Angel Deradoorian

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Angel Deradoorian
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Angel Deradoorian performing with Dirty Projectors in 2008
Background information
Also known asDeradoorian
Born (1986-07-18) July 18, 1986 (age 37) [1]
OriginLos Angeles, California
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • producer
Instrument(s)
  • Bass
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • flute
  • vocals
Years active2007–present
Labels
Member ofBlack Sabbath Cover Band Rehearsal
Decisive Pink
Formerly ofDirty Projectors

Angel Deradoorian (born July 18, 1986), also known mononymously as Deradoorian, is a musician based in Los Angeles, California. [5] She is best known for her work with Dirty Projectors as full-time member from 2007 to 2012. She left to pursue a solo career. [6] [7] In 2015 she released a solo studio album, The Expanding Flower Planet . [8]

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Life and career

Born and raised in Orangevale, California [9] and of Armenian descent, [10] Deradoorian first found an interest in music at the age of five, when she was taught violin and piano at the private school she attended. [7] [10] Both her parents are artists and she has an older sister Arlene, who also tours with her performing solo material. [9] [11] At the age of 16 she decided to leave school and pursue a career in music. [10] [9] She moved to Brooklyn, joined Drive-thru Records band An Angle and then shortly after in 2007 she joined Dirty Projectors and played an important role in the recording of the album Bitte Orca . [9] In 2012, she moved to Los Angeles together with her then-boyfriend Avey Tare. [9] [12]

Deradoorian's debut EP, Mind Raft , was released under her surname in 2009 by Lovepump United Records. [13] In 2009, she recorded a track with Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot vocalist Wes Miles on their Discovery album LP . The track is entitled "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend". [14] Animal Collective chose her to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that they curated in 2011. [15] In 2011, she released a split 7-inch with Albert McCloud containing a song by McCloud entitled "Planetarium 2010" and her own song "Marichka". [16] She was a member of Avey Tare's project, Slasher Flicks, along with ex-Ponytail drummer Jeremy Hyman, and released the album Enter the Slasher House in 2014. [17] [18]

In 2015, Deradoorian released her debut solo studio album, The Expanding Flower Planet , on Anticon. [19] In 2017, she released an EP titled Eternal Recurrence , which mixes obscure and ambient landscapes. [20] Her second full-length solo album, Find the Sun , was released on September 18, 2020, by record label Anti-. [21]

In 2022, Deradoorian and Russian musician Kate NV formed the band Decisive Pink, being signed to Fire Records. [22]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

Guest appearances

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