12 February 2016 - 0 Comments
DERADOORIAN
WED 13 APR Auckland NZ KINGS ARMS
plus special guests
tickets from http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/
You’re
familiar with Angel
Deradoorian’s voice… as the former bassist, keyboardist and
vocalist for Dirty Projectors,
her levitating vocals buoyed the Brooklyn-based group. A member of Avey
Tare’s Slasher
Flicks, the voice on Flying
Lotus’ “Siren Song,” as well as collaborations with Vampire Weekend, Bjork,
Matmos, the Roots et al. Her first song collection, 2009’s Mind Raft EP elicited
praise… The Fader hailed her 'zen weed energy' and 'moody
dervish spirals'.
Her debut LP, The Expanding
Flower Planet reflects a remarkable creative journey. The title came
from a tapestry hanging on the wall in front of
Deradoorian’s workstation—a Chinese embroidered image of
a flower mandala.
“It started to represent to me the growing consciousness of the human mind
in the world today,” Deradoorian says. “So the first song I
wrote, which I felt appropriate for the album, was called Expanding
Flower Planet and represents this desire to broaden the mind and
it's capabilities beyond what we are told it can do.”
Deradoorian embodies the synthesizing faint hints of Alice Coltrane and Can,
Terry Riley, and Dorothy Ashby. A new world springs from ancient
traditions—with East Indian, Middle Eastern, traditional Japanese music and
Native American rhythms aligned with Deradoorian’s singular orbit.
The
Expanding Flower Planet out now on Anticon
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