Deru
Using the pseudonym Deru, American composer, music producer, and sound designer Benjamin Wynn creates cinematic and highly textured experimental electronic music. While Wynn's many works under his own name make up a significant part of his canon, some of his Deru highlights include his music for the 2007 ballet Genus, beat-driven albums like 2010's Say Goodbye to Useless, and his 2018 original score for the YouTube sci-fi series Impulse. His 2022 album We Will Live On was created using a Disklavier piano.
Following a degree in music technology from the California Institute of the Arts, the Chicago native made his Deru debut with the experimental electronic album Pushing Air in 2003 via the Neo Ouija label. Trying to Remember followed on Merck Records in 2004, the same year Wynn and composer Jeremy Zuckerman co-founded the Emmy-winning music and sound design partnership the Track Team. The pair went on to contribute to the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008), Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011-2016), and The Legend of Korra (2012-2014). In the meantime, under the Deru moniker, Wynn collaborated with British composer Joby Talbot on music for the 2007 ballet Genus. Based on Darwin's On the Origin of the Species, the ballet was commissioned by the Paris Opera Ballet. A recording of their ballet music arrived on Ant-Zen and Dear Oh Dear Records in 2009. Back with Zuckerman, Wynn also co-composed the score for the film Just Peck, released that same year. The Deru album Say Goodbye to Useless followed on Mush Records in 2010.
In October of 2011, Wynn traveled to Iceland with a group of filmmakers and photographers, resulting in the film Outliers, Vol. 1: Iceland. Its score was grounded in Wynn's field recordings from the trip. A soundtrack including Wynn's score and songs by artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Son Lux, and Shigeto was released in the summer of 2012. Wynn and Zuckerman then teamed up again for the film A Leading Man in 2013. Inspired by a flea market box of personal artifacts, Deru's 1979 was released by Friends of Friends in June of 2014, accompanied by nine short films by filmmaker Anthony Ciannamea. 1979: Remixed followed in 2016, and Genus had its North American premiere by the National Ballet of Canada in March 2017. Two months later, Deru released Territories, his debut on the audiovisual label 79Ancestors, co-founded by Wynn, Ciannamea, and software designer Yaniv De Ridder. His score for the YouTube sci-fi series Impulse was released in July 2018, followed in October by Torn in Two, his full-length follow-up to 1979. He recorded his next album on a Disklavier, an acoustic piano equipped with solenoids, allowing it to be digitally controlled. We Will Live On was released by Friends of Friends in 2022.
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Discographie
21 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Trying to Remember
Électronique - Paru chez Merck Records le 1 janv. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
1979
Électronique - Paru chez Friends Of Friends le 16 juin 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Way Through the Forest
Jazz - Paru chez Friends Of Friends le 24 août 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
We Will Live On
Jazz - Paru chez Friends Of Friends le 28 oct. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Say Goodbye to Useless
Électronique - Paru chez Pushing Air Productions le 9 mars 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Impulse (Original Series Soundtrack)
Bandes originales de films - Paru chez Lakeshore Records le 20 juil. 2018
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Pushing Air
Électronique - Paru chez Pushing Air Productions le 1 janv. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Torn in Two
Électronique - Paru chez Friends Of Friends le 19 oct. 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
1979: Remixed
Ambient - Paru chez Friends Of Friends le 29 avr. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Metal // Skin // Cones
Dance - Paru chez The Echo Society le 3 avr. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Pushing Soil
Électronique - Paru chez Delikatessen records le 6 févr. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
FOF10: Light the Pyre
Électronique - Paru chez Friends Of Friends le 17 oct. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Refuge
Électronique - Paru chez Friends Of Friends le 5 oct. 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Peanut Butter & Patience
Électronique - Paru chez Pushing Air Productions le 26 janv. 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Torn in Two - Single
Électronique - Paru chez Friends Of Friends le 15 août 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tak Mungkin Indah Di Hatimu
Pop - Paru chez Deru le 12 janv. 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mini-Mini-Me
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Pushing Air Productions le 25 oct. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo