a base, Daedelus has chopped, relayered, remixed, twisted, and given life to a new instrumental project dubbed Rethinking The Weather. Fans of the original should take note that this is not your typical hiphop instrumental album, where the music is remixed without the vocals. Although the original was used as a starting point, the end result is something entirely unique and a glimpse into the mind of a one-of-a-kind artist."

Artist:	DAEDELUS
Title:	Exquisite Corpse
Label:	MUSH RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	MH 232CD

"Exquisite Corpse is an ode to and a lament for hip hop culture. Featuring solo contributions and collaborative efforts with guests whose performances range from traditional (MF Doom, Sci from Scienz of Life) to poetic (Mike Ladd, CYNE, Laura Darling) to experimental (Prefuse 73, Hrishikesh Hirway of The One AM Radio, TTC, Jogger), Exquisite Corpse's form combines disparate elements into Daedelus's single-minded vision. The album title's triple meaning -- a reference to death, a grand body of work, and the Surrealist group drawing game -- directly reflects the music's sum of the best elements of Daedelus's past productions. Guest emcees and vocalists contrast their own styles with Daedelus's sugar-laden undercoating, proving that there are no limits to what can be included on a hip hop album."

Artist:	DAEDELUS
Title:	Daedelus Denies The Day's Demise
Label:	MUSH RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	MH 245CD

"Electronic producer and sound archivist Daedelus returns with a new fifteen-track dancefloor masterpiece, Daedelus Denies the Day's Demise. Tweaking the controls of his magic music box once again, he cranks out a set of techno-inspired programming infused with Brazilian bossa nova, complete with shakers, hand claps, congas, and percussion. Daedelus has a knack for finding the hidden common denominator between modern electronic music and the sounds of yesteryear. His productions often contrast IDM-styled cut-ups with classic arrangements from the '30s and '40s."

Artist:	DAEDELUS
Title:	Tailor-Made
Label:	NINJA TUNE (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	ZEN 12281EP

"An exclusive 12" release for Record Store Day, Tailor-Made is a delicious amalgam of wiggly keyboard lines, four-to-the-floor kicks, drum box flourishes and woozy, beautiful vox from Milosh. It builds and builds into a frenzied, ecstatic Daedelesque finale which will have you itching for more. Remix duties are taken care of by highly-rated fellow LA-er Jennifer Lee aka TOKiMONSTA. She gives it some of the LA Beat Scene lope while sneaking it a double-time shuffle all her own. As well as London based producer/DJ/composer Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points who has quickly become one of the most respected and sort after musicians in modern music."

Artist:	DAEDELUS
Title:	Bespoke
Label:	NINJA TUNE (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$20.50
Catalog #:	ZEN 169LP

Gatefold 2LP version with download code. "After a busy couple of years of touring, remixing and releasing singles and EPs with Brainfeeder, All City, Magical Properties (the Daedelus home-imprint), Alpha Pup, Warp and Stones Throw, Alfred Darlington aka Daedelus returns with his full length album on Ninja Tune, Bespoke, a title summing up the unique and eccentric vision of a musical artist as obsessed with the clothing of the Victorian-era as he is with the music of the future."

Artist:	DAEDELUS
Title:	Axe Murderation Remixes
Label:	PHTHALO
Format:	2LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	PHTH 045LP

"Daedelus aka Alfred Weisberg-Roberts has been very active in the years subsequent to his career debut release on Phthalo. He has recently issued albums on labels including Mush/Ninja Tune, Laboratory Instinct, Plug Research, and Eastern Developments. His live performances are unparalleled accomplishments -- each one an epic, singular conjuring of transformative mania. In collaboration with Los Angeles MC Busdriver, detailed cerebral Hip Hop is crafted. On this -- the first ever vinyl release on Phthalo -- Alfred hosts a gathering of friends for the purpose of remixing a yet unreleased track of his entitled 'Axe-Murderation.' The theme is a short recording of a girl rhapsodizing about her grievances and nefarious intentions with reference to dogs." The contributing artists/remixers are: Daedelus, Eight Frozen Modules, Jason Potratz, Venetian Snares, Gerald Wenzel.

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