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Deerhoof
Satomi Matsuzaki and Chris Cohen of Deerhoof playing live at the 2006 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Satomi Matsuzaki and Chris Cohen of Deerhoof playing live at the 2006 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly known as Coachella) is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day annual music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice
Background information
Origin San Francisco, CA, USA
Genre(s) Indie rock, Indie pop, Noise rock, Art Rock, Alternative rock, Musical improvisation
Years active 1994 – present
Label(s) Kill Rock Stars, ATP Recordings, Menlo Park Recordings, P-Vine Records, Tomlab Records, Toad Records
Website Deerhoof official website
Members
John Dieterich
Satomi Matsuzaki
Greg Saunier
Ed Rodriguez
Former members
Rob Fisk
Kelly Goode
Chris Cohen

Deerhoof is a San Francisco musical group, currently consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki (usually vocals and bass), John Dieterich (usually guitar), Ed Rodriguez (usually guitar as well) and Greg Saunier (usually drums). The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene "Twee" redirects here For a definition of the word see its entry at wiktionary. Noise rock (also known as noise punk) describes one variety of Post-punk Rock music that became prominent in the 1980s Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of Rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Musical Improvisation is the creative activity of immediate Musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Kill Rock Stars is an Independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States and ATP Recordings is a Record label that was started in 2001 by London concert promoter Barry Hogan of Foundation/ All Tomorrow's Parties. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city

Although typically classified as noise rock, or indie rock due to their having been on an indie rock label (Kill Rock Stars) for the entirety of their career, the unconventional nature of Deerhoof's music makes genre identification difficult. Noise rock (also known as noise punk) describes one variety of Post-punk Rock music that became prominent in the 1980s Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Kill Rock Stars is an Independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States and But several recurring features can be said to constitute Deerhoof's distinctive sound: unassuming vocal delivery set against hyper-expressive instrumental playing; an elastic approach to group dynamics and rhythm more akin to the rubato of classical music performance practice than rock; odd melodies; harmonic sophistication and dissonance; disjointed, condensed, asymmetrical and otherwise unconventional song structures; raw and at times strident sound surfaces; and improvisation. Tempo rubato (Italian stolen time) is a musical term for slightly speeding up or slowing down the Tempo of a piece at the discretion of the soloist

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History

Origins

In 1991, the classically trained Saunier, directly after graduating from conservatory, moved to San Francisco and joined a short-lived quartet called Nitre Pit, on drums. When this quartet broke up suddenly with shows still booked, Saunier and then-bassist Rob Fisk formed a duo, dubbed Deerhoof by Fisk. They forged a convulsive, improvisatory playing style to make up for their lack of material and stark instrumentation.

One such show where Fisk and Saunier were called upon to substitute for their former band was the 1995 Yo Yo A Go Go Festival in Olympia, WA. The audience was instantly polarized by the jarring ferocity of this unknown duo, but among them was Slim Moon, founder of the independent Olympia record label Kill Rock Stars. Slim Moon (b Matthew Moon on October 15, 1967 in Missoula Montana, United States) is the founder of the independent Kill Rock Stars is an Independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States and Moon signed Deerhoof on for one 7" single. The duo, budgetless, recorded themselves on four-track and released "Return of the Wood M'lady", featuring the drawing of visual artist Fisk. Deerhoof's do-it-yourself ethic turned out to be an appropriate match with Kill Rock Stars, and Deerhoof has remained on this label for the entirety of their career, ultimately becoming the longest-running and best-selling artist on the label's current roster.

The histrionic instrumental style and massive volume of the early duo made vocals difficult to perform, so in 1996 Fisk and Saunier began looking for a singer to join them. In May of that year, through a mutual friend, they met Satomi Matsuzaki, who had just arrived in San Francisco from her native Tokyo in order to study film. Although she had no musical experience, all three quickly agreed that her calm singing style was what had been lacking in Deerhoof's sound. Within one week of her joining, Deerhoof went on their first tour as a trio. In this early incarnation she sang into a strange microphone Fisk had constructed out of papier mache and Walkman headphones.

