Dan Friel (of Parts & Labor)
Dan Friel (of Parts & Labor)
Dan Friel is an experimental electronic musician based in Brooklyn, NY. He has been releasing solo recordings since 2001 and is a founding member of the indie/noiserock band Parts & Labor. Friel has also performed in Tyondai Braxon’s Central Market, Glenn Branca’s Symphony 13, and Damo Suzuki’s Network. Friel’s music has been featured in the New York Times, Pitchfork, Spin, Rolling Stone, and Wire.In 2005, Friel co-founded the independent record label Cardboard Records, releasing albums for Gowns (feat. Erika Anderson of EMA), Ecstatic Sunshine (feat. Dustin Wong of Ponytail and Matt Papich of Co La), and the “Love and Circuits” compilation featuring Thee Oh Sees, Matt and Kim, Fuckbuttons, High Places, Oneida, Japanther, and dozens of others).
Parts & Labor is on indefinite hiatus following their 10th anniversary show in February 2012. Friel is currently working on his next solo album, due out in early 2013.
“The music he ends up with sounds like little else out there, a heaving mass of static beats, monolithic distortion, and bending, diving tones.. a unique and uncompromising sound that ultimately transcends its limitations.” – Pitchfork
“Strange and wonderful, and best of all, unlike anything else we can think of.” – Time Out New York
“There’s really no scene that you could file this album under – Friel is out there on his own. As such, the best tracks on Ghost Town feel like revelations, like new ways of communicating shared musical ideas.” – Dusted Magazine