Then bejar said he didnt feel comfortable singing in english anymore and we got five spanish songs, an ep of sr. Destroyers dan bejar decodes every song on his new album, ken the casually inscrutable singersongwriter on his obsession with the cure. The kaputt players daniel bejar pete bourne nicolas bragg david carswell j. He was meticulous in reworking songs again and again until he found confidence in his music and his voice. For me, its a definitely contender for top album of 2011. Dan about taking a break from his own songs, kaputt, the role of singer, poison season, a good destroyer band, being able to focus, an easy recording session. An interview with destroyers dan bejar free williamsburg.
Nothing seems to be stopping dan bejars lust for song writting, given his collaberations with swan lake, the new pornographers, and his solo work, he still finds time to sit back and record nine tracks for his other project destroyer. Eccentric lyricism takes a backseat in destroyers chinatown, but the song leads to. As front man of destroyer, an occasional writer for. If there were any justice in the world, dan bejar, aka destroyer, would be awarded the keys to the city of. Dan bejar is a musician from vancouver, british columbia, canada. Destroyers ken is dan bejars best since his masterpiece. Destroyer dan bejar talking about kaputt 2011 its been said by webcuts in the past that destroyer s dan bejar is the woody allen of pop music.
Destroyers two recent limited edition 12inches, bay of pigs and. Theres a certain soft focus to the music as you make your way through the album. He is known as a member of vancouver indie rock band the new pornographers, and has released material as the frontman of his band destroyer. Shapeshifting canadian pop craftsman daniel bejars ninth studio album under the destroyer moniker added a whole lot of bryan ferry to a pot already boiling over with copious amounts of.
As he has for nearly 25 years, dan bejar has managed to make an album that is bleak, hilarious, exceedingly lovely, and more than a. Somehow, with each album, bejar recreates himself quietlyand his latest album ken, as the lead member of destroyer, is no different. More specifically, he has released 29 studio albums over the past 20 years, pingponging between bands, including the new pornographers and destroyer. And the vinyl version of kaputt also has a sidelong, 20minute ambient track with just a bit. Dan bejar started destroyer as a solo homerecording project in the early to midnineties. These nine tracks entail the album kaputt, an album that appears to be a change of pace for destroter.
The lengthy instrumental intro to suicide demo for kara walker, complete with flute. Destroyer, the solo project of canadas dan bejar, is touring in support of his 12th and latest album, ken. Unsurprising as production was done by john collins, bassist and member of the new pornographers who worked on and added elements to the project like a collage after receiving the demos from dan bejar the man behind destroyer had originally only used garageband. Destroyer songs are characterized by abstract, poetic lyrics and idiosyncratic vocals. Indie rockerwordsmith dan bejar finds himself caught in a quiet. The same day, bejar will release a twosong 12 companion piece to the album. The album features incredibly lush production and dense.
Dan bejar, the walking, talking, and singing definition of following your own muse, spent the last couple of years lugging around a full horn section in support of his slick and soulful 2011 sophistipop outing kaputt, so it should come as no surprise that anything goes musically on this stopgap ep of covers of songs composed by antonio luque, the frontman for gothtinged spanish altrock. In the process he created the album of the millennium. With kaputt, dan bejar unveils the latest chapter in the everevolving musical adventure that is destroyer. Last friday, a new destroyer album, have we met, was released. Working alone, and at his own pace, bejar dabbled in four tracking and worked to develop his style and vision. Soon the destroyer template expanded to include a rhythm section, and bejar was compelled to head into a proper studio to record city of daughters in 1998. Google up destroyer and youll find yourself neckdeep in kiss fan sites, gamers portals, and naval history home pages.
Kaputt seems fitting as the soundtrack to your next romantic escapade, and given the seductive nature of the intro to its accompanying video, it feels dan kaputt seems fitting as the soundtrack to your next romantic escapade, and given the seductive nature of the intro to its accompanying video, it feels dan. Released january 2011, kaputt is destroyers ninth studio album. It is still recognizably bejar with his signature medley of. Destroyers profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Eclectic and eccentric longrunning project of songwriter dan bejar, also of the new pornographers. Dan bejar started destroyer as a solo homerecording project in the early to. Dan bejar initially conceived of have we met as a y2k album.
His idiosyncratic, poetic touch is less that of a lyricist but a storyteller with a revolving cast of characters mostly women, and picking up on the ripples and waves they create to make. On kaputt, bejar swung destroyer for a soft rock left turn that gave depth to his eccentric perspective by placing it in a new context. Here bejar chats about the relative formlessness of his own creative practice and addresses the ways in which aging has and hasnt. If destroyers last two albums can be described as red wine albums, full of loose 70s classic rock and inspired poetic singersongwriterisms, then kaputt is definitely a white wine if not specifically a champagne album. These are some of the themes alluded to or avoided in the album kaputt. Destroyer is effectively dan bejar from vancouver, who since 1995 has steadily. He is best known as a frequent collaborator with the new pornographers and for fronting his own band, destroyer. Destroyer chinatown mp3 on january 25, destroyer will release their ninth lp, kaputt on merge records. Destroyer is a canadian rock band from vancouver, british columbia fronted by singersongwriter dan bejar and formed in 1995. Its where they amassed the uneasy, quiet storm sounds of kaputt, which gave destroyer its firstand, to date, onlyreal taste of semi. Secreted amongst the web fodder youll be lucky to find a handful of references to destroyer, the canadian indie outfit masterminded by dan bejar.
Dan bejar on having no process the creative independent. Destroyers dan bejar serenades the apocalypse pitchfork. I mention this in connection with kaputt, the new record from dan bejars destroyer. He was already active during the era but not heard overhead in a cafe or salon, which is perhaps what the idea of the y2k sound evokes nearly two decades later. Destroyers dan bejar decodes every song on his new album. January 25, 2011 dan bejar reveals the story behind his favorite track from his bands new album, kaputt. Destroyer releasing new album mp3, not playing w new. Earlier this year destroyer released ken, the bands 11th studio album. The record could have gone on and on, and the mixes kept evolving up until about a day before we sent them off to be mastered, which was also 48 hours before john and his wife went to the birthing centre, where their first child was born. Dan bejar will most likely go down as one of the most prolific canadian song writers of our time. Dan bejar started destroyer as a solo homerecording project in the early to mid nineties.
On august 28, he returns with the double lp poison season via merge in the u. With kaputt, dan bejar unveils the latest chapter in the everevolving musical. Destroyer listen and stream free music, albums, new. Dan bejar presents the entertaining video for his new destroyersingle kaputt.
His present trajectory began with kaputt, the 2011 album that proved destroyers most widely disseminated and resonant so far. The bands discography draws on a variety of musical influences, resulting in albums that can sound markedly distinct from one another. Kaputt a jusqua present ete publie uniquement aux etatsunis via le label merge. The song bay of pigs inspired pitchfork to declare bejar a songwriter of the highest order.
His latest album features elements from all three of those albums with. For kaputt bejar mines the backwaters of pop and rock from the late 70s and the early 80s. Chinarro covers that, in its interpretations of the originals, veered swiftly from disco to. There are pillowy synthesizers, mellow and decidedly unrock and roll saxophones, thick, unfretted bass and not much guitar. Never one to be pegged to any particular music styles, dan bejar has produced another classic destroyer album. In 1996, he released his debut full length of strippeddown, lofi electric folk, well build them a golden bridge.
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