Occupation(s) Producer, DJ Labels DFA Education Bard College | Years active 1998 to Present Name Gavin Russom | |
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Also known as Black Meteoric Star, The Crystal Ark Born May 1, 1974 (age 50)
Providence, Rhode Island ( 1974-05-01 ) Genres Acid house, ambient, nu-disco, electronica Associated acts Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, LCD Soundsystem, Black Dice Role Musician · gavinrussom.com Music groups Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom, LCD Soundsystem (2001 – 2011) Albums Body Minimalism EP, This Is Happening, Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem, London Sessions Profiles | ||
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Gavin Russom is a musician and artist signed to DFA Records. Over the years, Russom has released music under various guises, including Black Leotard Front, Black Meteoric Star and The Crystal Ark, as well as collaborative work with Delia Gonzalez. Russom lives in New York City.
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- Biography
- Albums
- With Delia Gonzalez
- As Black Meteoric Star
- With The Crystal Ark
- As Gavin Russom
- Songs
- References
Central to Russom's aesthetic is the search for unity between man, machine, and art, which has translated into Russom designing and building custom analog synthesizers, both for his own music and for others'. Known as "The Wizard" for his technical prowess (as well as for his signature flowing red beard), Russom has built instruments for the likes of James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), Tim Goldsworthy (UNKLE, The Loving Hand) and Bjorn Copeland (Black Dice). Gavin Russom's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing.
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Biography
Russom was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1974. Expressing a profound interest in music from an early age, Russom spent his teenage years exploring drone and feedback using tape loops and mixers and playing in psychedelic noise bands with Michael Kelley (Kelley Polar) and with Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt, Mindflayer). Russom went on to study computer music, theory, composition and improvisation at Bard College from 1994 to 1996. A growing disillusionment with traditional compositional modes along with a move to New York in 1997 opened Russom's music to more experimental forms of expression. In 1998 his collaboration with Delia Gonzalez began, a project that would lead to a number of releases on DFA. Russom moved to Berlin in 2004 where, inspired by that city's flourishing electronic music scene as well as Germany's history of psychedelic music, he produced three singles under the name Black Meteoric Star, which would eventually be collected and released as a self-titled LP in 2009. As of 2010, Russom has relocated to New York where he is producing music in various veins including in collaboration with Viva Ruiz as The Crystal Ark. He has also toured playing synths and percussion with LCD Soundsystem.
Albums
With Delia Gonzalez
As Black Meteoric Star
With The Crystal Ark
As Gavin Russom
Songs
All My Friends
Dance Yourself Clean
Pow Pow
New York - I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
I Can Change
North American Scum
Losing My Edge
Someone Great
Dance Yrself Clean
Sound of Silver
Drunk Girls
Too Much Love
Yeah
Get Innocuous!
Home
Big Ideas
Beat Connection
Yr City Is a Sucker
Tribulations
Disco Infiltrator
Time To Get Away
Us V Them
New York I Love You
Live Alone
Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up
Great Release
Relevee
Hippie Priest Bum-Out
Night Sky
Morir Sonando
Mantle of Stars