Daedelus (musician)


Alfred Darlington, better known by their stage name Daedelus, is an American record producer based in Los Angeles, California. They are a member of the groups The Long Lost and Adventure Time. Daedelus is also affiliated with the internet radio station Dublab.
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Early life

Daedelus attended the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music studying jazz on double bass.

Career

A teenage obsession with Greek mythology led them to adopt the stage name Daedelusβ€”a tribute to the artist, inventor, and craftsman Daedalus.
In 1999 they began DJing Dublab.com's Entropy Sessions and releasing their own early demo productions. This got the attention of Carlos NiΓ±o, who featured Daedelus tracks on two compilations. Subsequently, Daedelus released a studio album, Invention, on Plug Research in 2002. The Household EP was released on Eastern Developments in 2003. They also released The Weather, a collaborative album with Busdriver and Radioinactive, on Mush Records that year.
Daedelus released a studio album, Of Snowdonia, on Plug Research in 2004. It was followed by another solo album, A Gent Agent, on Laboratory Instinct that year.
Their 2005 album, Exquisite Corpse, featured guest appearances from MF Doom, Mike Ladd, and TTC. In the following year, they released Denies the Day's Demise on Mush Records.
Their 2008 album, Love to Make Music To, and 2011 album, Bespoke, were both released on Ninja Tune. They released the Righteous Fists of Harmony EP in 2010, and The Light Brigade in 2014. In 2013, they released a studio album, Drown Out, on Anticon. In 2015, they participated in the musical transmedia Soundhunters broadcast on the Franco–German channel Arte. In 2016, they released Labyrinths.
In 2019, they became a faculty member of the Berklee Electronic Production and Design Department.
In 2020, they were named an Artist In Residence at the SETI Institute.

Discography

Studio albums

Her's Is > Invention Dreams of Water Themes The Weather Rethinking the Weather A Gent Agent Exquisite Corpse Denies the Day's Demise Live at Low End Theory Love to Make Music To Bespoke Drown Out The Light Brigade Of Beyond Kneedelus Labyrinths Baker's Dozen Wears House Taut The Bittereinders What Wands Won't Break What Wands Remixes Holy Water Over Sons Simmers Over Xenopocene
  • ''Em Dash''

EPs

Portrait of the Artist The Quiet Party The Household EP Something Bells Meanwhile... Glass Bottom Boats Axe Murderation Remixes Throw a Fit Fair Weather Friends Make It So Touchtone & FWF Remixes Friends of Friends Vol. 1 Los Angeles 6/10 Righteous Fists of Harmony Overwhelmed EP Looking Ocean Pluses Visible Way Out! Daedalus
  • ''Tumult''

Singles

  • "Dublab presents: Freeways 7inch"
  • "Hi-Top Fade Parade" b/w "My Petite"
  • "28:06:42:12"
  • "Impending Doom" b/w "Just Briefly"
  • "Sundown"
  • "For Withered Friends"
  • "Make It So"
  • "Hrs:Mins:Secs"
  • "Sounds of Symmetry"
  • "Tailor-Made"
  • "Ain't No Juke"
  • "No One Answer"
  • "Knocking On Adore"

Guest appearances

  • Daedelus – "A Mashnote" from Dublab presents: Freeways
  • Daedelus – "Let's Be Brave" from Advanced Public Listening 01
  • Daedelus – "Exp." from Tigerbeat Inc disc 1
  • Daedelus – "All Lights On Stage That Night" from Keepintime
  • Mochipet – "Spring" from Bunnies & Muffins
  • Daedelus – "Dnt Fk Sgr" from Echo Expansion
  • Daedelus – "Untitled and Untitled " from Secondhand Sureshots
  • The Gaslamp Killer – "Impulse" from Breakthrough
  • Daedelus – "Off Angles Edges" from Proximity One: Narrative of a City
  • Daedelus – "RandD" from Cambio
  • Daedelus – "Ain't No Juke" from V/A Mad13
  • Daedelus – "The Beat Laid Bare" from Flywrench OST
  • Daedelus – "Morning Melody" from Up Too Early
  • Threefifty – "More" from Gently Among the Coals
  • Wylie Cable – "Pirouette" from Buried At Sea
  • Daedelus – "Order of the Golden Dawn" from Brainfeeder X
  • Daedelus – "Night" from The Beat Will Always Save Us Vol. 2
  • Daedelus – "Brightest Star Tonight" from Road Angel Project, Vol.5
  • Daedelus – "Blast" from Dome of Doom Spring
  • Daedelus – "Making The Beat Scene" from ''Staying: Leaving Records Aid to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires''