The Man, The King, The Girl—Halfbird

By the time Deerhoof released their self-recorded first album The Man, the King, the Girl in 1997, a vast stylistic difference from the first single was apparent. The Man the King the Girl is Deerhoof 's first LP It was released on Kill Rock Stars. The album was an mix of swirling noise and facile melody, played in a improvisational style, and produced using a wide sound palette. Matsuzaki's childlike voice brought a unresolved tension that has remained a hallmark of their style. As on all Deerhoof albums, there were elements of the "concept album" at work. Deerhoof submitted the "completed" album several times before being satisfied with it. The artwork was painted by Fisk.

Matsuzaki began teaching herself to play bass and Deerhoof toured the US several times over the next several years, often leaving audiences confused by the cheerful pop elements that seemed incongruous in a noise rock band.

In 1998 Deerhoof added Kelly Goode on keyboard, and by the release of 1999's Holdypaws, Deerhoof had once again drastically altered their sound, focusing on extremely strict performance of tightly composed songs, completely removing any element of noise, improvisation, or unusual instrumentation. Holdypaws is the second album by the band Deerhoof, released in 1999 The artwork was once again by Fisk and echoed the newly dark tone of the music. One could say that all of Deerhoof's subsequent albums have fallen between the aesthetic extremes posited by these first two.

Sales were low, band and label were losing money, and Deerhoof seemed destined for obscurity. When both Fisk and Goode quit in fall 1999, they left incomplete a third album, Halfbird, begun before Goode joined. Halfbird is an album by Deerhoof. It was released as their third LP by Menlo Park Records in 2001 but was actually recorded between The Man the King When it was released in 2001, it revealed an increasing compositional sophistication, as well as a more subtle and layered orchestration that belied their modest DIY recording methods. The artwork was by Fisk.

Reveille—The Runners Four

In late 1999 Saunier and Matsuzaki found a replacement in self-taught guitarist John Dieterich, and spent the next two years crafting a new approach to writing, playing, and recording. The result was Reveille, released in 2002. Reveille is the fourth album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2002 Though still self-produced, it was recorded in a combination of home and studio settings, for certain songs using the engineering aid of Jay Pellicci and Ian Pellicci. As a result, the sound quality was more powerful and more polished than on previous releases. Dieterich's guitar playing added a new element of guitar virtuosity to the band. Matsuzaki's vocals were at once more confident and more minimal, often acting as another instrument in the mix, and often with seemingly meaningless phonemes for lyrics. The stylistic contrasts between and within songs were more unpredictable and daring. The artwork was by Matsuzaki, and had religious connotations and a grandiose tone that was echoed in the lyrics and musical style. It was at this time that Deerhoof first started to receive more serious critical attention.

By the end of the recording process, the band had developed a close relationship with Chris Cohen, then playing in his band The Curtains. Christopher David Cohen (born 5 March 1987 is an English professional footballer, who currently plays as a Midfielder for Nottingham Forest. The Curtains is the primary musical project of British musicians Joe Parker and Liam Price Cohen joined Deerhoof, primarily as a second guitarist, Saunier joined The Curtains for several years, and Cohen and Dieterich formed another band called Natural Dreamers. Natural Dreamers is a Math rock group on the independent San Francisco -based Frenetic Records label For the next three years Deerhoof toured and recorded as a quartet, slowly building towards the international renown they receive today. The formerly shy Matsuzaki developed into a commanding stage presence. During this time Deerhoof released Apple O' [2003], Milk Man [2004], and The Runners Four [2005] in rapid succession, each receiving more critical attention, sales, and airplay than the previous. Apple O is Deerhoof 's fifth studio album released in 2003 It was released on Kill Rock Stars and 5 Rue Christine (an offshoot of Kill Rock Stars Milk Man is the sixth album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2004 The Runners Four is the seventh album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2005 on Kill Rock Stars, ATP Recordings and 5 Rue Milk Man is notable for being the band's first release to be distributed in Europe by ATP Recordings, who have done the same for all major Deerhoof recordings since that time. Milk Man is the sixth album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2004 ATP Recordings is a Record label that was started in 2001 by London concert promoter Barry Hogan of Foundation/ All Tomorrow's Parties. A lesser-known EP, Green Cosmos [2005], was also released during this time. Green Cosmos was a 2005 EP release by American experimental rock band Deerhoof.

Despite the addition of Cohen, or perhaps as a result, Apple O' strips away the multi-layared and often electronic sounds of Reveille in favor of simple, live-sounding production without overdubs. Apple O is Deerhoof 's fifth studio album released in 2003 It was released on Kill Rock Stars and 5 Rue Christine (an offshoot of Kill Rock Stars " Reveille " is a Bugle call most often associated with the Military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at Sunrise. Most of Apple O' was recorded in one nine-hour session with Jay Pellicci engineering. Apple O is Deerhoof 's fifth studio album released in 2003 It was released on Kill Rock Stars and 5 Rue Christine (an offshoot of Kill Rock Stars Exceptions were "Sealed With A Kiss", which was apparently created entirely on home computer using only samples from songs about apples, and the final two tracks which were acoustic and folksong-like. Matsuzaki's role as vocalist was larger than on Reveille, although she still often sounded like another instrument along with the guitars, which sometimes doubled her melodies in unison, a recurring feature of Deerhoof's music. " Reveille " is a Bugle call most often associated with the Military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at Sunrise. Apple O' focused its artwork (again by Fisk, though he was no longer in the band) and lyrics around mythic themes of love and war, featuring repeated allusions to Adam and Eve, the atom bomb, and extinction. Apple O is Deerhoof 's fifth studio album released in 2003 It was released on Kill Rock Stars and 5 Rue Christine (an offshoot of Kill Rock Stars

Around this time, the quartet decided to leave their jobs and tour fulltime. Matsuzaki had been editing a San Francisco Japanese magazine, Dieterich and Saunier had been doing data entry for legal and consulting firms, and Cohen had been a waiter at a Thai restaurant.

Milk Man began as a cartoon character created by Japanese artist Ken Kagami, a longtime friend of the band. Milk Man is the sixth album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2004 Using this drawing as a starting point, they created lyrics and music that told an ambiguous story about an all-white, masked character with fruits stabbed into its body, who takes children on a magical journey during the night. In contrast to the earnest guitar rock that predominated on Apple O', Milk Man featured a broad palette of orchestral colors, echoes of music theater and camp, polished and gaudy arrangements, Stravinskian harmonies, and a more stylized, anonymous playing style resulting partly from recording most of the instruments at separate times rather than playing together as a band. Apple O is Deerhoof 's fifth studio album released in 2003 It was released on Kill Rock Stars and 5 Rue Christine (an offshoot of Kill Rock Stars Milk Man is the sixth album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2004 Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Milk Man's connections to both music theater and to children were embodied later in a theatrical version created by Courtney Naliboff and performed by children of the North Haven Community School in North Haven, Maine in fall 2006. Milk Man is the sixth album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2004 The Milk Man Ballet was later released on DVD.

The EP Green Cosmos was the first Deerhoof release to be sung almost entirely in Matsuzaki's native language of Japanese. Green Cosmos was a 2005 EP release by American experimental rock band Deerhoof. Musically Green Cosmos took the aesthetic of Milk Man a step further by combining an even more expansive orchestral sound, some live playing as fierce as anything Deerhoof had recorded, and references to disco that at times completely replaced live drums with programmed beats and samples. Green Cosmos was a 2005 EP release by American experimental rock band Deerhoof. Milk Man is the sixth album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2004 Artwork was created from original tarot cards designed by Dawn Garcia.

