Leon Dewan

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Leon Dewan is an American artist, inventor, and musician. He collaborates with Brian Dewan on Dewanatron [1], an electronic music instrument project. The son of an inventor[2], Dewan received a degree in physics from Yale University in 1989. His musical career draws on this background in physics, and heavily incorporates electronic and experimental instruments.

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[edit] Music

Leon Dewan has performed and recorded music with several bands spanning over a decade. Bands include Radeesh, The Happiest Guys in the World, Shaumgummi, Dangerspoon, Flaming Fire, and collaborative work with The Philistines Jr. Dewan sings and plays a variety electronic instruments including electric guitar, the Theremin, and Dewanatron[3] instruments.

[edit] Albums & Collaborations

  • The Happiest Guys in the World (as The Happiest Guys in the World) (1996)
  • The Tarquin Records All Star Holiday Extravaganza (as The Happiest Guys in the World) (1997)
  • Dewanatron (as Dewanatron) (2005)

[edit] Soundtracks

  • Shadowbox (2007)[4]

[edit] Music Videos

  • Hey! Hey! It's the Vegetable Man! (as The Happiest Guys in the World)(1999)

[edit] The Happiest Guys in the World

Dewan performed and recorded with the band The Happiest Guys in the World from 1991 through 2001. The band's music video Hey! Hey! It's the Vegetable Man! was screened at the 2004 International Surrealist Film Festival.

[edit] Dewanatron

Leon Dewan and his cousin Brian Dewan collaborate on Dewanatron, an electronic music instrument project[5]. The instruments have been performed and exhibited at the Pierogi 2000 gallery in Brooklyn in January 2006, Pierogi Liepzig (Germany) from April thru July 2006 and at Another Year in LA gallery[6] as well as Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles in August/September, 2007.

[edit] External links

  • Dewanatron site which describes many of the Dewan cousins' recent musical inventions


[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Times: Art in Review Brian Dewan and Leon Dewan (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06E7DD123FF933A15752C0A9609C8B63)
  2. ^ www.nytimes.com Article on invention by Leon Dewan, Sr.
  3. ^ Artnet: Technical Knock-outs (http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/davis1-24-06.asp)
  4. ^ IMDB page for the film Shadowbox],
  5. ^ The Times: The Arts Online; Leon Dewan and Brian Dewan (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/whats_on/article1888650.ece)
  6. ^ Art Slant, August 2007 (http://www.artslant.com/la/events/show/6913-the-habit-of-innovation)