Daniel O'Sullivan

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Daniel O'Sullivan
Background information
Origin London, England
Genres Experimental rock, art rock, progressive rock, electronic, avant-garde, ambient, synthpop
Occupations Musician, composer, songwriter, record producer
Instruments Vocals, piano, keyboards, programming, guitar
Years active 1990s-present
Labels Ipecac Recordings, Cuneiform, Kscope, Neurot Recordings, Web of Mimicry, VHF, House Anxiety
Associated acts Ulver, Mothlite, Miracle, Æthenor, Guapo, Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses, Grumbling Fur, Sunn O)))
Website www.mothlite.org

Daniel O'Sullivan (born 1 December 1980) is a multi-instrumentalist/composer from Manchester, England best known for playing in experimental art-rock bands Guapo, Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses, Ulver, Æthenor, Miracle and Mothlite.

O'Sullivan has become recognized for exploring a wide range of styles, including neo-classical composition, progressive/psychedelic rock, free-form improvisation, cosmic jazz, minimalist drone, ethereal synth-pop and outer-limits folk music to name a few. He has collaborated with a number of artists including Stephen O'Malley (also a member of Æthenor), Alexander Tucker, Kristoffer Rygg[1] (Ulver), Jarboe[2] and David Tibet.[3]

As well as the aforementioned bands he has been a live member of Sunn O))).[4] He has also recently joined cult Norwegian band Ulver, as announced by the band on the official Ulver website, "Lastly we would like to welcome Daniel O'Sullivan into the pack. We all know that God exists as three persons, but now is the dawn of the triangular pyramid."[5] O'Sullivan has been performing live with Ulver since the band's first performance in fifteen years at the Norwegian Festival of Literature 2009 in Lillehammer.[6]

O'Sullivan recently co-wrote the title track for the acclaimed debut album by The Big Pink entitled "A Brief History of Love" which was released in September 2009.[7] He also co-wrote the title track of the new album by The Big Pink entitled "Future This" released in January 2012.[8]

In 2011, O'Sullivan released an E.P with his new band Miracle, a synth-pop duo also featuring Steve Moore from Zombi. The band are currently working on a full length album.[9] Another new project, this time with regular collaborator Alexander Tucker, has emerged by the name of Grumbling Fur. The debut album Furrier also features Jussi Lehtisalo from Finnish bands Circle and Pharaoh Overlord and David Smith from Guapo.[10] The duo have recently released their second album Glynnaestra on Chicago based label Thrill Jockey Records.

O'Sullivan has been working extensively with London based fine artist Serena Korda. The pair have collaborated on several pieces together, most notably Laid To Rest. A project commissioned by The Wellcome Collection which involved the production of bricks made with donations of household dust. The bricks were then celebrated in a ritualistic folk dance set to music scored by O'Sullivan for brass, woodwind, voices and percussion. The dance and music was also made into a film which featured alongside the stack of bricks in the Wellcome Collection's 'Dirt' exhibition. The project culminated with the bricks being ceremonially processed through the streets of London on horse-drawn hearse and finally buried in Brunswick Square Gardens, where a plaque remains today. O'Sullivan and Korda made a limited 12" record of the music which was given out as a publication to those who attended the burial. The record also features guest appearances by his bandmates Kristoffer Rygg and Stephen O'Malley.[11]

Discography

Guapo

2003 The Ducks and Drakes of Guapo and Cerberus Shoal CD (North East Indie)
2004 Five Suns CD (Cuneiform Records)
2005 Black Oni CD (Ipecac Records)
2006 Twisted Stems Limited Edition 7" (Dot Dot Dot Music)
2006 Twisted Stems CDEP (Aurora Borealis)
2007 Black Oni Limited Edition LP (Hlava Records)
2008 Elixirs CD (Neurot Recordings)

Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses

2005 Perils CD (Web of Mimicry)
2007 Perils LP (Rise Above Records)
2007 Manfauna CDEP (Southern Records/Latitudes)
2008 Manfauna 12"EP (Southern Records/Latitudes)

Æthenor

2006 Deep in Ocean Sunk the Lamp of Light CD/LP (Vhf Records)
2008 Betimes Black Cloudmasses CD/LP (Vhf Records)
2009 Faking Gold & Murder CD/LP (Vhf Records)
2011 En Form for Blå CD/2xLP (Vhf Records)

Mothlite

2008 The Flax of Reverie CD/LP (Southern Records)
2012 Dark Age CD/LP (Kscope)

Ulver

2011 Wars Of The Roses CD/LP (Kscope)
2012 The Norwegian National Opera DVD/Blu-ray (Kscope)
2012 Childhood's End CD/LP (Kscope)

Miracle

2011 Fluid Window CDEP/12" (House Anxiety Records)
2011 The Visitors 2x12"EP (House Anxiety Records)
2012 Good Love/Veteran Of The Psychic Wars 7" (House Anxiety Records)

Grumbling Fur

2011 Furrier CD/LP (Aurora Borealis)
2012 Alice CD/LP (Southern Records/Latitudes)
2013 Glynnaestra CD/LP (Thrill Jockey)

Daniel O'Sullivan and Serena Korda

2011 Laid To Rest: The Brick Keepers LP (UP Projects/Wellcome Collection)
2012 W.A.M.A: The Work As Movement Archive CD (Field Art Projects)

Guest appearances

The Big Pink

2009 A Brief History of Love CD/LP (4AD Records)
2012 Future This CD/LP (4AD Records)

Alexander Tucker

2011 "Dorwytch" CD/LP (Thrill Jockey Records)
2012 "Third Mouth CD/LP (Thrill Jockey Records)

Chrome Hoof

2007 Pre-Emptive False Rapture CD/LP (Southern Records)
2010 "Crush Depth" CD/LP (Southern Records)
2013 Chrome Black Gold CD/LP (Cuneiform Records)

The Stargazer's Assistant

2007 The Other Side Of The Island CD (Aurora Borealis)

Dam

2007 The Difference Engine CD (Candlelight Records)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.roadburn.com/frames.html (search for "Æthenor" page)
  2. ↑ http://people.tribe.net/jarboe (mentions a collaboration with Guapo)
  3. ↑ http://www.softblackstars.org/durtro/durtro-news-19-november-2007 (See under "David Tibet contributes vocals and texts to the new Æthenor album")
  4. ↑ http://www.ideologic.org/index2.html (Search Daniel O'Sullivan under entry dated 20 06 2007)
  5. ↑ http://www.jester-records.com/ulver/ulver.html (access date 26/11/09)
  6. ↑ http://www.jester-records.com/ulver/ulver_history.html (access date 26/11/09)
  7. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Love (states O'Sullivan as a writer in the Track listing section)
  8. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_This (states O'Sullivan as a writer in the Track listing section)
  9. ↑ http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=145&title=radar_band_of_the_week_no_47_miracle&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 (access date 08/07/11)
  10. ↑ http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=4316:cd-grumbling-fur-–-furrier&Itemid=107 (access date 28/08/11)
  11. ↑ http://www.serenakorda.com/projects-%20laidtorest.htm(lists all the details of the project and The Wellcome Collection commission)

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