Daedelus

Daedelus is a US electronic musician from Santa Monica, California, born in 1977. Their work spans electronic, electronica, experimental electronic and IDM, and also draws on downtempo and hip-hop while resisting fixed genre boundaries. Early musical interests include bass clarinet and double bass, followed by an interest in classical and jazz before rave and a growing record collection shape their approach.

Releases and recordings

Daedelus’ first full-length release is Invention, which combines a wide range of instruments, including non-traditional sounds such as computer printers, toy pianos and the Omnichord. The record also features local MCs Busdriver and Sach on bonus versions of “Quiet Now” and “Pursed Lips Reply”.

Other releases include Her’s Is > on Phthalo, The Household on Scott Herren’s Eastern Developments imprint, and the album The Weather, produced for Mush Recordings. Their later catalogue includes Rethinking The Weather, Meanwhile..., A Gent Agent, Of Snowdonia, Axe Murderation, Exquisite Corpse, Denies The Day's Demise, Fair Weather Friends, Love To Make Music To, its singles and promos for Ninja Tune, the Friends of Friends vol. 1 T-shirt EP with Jogger, and Bespoke.

Collaborations and live work

Daedelus works with The Long Lost alongside their partner and wife. They also collaborate with a wide range of artists including Laura Darling, Busdriver, Frosty, Inara George, Bilal, Baths, MF DOOM, Prefuse 73, Abstract Rude, Madlib, Flying Lotus, Pigeon John, Hrishikesh Hirway, Radioinactive, High Priest of Anti-Pop Consortium, N’fa of 1200 Techniques, Taz Arnold and Om’mas Keith of Sa-Ra, Michael Johnson, CYNE, TTC and Carlos Niño, among others.

Their live sets use Monome equipment, and they perform through dublab.com. Daedelus has played across the US, Europe, Trans-Tasman, South East Asia, China, the Middle East and Japan.