In the fall, Deerhoof released The Runners Four. The Runners Four is the seventh album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2005 on Kill Rock Stars, ATP Recordings and 5 Rue Unlike the short albums of Deerhoof's past, The Runners Four was in essence a double album, with 20 songs, the result of several intense months of recording together in their rented practice space in Oakland. The Runners Four is the seventh album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2005 on Kill Rock Stars, ATP Recordings and 5 Rue The idea was to give each band member equal say in its creation, and to work out arrangements as a live band rather than in the computer. Matsuzaki and Cohen reversed instrumental roles, with Matsuzaki playing guitar and Cohen bass. All four members were featured as vocalists at various points. This was their wordiest release, a contrast to the telegraphic simplicity of Reveille and Apple O'. " Reveille " is a Bugle call most often associated with the Military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at Sunrise. Apple O is Deerhoof 's fifth studio album released in 2003 It was released on Kill Rock Stars and 5 Rue Christine (an offshoot of Kill Rock Stars Lyrics were ambiguous, but certain motifs - time travel, smuggling, allusions to Noah's Ark - recurred throughout. Artwork was by Trevor Shimizu, formerly of The Curtains. The Curtains is the primary musical project of British musicians Joe Parker and Liam Price

After an extensive world tour, Deerhoof was invited by the San Francisco International Film Festival to perform a live, original score to a silent film of their choosing. They chose Heaven And Earth Magic by Harry Smith, and performed their hour-long soundtrack, largely composed by Dieterich, in spring 2006. Harry Everett Smith ( 29 May 1923, Portland Oregon &ndash 27 November 1991, New York City This was to be Cohen's last activity with Deerhoof, as he left to pursue The Curtains fulltime. [1] The split was apparently amicable and, to commemorate Cohen, Deerhoof posted one of their occasional free mp3 EPs on their website. The band didn't assign a name to the EP, so reviewers referred to it as Untitled E.P.

Friend Opportunity

Now back to a trio, in summer 2006 they began working with first-time director Justin Theroux on the soundtrack to Dedication, released in fall 2007. Untitled EP is an MP3 EP by the band Deerhoof, self-released in 2006 Justin Theroux (born August 10, 1971) is an American Actor, Screenwriter and director. Dedication (Lat dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim to announce is to immerse oneself with sincerity into a certain subject or properly the setting apart (Dedication Film Soundtrack, featuring four tracks by Deerhoof, was also released at this time. )

Using the Heaven And Earth Magic score as a starting place, the trio began recording a new album. In contrast to the raw and at times "retro" guitar rock sound of The Runners Four, Friend Opportunity was marked by the extreme clarity of its dense layering of sounds, both acoustic and electronic, and one could detect a hip hop influence for the first time. The Runners Four is the seventh album by the band Deerhoof, released in 2005 on Kill Rock Stars, ATP Recordings and 5 Rue Friend Opportunity is the eighth full length album from Indie rock trio Deerhoof. Matsuzaki, Saunier, and Dieterich did not divide their contributions according to their onstage roles, and each contributed percussion, guitar, bass, keyboards and production. The stylistic incongruities between songs were large even for Deerhoof. It was mostly recorded in late summer 2006 in Dieterich's Oakland apartment, between two legs of a concert tour opening for Radiohead. Radiohead Though self-produced as always, some portions were recorded once again by Jay and Ian Pellicci. It was mixed largely while on the road. Lyrically dark, it moves through the promise, development, corruption, and negation of human relationships. Paintings were by well-known Scottish artist David Shrigley, who's compilation, Worried Noodles, the song 'Kidz Are So Small' is featured on. David Shrigley is a Glasgow -based artist Born in Macclesfield on September 17, 1968, he grew up in Oadby, Leicestershire On Worried Noodles the song is entitled 'You, Dog (AKA Kidz Are So Small)'.

When Friend Opportunity was released in January 2007, Deerhoof began a world tour that continues at present. Friend Opportunity is the eighth full length album from Indie rock trio Deerhoof. The album has been their most critically successful and best-selling work. In early February, 2008, guitarist Ed Rodriguez joined the band as a full-time member.

Offend Maggie

On June 3rd 2008 Deerhoof announced details of their new album Offend Maggie. The album will be released on October 7th 2008.

Band members

Past members

Discography

Videography

References

  1. ^ Azerrad, Michael. Deerhoof. ATP Recordings. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor

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