Productions

Remixes

  • Lab Waste – "Get the Signal " from Zwarte Achtecground
  • Technophonic Chamber Orchestra – "Vitus " from Nemoretum Sonata
  • Take – "The Start of Our Ending " from Colossal
  • Ilkae – "Daedelus" from bovine rearrangement
  • The One A.M. Radio – "Under Thunder and Gale " from On the Shore of the Wide World
  • Raw Thrills – "Please Help Me Help You " from Together Again
  • Soylent Green – "Altered State " from Software and Hardware
  • Build an Ark – "The Stars Are Singing Too " from Remixes, Vol. 1 - EP
  • Flying Lotus – "1983 " from 1983
  • Busdriver – "Kill Your Employer " from Kill Your Employer
  • Coldcut – "Man in a Garage " from Man in a Garage EP
  • Department of Eagles – "Sailing by Night " from Romo-Goth
  • Savath & Savalas – "Paths in Soft Focus " from History Is Bunk, Pt.1
  • Cities – "Lounge Act " from Variations
  • Junk Science – "Do It Easy " from Gran'dad's Nerve Tonic
  • Eliot Lipp – "Glasspipe " from Steel Street Scraps
  • Tunng – "Bricks " from And Then We Saw Land
  • Ernest Gonzales – "While On Saturn's Rings " from While On Saturns Rings
  • Junk Science – "Do It easy " from Grandad's Nerve Tonic
  • Take – "You High " from Plus Ultra
  • Kneebody – "Roll & Cupcake Baby - Daedelus Remix" from Daedelus Remixes
  • Miki Furukawa – "Coffee & SingingGirl!!! - Relax for Daedelus Remix" from Candy Girl
  • Lymbyc Systym – "So We Can Sleep " from Love Your Abuser Remixed
  • zero dB – "Sunshine Lazy "
  • Yo Gabba Gabba – "Happy " from "Episode 106 - Happy"
  • Little Boots – "Earthquakes " from Earthquakes Remixed
  • John Tejada – "Imbroglio " from Reworked Data 95 Volume 1
  • Debruit – "Pouls " from ClΓ© De Bras
  • Miki Furukawa – "γ‚Έγƒ§γƒŠγ‚΅γƒ³ " from Bondage Heart Remixes
  • STS9 – "The New Soma " from Peaceblaster
  • Quantic – "Undelievered Letter " from Tradition in Transition
  • Nosaj Thing – "Coat of Arms " from Drift Remixed
  • Bilal – "Restart " from Restart
  • Baths – "β™₯ " from Cerulean Remixed
  • Emika – "Drop the Other " from Ninja Tune XX Vol. 2
  • LDFD – "Outtacontrol " from Outtacontrol EP
  • James Pants – "Thin Moon " from Sound of Symmetry, Vol. 1
  • Oorutaichi – "Futurelina " from Cosmic Coco, Singing for a Billion Imu's Hearty Pi
  • Sepalcure – "Down " from Love Pressure Remixed
  • Gustav – "Rettet Die Wale " from Pudel Produkte 15
  • Amon Tobin – "Kokuko Sosho Battle " from Chaos Theory Remixed
  • Quantic and His Combo Barbaro – "Undelivered Letter " from Caliventura Remixes
  • Slugabed – "Sex " from Sex
  • Pure Filth Sound – "LAX to LDN " from LAX to LDN
  • Turn On The Sunlight – "Firefly Night " from Remixes/Collaborations
  • DJ Krush and Dj Kentaro – "Kikkake "
  • Collarbones – "Don Juan "
  • Open Mike Eagle – "Nightmares "
  • Zoon Van Snook – "Half Term " from The Nutty Tree
