Cymbidium by Damon Aaron

Most of the work was self-produced and largely recorded at home on 1/2" inch 8-track tape and MPC. Along with a close circle of collaborators Damon expertly crafts shimmering California soul. his rich voice floating in a netherworld where wood and circuits join in natural union and acoustic strings and strums spread out a bright palette punctuated by the raw crack of drums. Cymbidium is a first glance. The road lies wide open. Damon Aaron's future roots are spreading. - Frosty, Dublab.com

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Bio Brief

Soul-folk singer/songwriter/producer Damon Aaron has performed as a sideman with Divine Styler, Breakestra, and DJ Nobody, and is currently touring Europe, playing bass and singing with The Sofa Surfer's I-Wolf. Damon's songs have appeared on the critically acclaimed compilations Dublab Presents: Freeways(Emperor Norton) and The Funky Precedent (Loosegroove). Damon regularly receives airplay from Gilles Peterson(Worldwide), Garth Trinidad(KCRW's Chocolate City), and Carlos Nino(KPFK's Spaceways).

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Reviews, quotes and blurbs

"...Damon Aaron is a singer-songwriter-producer who feels deeply and sends his words out as uncut emotion. Imagine that Van Morrison had grown up in a time of hip-hop beats. Imagine that HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey sang the blues on his deathbed. Over a moody bed of orchestral fragments and a slow boom-bap, the five minutes of Aaron's "Don't Get Up" are the new benchmark in vocally phrasing torture." - LA Weekly

"...equally restrained, soulful and tortured" - Pop Matters Music

"...Damon Aaron's sound delivers a moving experience with it's organic strings and glitch spiritual hybrid."- Audio Galaxy

"...severely moody R&B." - Almostcool.com

"...Damon Aaron, who is all chamber blues and slinky noir and a tantalizing glimpse at one in a group of artists who've been quietly edging musical trends towards the frontiers of God-knows-where--and hopefully beyond."- LA New Times

"..Damon Aaron delivers the slow-burning "Don't Get Up Again," sounding something like a clear-voiced soul singer interpreting traditional blues choruses over a sad, swelling series of beats" - Stylus Magazine

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