composer, performer, lecturer and analog synthesist who is endlessly fascinated by and exploring sound...

Derek Deon is a songwriter, performer, and recording artist based in Ashland, Oregon. Being a producer who enjoys using the studio and the stage as a sonic canvas, he enjoys somber, sensuous music, and copious amounts of reverb and delay in his guitar and vocal tones. As a performer born out of DIY ambitions, house venues, and a soft-spot for sappy pop songs, Derek Deon provides audiences with a soulfully vibrant energy that aims to make them swoon. His studio recordings can be found on most major streaming platforms and at derekdeon.com, along with dates and information on upcoming performances.

Derek Deon's debut LP, Floating in the Backseat While the World Goes by, is driven by a sense of nostalgia for long drives home in the backseat of his grandparent's car, layered beneath unapologetically blunt feelings of longing, insecurity, possession, and comfort; of romance through the lens of adolescence and novelty.

I'm moving on from this project to a new one over at https://soundcloud.com/cascadian-music, so if you would like to stay up-to-date with my music, please go follow me there. Cheers!

Also check out...
@we-are-coffee
A collaboration project between myself and @uptrex.

If you're looking for any of my old tracks, they now live at @vincaelum, but that project is now complete. Keep track of this account for new music from me!

Moogasaurus is the inevitable manifestation of Siders’ analog synth-pop dream child. As the alias suggests, his infatuation with the Moog synthesizer is boundless. The analog powerhouse is his weapon of choice for vast interstellar soundscapes, dangerously phat buttery bass, and everything in between. In 2016 he toured the U.S. with indie rock band, Seaons. Following the tour, Siders came on as a drummer for Slow Corpse just before their release of Fables, the debut LP under Portland, OR’s indie record label Tender Loving Empire. Siders then started a career in film scoring with the forthcoming independent film Obscura (2020), to be released on Amazon Prime. Through a continuation of his film scoring career and an undying passion for electronic music, the Moogasaurus sound was crafted.

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