Arrington de Dionyso
Founding member and driving force behind the experimental Old Time Relijun, multi-instrumentalist Arrington de Dionyso spent most of his childhood in churches due to his minister parents. While his parents were working, de Dionyso occupied himself by playing around with the church's piano and organ. His parents noticed his interest and started him on piano lessons. Unhappy with the lessons, de Dionyso quit and forgot about playing music but continued to listen to ragas, African music, and whatever else the local library had to loan. When the family moved to Spokane, Washington, de Dionyso got his first exposure to live punk rock and decided to pick up playing again, this time on guitar. Now in high school, he formed a loose band, Ipsofoog, and started making tapes for his homegrown Pine Cone Alley label and playing downtown street corners. College brought the possibility of making four-track recordings for credit at one of Olympia, Washington's liberal schools. During his second year away at school, de Dionyso formed Old Time Relijun, a jarring mix of the Birthday Party and free jazz. After a release on Pine Cone Alley in 1997, the band formed a relationship with K Records. The band went through a number of changes, including a series of drummers, but de Dionyso's vision and influences were always the center. Varieties of Religious Experience, the first recording credited to Arrington de Dionyso & the Old Time Relijun, was released in 2003. I See Beyond the Black Sun took a different direction, with de Dionyso throat singing over a jaw harp and a baritone clarinet drone. For 2009’s Malaikat Dan Singa and 2011’s Suara Naga he went back to a loose fusion approach, rotated in guest musicians as his backing band, and credited them as Arrington de Dionyso’s Malaikat Dan Singa. Malaikat Dan Singa toured extensively and returned in 2013 with Open The Crown, an album melding the Beefheart-meets-Birthday Party rock energy of earlier Old Time Relijun with de Dionyso's more experimental leanings.
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Malaikat dan Singa
Alternative & Indie - Released by K Records on 3 Nov 2009
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Tired Minds Improvised
Arrington de Dionyso, San Kazakgascar Solo
Alternative & Indie - Released by Lather Records on 28 Jan 2017
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IntuitionScienceAndSex
Thollem McDonas, Arrington de Dionyso
Jazz - Released by Edgetone Records on 29 Apr 2008
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I See Beyond The Black Sun
Alternative & Indie - Released by K Records on 9 Dec 2008
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Bobcat Flamethroat
Alternative & Indie - Released by Improved Sequence on 28 Jul 2021
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Piano Trance 3: Beyoncé Stagehand New Moon Ritual Magic
Jazz - Released by Pine Cone Alley on 3 Nov 2023
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Death to Putin
Dance - Released by Pine Cone Alley on 3 Nov 2023
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Exorcism in America
Jazz - Released by Pine Cone Alley on 3 Nov 2023
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Sacred Mushroom Songs
World - Released by Pine Cone Alley on 3 Nov 2023
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Orga Ar
Alternative & Indie - Released by Improved Sequence on 11 Jul 1994
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Piano Trance Vol. One: Saturn In Pisces
Jazz - Released by Pine Cone Alley on 3 Nov 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo