Results for "Dion Kerr"

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Cosmos featuring Jeff Parker

Featuring the music of Dion Kerr
Duration: 9:03
June 21, 2021

Dion Kerr's second single, “Cosmos” from his BACE Records debut, “Ivy”, is a multi-movement piece with recurring melodies and evolving musical themes. Here Kerr uses an original composition from his days at Manhattan School of Music, deconstructing and recasting it into a 9-minute big band arrangement. Featuring Jeff Parker on guitar, the two crossed paths during his time at the Banff International Workshop for Improvised Music in Alberta, Canada curated by Vijay Iyer. That meeting resulted in Parker’s feature on “Cosmos”, where the two share their unique voices and weave together a colorful sonic tapestry. Staying true to his passion for experimental music, this piece showcases Kerr’s skill as he marries drum machine beats with cassette tape saturation.

Album

In The Roots

By Dion Kerr

Label: Hologram Label
Released: 2020
Track listing: Orange With Red; Pocket Knife; St. Sorrow; Wolverine Daydream; John Doe; Converstations; Chatter; Pale Blue; In The Roots; New Velvet; Swamp At Night; Growth; Jade

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Planet Smoogies

By The Smoogies

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Pay Up; Violet; Blender Spaceship; Colorful Himalayas; Panera Bounce; Hope is Valid; Trapanova.

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Ivy

By Dion Kerr

Label: Bace Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Bloom; Cosmos; Genesis; Rays; Red and Orange; Wildflowers; Space Faded; Mist.

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Echoes of Lost Time

By Dion Kerr

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Almost Like the Real Thing; Splinters to the Touch; Gifts from the Womb; Fragile Leaves; Your Feel Is a Distant Memory.

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BLOOM featuring Adam O’Farrill

Featuring the music of Dion Kerr
Duration: 6:41
August 27, 2020

Hypnotic repetition of lush chords drives the multiple layers of percussive syncopations on Dion Kerr’s first single “Bloom”, from his upcoming BACE Records release IVY. Throughout the track, Kerr evokes a worldly feeling while maintaining his compositional storytelling and eclectic sound. The main melodies remain simple, floating above the ever-changing backgrounds. Listeners are greeted by young trumpet phenom Adam O’Farrill midway through the song as he maneuvers his way through Kerr’s structure. The two have shared stages in New York City in the past but this is the first time they have been properly documented together. Setting the mood for the rest of IVY, “Bloom” gives a window into the sonic space which Kerr will “sound off” in.

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Dion Kerr

by AAJ Staff
August 26, 2020

Meet Dion Kerr: Dion Kerr is a multi-dimensional artist (multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, songwriter, photographer, and videographer) born and raised in South Florida. Kerr's work reflects a broad range of influences and mediums. He has toured and recorded all around the world as both a leader and a sideman to a wide variety of groups spanning across ...

Musician

The Smoogies

Active since: January 1, 2010

What do you call a group of diverse, talented, multi-instrumentalist composers? You call them 'The Smoogies' — a musical smoothie blended with many cultures, life experiences, and certainly "a vibe."

Meet The Smoogies—a vibrant assembly of diverse, multi-talented composers steeped in a rich blend of cultures and life experiences. This musical smoothie, led by Vaughn "V.KEYS" Henry on keys and vocals, Dion Kerr on bass, Harvel Nakundi on drums and percussion, and David Chiverton on drums, embodies a fusion of formal musical training rooted in Miami and South Florida.

Musician

Dion Kerr

Born: January 8, 1988

Dion Kerr is a forward-thinking multi-dimensional artist (multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, songwriter, photographer, and videographer) born and raised in South Florida.  Kerr’s work reflects a broad range of influences and mediums.  He has toured and recorded worldwide as a leader and a sideman to various groups spanning multiple genres.

Dion can be seen at some of the most renowned festivals, venues, studios, and galleries with many great young and upcoming artists of all art forms.  Kerr has shared the stage with Ignacio Berroa, Nicholas Payton, Marcus Strickland, Etienne Charles, Lillias White, Godwin Louis, Jean Caze, Immanuel Wilkins, Justin Brown, and Tivon Pennicott.  Dion is the co-founder of the band ‘The Smoogies.’ They released their debut album ‘Planet Smoogies’ with trumpeter Nicholas Payton and just released their second full-length album ‘People Music’ alongside completing a national tour funded by South Arts for their grant-winning proposal.  Dion was the engineer and co-producer of Seafoam Walls record ‘XVI’; he also played guitar in the live incarnation, released on Thurston Moore’s label ‘Ecstatic Peace Library,’ which was recorded and produced all in his home studio.  Dion is also credited as a songwriter and arranger for Jessica Tonder’s ‘A Rise Of Peace’ feature with Nowness. He is also a key member in many other highly sought-after bands in South Florida and New York art scenes.  

Album

Reptile Ground

By Dion Kerr

Label: HologramLabel
Released: 2017
Track listing: Sun On Skin; Diamond Light; Dion Kerr Nonet - Water Grave; Next To The River In Shade; Olive Green; Night Bloom; Spanish Moss.