“The whole thing is like a Trojan horse to get back into who I really am...”

Dwayne Shivers is an indie blues duo, fronted by singer-songwriter Micah Dalton. After more than 10 years of touring, six albums and critical acclaim as a genre bending soul/folk artist, Dalton felt he was increasingly resonating with certain songs and sounds hidden in his recordings. Songs with soulful biblical motifs, Bible Belt blues and more focused lyricism along with warm, uncompromising sonic tones, had become more at the heart of Dalton’s maturing as an artist. Raised a preacher’s son, Dalton says, “As a singer-songwriter I received praise for songs that spanned multiple styles, but I also felt diluted. Then I got so lost in the shadows of what I didn’t want to do, that it felt like I needed to be recreated musically in order to be myself. As an artist, my own name represented something that I didn’t want to perpetuate anymore – the whole thing is like a Trojan horse to get back into who I really am.”

Dalton met Rick Lollar through a group of musicians in Atlanta dubbed the ATL Collective (Dalton is the co-founder of the collective). Lollar, who majored in jazz studies, was reared and mentored by some of the blues kings of north Florida. Having shared the stage with Elvis Costello, Colonel Bruce Hampton and an assortment of other songwriters, Lollar was ripe to contribute to what Dalton sought stylistically. Thus, Dwayne Shivers was born.

In 2013, Dalton got married, moved to Brooklyn and continued several musical ventures while facing an critical professional crossroads. The duo eventually worked over a batch of songs and put them to tape in Athens, GA in late 2013 and early 2014 with producer Paul Reeves. “Paul had a vision of a bunch of guys who met up in a country barn and played freely into the night with the raw materials they could find around them,” says Dalton. “He used that imaginary scene as the main creative centering point throughout the recording process. It felt more like writing a film in that sense.”

The result is the debut Dwayne Shivers EP that will be released in the fall of 2014.

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Since forming in 08, Deadsound have forged their unique sound and established themselves in the harder spectrum of Drum & Bass.
Pounding rhythms, deadly bass lines and haunting soundscapes are daily meals for these two & with releases across multiple 
labels they have no fear of taking it to the edge.  

Inca Peak is the first in a possibly endless series of records, each one unique in its design and totally organic in its creation. It started with an idea and a concept that came to inspire the project: a self contained narrative for a record, starting at the moment of death and within 5 songs named "Inca Peak". Tied into this was the artwork, lyrics, melody and instrumentation, with each musician, technician and artist all contributing their interpretation of the piece.

The process was sequential - with each musician contributing in turn, there were no rules and no filter; just a blank canvas, inspiration from what came before when your turn was around and the artist´s own instinct. That the record is so cohesive and effective is a testament to those involved and the quality of the ideas.

Peter-John de Villiers - guitar, keys, beats, structures
Timothy Newton - drums, percussion
Timothy Edgar - Bass, Keys
Chip Johnson - vocals
Michelle DaRosa - vocals

Mixed by Greg Giorgio at Tarquin Studio. 
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studio.
Drum Engineering by Stephen Nichols at Elyzum Studio.
Michelle DaRosa's vocal engineering by Deck Delucy at Leftbank Music.

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