  • Kid A – "BB Bleu " from BB Bleu
  • Wax Tailor – "The Games You Play " from B-Sides & Remixes
  • Sunny Levine – "No Other Plans " from Hush Now
  • Daft Punk – "Doing It Right "
  • Hundred Waters – "Boreal "
  • Sister Crayon – "Cynic "
  • Mono/Poly – "Crew " from Killer B's
  • Kypski – "Wreck Fader Ft D-Styles " from Wreck Fader
  • Moors – "Gas " from Moors
  • 80kidz – "Dusk " from Face:Remodel
  • Chapelier Fou – "La Guerre des Nombres " from Fuse
  • Jimmy PΓ© – "Broken Clock " from Fake Fantasy EP
  • Bass Sekolah – "Lighthouse " from Lighthouse Remixed
  • Saul Williams – "Horn of the Clock-Bike " from These Mthrfkrs
  • Lemon Future – "Jovian Dream " from Golden Era
  • The Album Leaf – "Back to the Start " from Between Waves
  • DJ Shadow – "Mutual Slump " from Endtroducing... Re-Imagined
  • Kasai Allstars – "Drowning Goat " from FΓ©licitΓ© Remixes
  • Jaw Gems – "Heatweaver " from Heatweaver Remixes
  • Aeli – "Guasba Lik " from Late Future Calls
  • Sonae – "Between Two Worlds " from Monika Werkstatt Remixes
  • Jimmy PΓ© – "Robotic Trip " from WuShu
  • Drum & Lace – "Sunrise " from Sunrise Remixes
  • Inara George – "A Bridge "
  • Death Cab For Cutie – "Gold Rush "
  • Dropout Marsh – "Steam Vagabond " from Shore Shells
  • Yo Gabba Gabba – "Quest " from Episode 411 – Quest
  • Mild Minds – "Weak Signal " from Swim Remixes
  • MABUTA – "Fences " from Welcome To This World REMIXES
  • γ‚“oon – "Custard " from Hoajao
  • Local Natives – "Garden of Elysian "
  • Brian Babylon – "Blacker Than A Thousand Midnights "
  • QRTR – "Nossa " from infina ad nausea: the remixes
  • Jaws That Bite – "Limba "
  • AJ Lambert – "Madeleine "
  • Tropics – "Acrylic " from NTPM300
  • Tanya Tagaq – "Tongues " from North Star Remixes
  • Kidkanevil – "Super FX " from BOBBLE
  • Sadnoise – "sifting instrumental " from New Musical Resources
  • Gouldian Finch – "Algorithm "
  • Shrimpnose – "Glued2 - Remix"
  • Lord Genmu – "Dranzer " from Sigils REmixed
  • Low Poly – "Phosphorus Scene " from Candlelight, codependent
  • Zof – "WiFi " from Nostalgic Premonitions Remixed
  • Disiniblud – "It's Change " from ''Disiniblud ''

Mixes

Where the Day Takes You Some Favorite Things - Disc Wave Records Happily Ever After Boiler Room #66 Lovers Juke Too Fact Mix 331 Exotica Lovers Juke Too, Deux Wears House Anima Invulnerable from Satellite Series β€’ 1 Where the Day Takes 2 with side B by Goodnight Cody
  • ''Live at 7th St December 28th 2024''

Video games

Nidhogg Flywrench

Book appearances

Dublab: Future Roots Radio by Alejandro Cohen from Hat & Beard Press Bedroom Beats & B-Sides by Laurent Fintoni from Velocity Press PATCH & TWEAK with Moog by Kim BjΓΈrn from Bjooks Publishing Madvillainy by Will Hagel from 33 1/3 Publishing Wales: 100 Records by Huw Stephens from Y Lolfa Publishing