Deckard Croix
Columbus, OH
Known for his lo-fi recordings, refusing to record in digital until 2010. Early bands include a Doors cover band (The Lamps), a Led Zeppelin tribute band, Carter City. The former remaining intact for nearly two years before disbanding. Afterwards, Croix co-founded the experimental goth band, Three Tales and the City Life which consisted of four members (Croix on guitar, Roland Nauman on drums, Klaus Noyes on bass, and Malcolm Gordon on vocals and synth). The band was short-lived however, and Croix began focusing purely on composing original music and studying keyboard. His focus shifted to composing purely improvisational works with ‘themes’ that could be deconstructed, rearranged impromptu, and still retain the minimalistic quality of the original work.
There are several spoken word recordings he has been a part of. One in particular titled One Arm by Yasunari Kawabata, recorded at a private artist gathering (attended by poets, actors, painters, as well as very few musicians) is over 40 minutes long. Other spoken word recordings include a collection of Edgar Allen Poe poems (accompanying music by Aubrey Hodges), Joyce Carol Oates' Where Are You Going Where Have You Been, Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden, Kafka's A Hunger Artist, and a reading of The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares.
He released his debut lo-fi album, Demographic 1, in May 2007. A re-working of an experimental sound montage project based on an original poem called Smiling Feline Descendant was released in August. The Chicago-based project involved hundreds of samples recorded by Croix along with dozens of contributors (many of them non-musicians). December was a return to conventional songwriting with, Lady Fingers or Stingers.
A collection of solo piano recordings was released in June 2008. Croix once again returned to conventional songwriting with, Portrait, the same year. Portrait was well-received and remains the highest-selling album in Croix’s discography.
Electroception was released in 2009, a compilation of remixed early recordings featuring album artwork by Brian Dixon.
In 2008 and 2009, Croix contributed to the soundtrack of two films written/directed by Matt Hendricks, Vincent & Vincent and Baby Alligators.
In 2010, he collaborated with a collection of musicians on an experimental project titled Snapdragon, based on an unreleased short story, Bocca di Leone, written by Croix. It was recorded in Sardinia over the course of eleven months with album artwork by Alessandra Fusi. Also in 2010, Croix collaborated with minimalist composer, Robert Reinhardt, in Manhattan for the project, Mascara. Late in 2010, he collaborated on an album project titled, Prenatal Noise Cocoon, with Philadelphia-based psychedelic rock band, The Colored Coat (album artwork by gea).
Early in 2011, a live double album recorded on Halloween in Chicago with Croix's improvisational fusion/krautrock trio, Bandersnatch, was released. In the Summer of 2011, a music video of a track from Prenatal Noise Cocoon (Patricia’s Loose) was directed by Matt Hendricks.
From 2011 - 2013 Croix was involved with three Atlanta-based bands: Barrel House, Alabama Limo, and Seren.
In 2014 he joined Philadelphia-based band, Disco Machine Gun as lead guitarist before the band disbanded in 2015. Early 2015, Croix composed/recorded incidental for Melodia Sangre, a play by Martin Ronquillo.
Currently, Croix is composing music for, I'm Not Mine, the third feature film directed by Matt Hendricks; a third sound montage album titled, mise en contexte; a 16-track songwriter album in Marquis Verdigris; and an album version of Melodia Sangre.
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