Aaron Dilloway
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| birth_place = Brighton, Michigan, U.S.
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| genre = Avant-garde, experimental, noise
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| occupation = Musician, composer
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| label = Hanson Records, Banned Production, Heavy Tapes, RRRecords, Medusa, Throne Heap
| associated_acts = Wolf Eyes, Universal Indians, Couch, Lucrecia Dalt
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Aaron Dilloway (born 1976) is an American experimental musician. He is an improviser and composer who works with the manipulation of 8-Track tape loops in combination with voice, tape delays, and various organic and electronic sound sources. A founding member of the industrial noise group Wolf Eyes, Dilloway lives in Oberlin, Ohio, where he runs Hanson Records and Mailorder.
Biography
Dilloway was born in 1976 and grew up in Brighton, Michigan. As a teenager, he began attending house shows in nearby Ann Arbor.[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aaron-dilloway-mn0000812176/biography Aaron Dilloway biography] at Allmusic He formed a group called Galen in the 1990s, and soon after became a member of Couch, for which Galen had opened at its first show. Dilloway then moved to Ann Arbor, where he began working with experimental and noise groups, including Universal Indians, and where he co-founded the group Wolf Eyes, with which he performed until 2004.
Late in 2004, Dilloway moved to Nepal, where he recorded prolifically (his own material, field recordings, and Nepalese radio broadcasts). He moved to Ohio in 2007, working with Emeralds among others, and releasing his own material. Among his releases are 2012's Modern Jester[https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/aaron-dilloway-modern-jester Review of Modern Jester], Tiny Mix Tapes[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16330-modern-jester/ Review of Modern Jester], Pitchfork Media and 2017's The Gag File.[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23216-the-gag-file/ Review of The Gag File], Pitchfork Media[https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/aaron-dilloway-gag-file Review of The Gag File], Tiny Mix Tapes
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web | last=Brown | first=August | last2=Roberts | first2=Randall | title=What to listen to now: Alice Glass and Aaron Dilloway | website=Los Angeles Times | date=August 16, 2017 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-what-listen-now-20170816-story.html | access-date=January 11, 2019}}
External links
- [http://hansonrecords.net Hanson Records official website]
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Category:American experimental musicians
Category:Musicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan