D'Eon

Chris d'Eon (born 1985), mononymously known as d'Eon, is a Canadian electronic musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and composer based in Montreal, Quebec. He is known for his musical eclectism, which encompasses various elements of electronica, pop, avant-garde music, and world music.

Early life Chris d'Eon began making music at four years old after receiving synthesizers and a sequencer from his parents. He took professional music courses as a teenager before dropping out of his studies entirely. This would be the first in a series of five cassettes produced and distributed between 2009 and 2010 with d'Eon as a performer, three featuring him as a solo artist.

Subsequent cassette tapes released during 2010 through Numbers Station included d'Eon's second album Æon, a second split album with Canadian musician Dirty Beaches and d'Eon as a part of Omon Ra II as the group's first and only project, and a four-track EP titled Swan Covers near the end of the year, which was composed of d'Eon's own interpolations of songs by experimental rock band Swans.

2011-2012: Darkbloom, Music for Keyboards, and LP His subsequent release, Darkbloom was a split EP featuring fellow Canadian musician Grimes and gained attention from various music publications, including Spin, Pitchfork, and Exclaim!. On June 23, 2011, d'Eon also released an EP of instrumental outtakes from the production of Darkbloom entitled Darkbloom Sessions through SoundCloud.

In 2012, d'Eon released a free mixtape titled Music for Keyboards Vol. I, which was described as a "prelude" to his next upcoming album and compiled miscellaneous, mostly unreleased instrumentals spanning back to 2003. The mixtape was soon followed by Music for Keyboards Vol. II: "What's My Age Again" Variants and several further installments in the series were released in later years. d'Eon's highly anticipated fourth album, LP, was released in 2012 to significant praise.

2013-2018: Foxconn / Trios and side projects d'Eon began working on music under the side project Kallisti in 2013. Between working on the Kallisti project and his Music for Keyboards series, d'Eon released his fifth album Foxconn / Trios on November 27, 2015. Similar to Darkbloom Sessions, d'Eon released a companion EP to Foxconn / Trios entitled Foxconn / Trios Sessions.

In 2016, d'Eon released an album entitled Patriot as Eva Weishaupt, a more political side project. He also contributed the track "WHAT'S IN YOUR CLOSET?" to the political compilation album World War 2020 - Episode Four (2016 Version): WikiLeaks vs. DNC under the Eva Weishaupt alias.

2019-present: Rhododendron and Leviathan On March 6, 2019, d'Eon returned from a musical hiatus with his sixth studio album Six Trios. d'Eon also returned to music in his Kallisti project, releasing the album The Rave is Not a Sacred Place on April 13, 2019 through B&R Records, his new record label for his projects as Kallisti and D. Jung.

d'Eon released his seventh album From the Root of Jesse Sprouts a Splendid Flower on February 13, 2020, the album based around religion and Christianity. Rhododendron gained attention from various music publications upon its release and was praised for its musical diversity. On June 21, 2024, d'Eon released his eleventh studio album Leviathan, also through Hausu Mountain. Like its preceding album, it also received a release on cassette tape and CD respectively.

Sound and image d'Eon's music has been met with critical acclaim. Andy Kellman of Allmusic compared his musical style to "vintage new age and contemporary experimental electronic artists, '80s mainstream pop, throwback house, and left-of-center R&B" and noted "Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish" influences.

Discography Studio albums TitleDetailsRef. Omon Ra / Chris d'Eon Released: 2009 Label: Divorce Formats: Cassette, digital download Wa Al-'Asr Released: 2009 Label: Numbers Station Formats: Cassette, digital download Æon Released: January 7, 2010 Label: Numbers Station Formats: Cassette, digital download Omon Ra II / Dirty Beaches Released: April 2010 Label: Campaign for Infinity Formats: Cassette, digital download Palinopsia Released: October 31, 2010 Label: Hippos in Tanks Formats: LP, digital download LP Released: June 4, 2012 Label: Hippos in Tanks Formats: CD, LP, digital download Foxconn / Trios Released: November 27, 2015 Label: Knives Format: LP, digital download Patriot Released: August 11, 2016 Label: B&R Records Format: Digital download The Rave Is Not a Sacred Space Released: April 13, 2019 Label: B&R Records Formats: Digital download From the Root of Jesse Proceeds a Splendid Flower Released: February 13, 2020 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Four Trios Released: February 4, 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Bijoux Released: February 22, 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Rhododendron Released: August 13, 2021 Label: Hausu Mountain Formats: CD, cassette, digital download Leviathan Released: June 21, 2024 Label: Hausu Mountain Formats: CD, cassette, digital download

Mixtapes TitleDetails Cruel New Decade Released: August 11, 2010 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Ghosthack Released: May 13, 2011 Label: Le Venerdì Mixtape Formats: Digital download Music for Keyboards Vol. I Released: March 6, 2012 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Music for Keyboards Vol. II: "What's My Age Again" Variations Released: April 26, 2012 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Music for Keyboards Vol. III: Symphonie No. 1 "Patriote" Released: October 27, 2012 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Music for Keyboards Vol. IV: "Blackout" Released: August 19, 2013 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Music for Keyboards Vol. V: "Robby" Released: September 9, 2014 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Music for Keyboards Vol. VI Released: March 29, 2019 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download

Extended plays TitleDetails Swans Covers Released: 2010 Label: Palimpsest Formats: Cassette Darkbloom Released: April 18, 2011 Label: Arbutus, Hippos in Tanks Formats: CD, LP, digital download Darkbloom Sessions Released: June 23, 2011 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Dhikr Remembrance of God Released: August 18, 2011 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Arc of Fire Released: December 1, 2013 Label: B&R Records Formats: Digital download Foxconn / Trios Sessions Released: 2015 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download Phony Assets Released: February 3, 2020 Label: B&R Records Formats: Digital download

Mixes FACT Mix 338 (2012, FACT magazine) The Lord Himself Is the Farm, Himself He Grows and Grinds (2012, DIS) D'Eon Live Set Boiler Room Montreal Extracts from the Erisian Front 1 NTS Session: 26-9-16

Music videos "Tear Down the Wall" (2009, directed by Matthew Wilson) "Kill a Man with a Joystick in Your Hand" (2010, directed by Todd Ledford) "Transparency" (2011, directed by Grimes) "Arc of Fire" (2013, directed by Lorenzo Senni) "Rhododendron Pt. I" (2021, directed by Stiner Brothers)