Daedelus

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- Love To Make Music To
- Released 2008

- Make It So (5-Track Maxi-Single)
- Released 2008

- Invention
- Released 2002

- Of Snowdonia
- Released 2004

biography

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 Stephan 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 electronica route, often incorporating samples from the '30s and '40s into his IDM and left-field hip-hop.

Though Daedelus' first single appeared 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 labelmates. The musician's engaging live set was finally made available for fans, albeit in limited numbers, with Live at Low End Theory, which was recorded during a July 2007 performance at Los Angeles' The Airliner and released in early 2008. Love to Make Music To followed in July. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

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- - So I love
  - - By shiftylock
    - 7/9/2009 18:27:20
  - Bright Stars from the Rethinking the Weather album. It seriously made my day. :)
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- - You owe yourself
  - - By Sumbelina
    - 9/4/2008 11:07:33
  - I can't even describe the music. It's AWESOME! If you think you know what it's about, you don't. Just listen to it and you'll see. I was introduced to Daedelus by a friend who directed me to the artist's MySpace page. I will do the same for you and tell you to listen to his work. I listened to like 3 songs on the MySpace page and then immediately opened Zune Marketplace and downloaded every album. They are all great! Trust me.
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