Dan Deacon delves into 'Ultimate Reality'

Electronic-pop composer Dan Deacon will start the new year with a North American tour that includes a screening of his new DVD collaboration with Jimmy Joe Roche.

The "Ultimate Reality" DVD "combines an intense musical composition for electronics and drums with a psychedelic montage of Arnold Schwarzenegger films that is projected at a monumental scale," according to Deacon's label, Carpark Records.

On tour, Deacon, Roche and two drummers will add a live-music element to the film, after which Deacon will play his own set of oddball party music.

The tour is scheduled to kick off Jan. 6 in Chapel Hill, NC, and visit clubs and theaters from coast to coast into February. Details are listed below.

Deacon is touring Europe through the end of the year and has plans to visit Australia and possibly Japan in February and March. Those dates can be found at Carpark's website.

Deacon, who's been labeled an absurdist, is supporting his May release, "Spiderman of the Rings." The whimsical mix of Fisher Price-sounding keyboards and munchkin-like voices prompted one reviewer to describe the album as "children's songs on amphetamines." A few tunes from the set are streaming at Deacon's MySpace page.

The Baltimore-based performer is a classically trained composer with a Masters degree in electro-acoustic composition, according to his bio. He self-released seven albums from 2003 to 2006 and is currently working on his next Carpark effort, which is due next year.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
 tour dates and tickets
January 2008
6 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
7 - Atlanta, GA - Eyedrum
9 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
12 - Denton, TX - Hailey's
15 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
17 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
18 - Portland, OR - Backspace
19 - Portland, OR - Holocene
20 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
21 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Richards on Richards
25 - Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater ("Ultimate Reality" performance only)
26 - Chicago, IL - Metro (two shows with Girl Talk)
27 - Detroit, MI - Scrummage University
28 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
30 - Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rosa

February 2008
3 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
8 - New York, NY - The Whitney

 tour dates and tickets
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