| Dave Sitek | |
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 Dave Sitek in 2004
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Andrew Sitek |
| Born | 1972 |
| Occupations | Musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, Keyboard, Drums, Various |
| Labels | Touch and Go Records 4AD Interscope |
| Associated acts | TV on the Radio Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
David Andrew Sitek (born 1972) is a guitarist and record producer based in New York City, best known as a member of the band TV on the Radio. He has also worked with bands such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Foals, and Celebration, and produced free jazz-influenced remixes of songs by artists such as Beck and Nine Inch Nails, and has contributed a solo track to the Red Hot Organization Dark Was the Night charity compilation.[1] He is also a photographer and painter. Sitek lives in Los Angeles, California.
In April 2008, Dave was named Number One in NME's Future 50 list of the most forward thinking people in music today.[2]
Production work
Sitek produced the album Anywhere I Lay My Head for actress Scarlett Johansson, released in May 2008. Sitek also co-produced the debut album of Foals, Antidotes and the debut EP of Chicago band Aleks and the Drummer titled May a Lightning Bolt Caress You self released by the band in June 2008.[3]
He works with several Brooklyn acts having recently remixed the song "Disco Lights" for Apollo Heights[4] and produced albums for Dragons of Zynth[5] and Telepathe.[6]
- TV on the Radio - OK Calculator (2000)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2002)
- Love Life - Here Is Night, Brothers, Here the Birds Burn (2002)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell (2003)
- TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Bastards (2004)
- Liars - They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (2004)
- Celebration - Celebration (2005)
- TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (2006)
- The OhSees - The Cool Death of Island Raiders (2006)
- Dragons of Zynth - Coronation Thieves (2007)
- Celebration - The Modern Tribe (2007)
- Foals - Antidotes (2008)
- Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008)
- TV on the Radio - Dear Science (2008)
- Telepathe - Dance Mother (2009)
- Iran - Dissolver (2009)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (2009)
- Pink Noise - What Will Happen If Someone Finds Out? (2009)
- Wale - Attention Deficit (2009)
References
- ^ "Various Artists: Dark Was the Night". Pitchfork Media. February 26, 2009. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12717-dark-was-the-night/. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ "The Future 50: The bands, artists and innovators driving music forward.". NME. 2008-04-26.
- ^ MySpace.com - Aleks and The Drummer - CHICAGO, Illinois - Surf / Grime / Breakbeat - www.myspace.com/aleksandthedrummer
- ^ MySpace.com - Apollo Heights - NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Experimental / Shoegaze / Progressive - www.myspace.com/apolloheights
- ^ Berman, Stuart (2007-10-16). "Dragons of Zynth: Coronation Thieves: Pitchfork Record Review". Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/46029-coronation-thieves. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
- ^ Strang, Samuel. "DiScover: Telepathe". Drowned in Sound. http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2796053. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
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