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New Zealand musician
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Biography
Introduction
Dean Roberts (born 1975) is a musician and composer from New Zealand who works with electroacoustic music, minimalism, free improvisation, song cycles and prog rock. During the mid-1990s he was a member of the trio Thela with Rosy Parlane and Dion Workman. After Thela disbanded, Roberts recorded 3 solo albums under the name White Winged Moth, followed by a series of releases under his own name.
Along with Martin Brandlmayr and Werner Dafeldecker Roberts was a member of experimental trio Autistic Daughters when he lived in Italy.
He has also recorded with Eugene Chadbourne and Thurston Moore.
He graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts' Intermedia department and later taught time-based arts there.
Solo discography
White Winged Moth
- I Can See Inside Your House LP (Poon Village, 1996)
- Silo Blanket LP (Formacentric, 1997)
- Ribbon Arcade LP (Formacentric, 1998)
Dean Roberts
- Moth Park LP (Formacentric, 1998)
- All Cracked Medias LP (Mille Plateaux, 1999)
- And The Black Moths Play The Grand Cinema LP (Mille Plateaux, 2000)
- Aluminium LP (Erstwhile Records, 2001)
- Be Mine Tonight LP (Kranky, 2003)
- Jealously and Diamond LP (Kranky, 2004)
- Uneasy Flowers LP (Kranky, 2008)