1. Janitorial Howl 
2. Madonna Sequence 
3. Fete Hound 
4. Traffic Dream 
5. Glamour Profession 	
6. Beach Drifter 
7. Alphabet Ride 
8. Desire Addict
9. Dote Hypoxiation 
10. Der Fan

Released November 15, 2016 

Written, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Ian Deaton at Palazzo Belvedere 2015-2016 

USED: 
Mac Mini 
Audacity 
Alesis SR-16 
Yamaha PSR-E423 
Epiphone Les Paul 
RG-120 Amplifier 
Shure SM-57 
Behringer, Boss, Dod 
& Electro-Harmonix Effects 
RCA Hi-Fi Stereo VCR

Glamour Profession (Full Cassette)

Atlanta musician and film composer Ian Deaton returns with his fourth cassette MOON HOWLER, inspired in equal parts by the Ramones and the Spits as well as early ‘80s Los Angeles new wave bands like Missing Persons and Berlin. Moon Howler, named after the Ramones 1984 synth-pop single “Howling At The Moon,” aims to convey a similar semi-futuristic sound and atmosphere of potentially naive optimism in the face of dystopia. Something to blast in a room and dance like your life depends on it in order to stay sane. 

Inspired by Deaton’s earliest memories of genre films and radio pop, Moon Howler was written on a collection of cheap analog, FM and sample based synthesizers and drum machines. Each instrument is viewed as a non-human member of the “band” with Deaton functioning solely as the singer live. Moon Howler, under the production guidance of engineer Thomas Barnwell (Picture One, Narcolepsy), attempts to marry the rawness of DIY synth-punk records by the Units and Kaos with the slick studio sounds of legendary producer Mike Howlett (Flock of Seagulls, OMD, Berlin). 

Deaton cut his artistic teeth starting in the late ‘90s playing guitar for avant-garde punk band Blame Game and did stints in noise-rock and grindcore bands like Dasher, God’s Balls, U.S. Drag and Knaves Grave among others. He’s also worked as an actor, camera person, art director and composer (with Thomas Barnwell) on films like The Arbalest (2016), The Theta Girl (2017) and Poor Jane (2018). He has released three previous cassettes: 
1. Atlanta Crime Wave, a fake police film soundtrack. 
2. Dekalb Time-Slip, a “time-metal” album inspired by the work of Philip K. Dick, Napalm Death and John Carpenter. 
3. Glamour Profession, a synth-punk album inspired by the work of Dario Argento, The Screamers and Japanese Hardcore band Gauze and succinctly described as “This sounds like Depeche mode with Blastbeat,” by a youtube commenter. 

Moon Howler began almost a decade ago when MC/Producer Negashi Armada asked Deaton to make him a mixtape similar to the sound of “Synthicide” by the band SSQ. Wanting to keep the pace of the tape similar to “Synthicide” Deaton scoured records by popular new-wave and synth-punk bands and pulled only the fastest songs he could find. Stitching together a full album's worth of “fast-wave” material was not only a blast to make but inspired a feverish and cathartic dance party whenever the tape was played for friends. 

“My need to create something as half as good as old synth-pop mixtapes and bring out similar emotions in myself and my friends are why I made Moon Howler. Dance and make art like your life depends on it.”

Ian Deaton

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