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'''Chris d'Eon''', [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] known as '''d'Eon''', is a Canadian electronic musician, singer-songwriter, [[Record producer|producer]], and composer based in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. He is known for his [[Eclecticism in music|musical eclectism]], which encompasses various elements of [[electronica]], [[pop music|pop]], [[avant-garde music]], and [[world music]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://stereogum.com/969351/deon-music-for-keyboards-mixtape/mp3s/ | title=d’Eon – Music For Keyboards Mixtape | publisher=[[Stereogum]] | date=March 6, 2012 | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Goble, Corban}}</ref><ref name="p4k1">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15439-darkbloom-ep/ | title=d'Eon / Grimes - Darkbloom EP | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] | date=May 19, 2011 | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Zoladz, Lindsay}}</ref><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/deon-mn0002587502 | title=d'Eon | publisher=[[Allmusic]] | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Kellman, Andy}}</ref>
'''Chris d'Eon''' (born 1985), [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] known as '''d'Eon''', is a Canadian electronic musician, singer-songwriter, [[Record producer|producer]], and composer based in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. He is known for his [[Eclecticism in music|musical eclectism]], which encompasses various elements of [[electronica]], [[pop music|pop]], [[avant-garde music]], and [[world music]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://stereogum.com/969351/deon-music-for-keyboards-mixtape/mp3s/ | title=d’Eon – Music For Keyboards Mixtape | publisher=[[Stereogum]] | date=March 6, 2012 | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Goble, Corban}}</ref><ref name="p4k1">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15439-darkbloom-ep/ | title=d'Eon / Grimes - Darkbloom EP | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] | date=May 19, 2011 | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Zoladz, Lindsay}}</ref><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/deon-mn0002587502 | title=d'Eon | publisher=[[Allmusic]] | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Kellman, Andy}}</ref>
==Early life==
Chris d'Eon began making music at four years old after receiving synthesizers and a sequencer from his parents.<ref name=linkbio>{{cite web | url=http://www.thelinknewspaper.ca/articles/2214 | title=Meditate on this: Chris d'Eon takes dance music to the ashram | publisher=[[The Link (newspaper)|The Link]] | date=February 2, 2010 | access-date=December 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215130619/http://www.thelinknewspaper.ca/articles/2214/| archive-date=February 15, 2010|url-status=dead|author=Lesley De Marinis}}</ref><ref name=palinopsia>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14921-palinopsia | title=d'Eon: Palinopsia Album Review | publisher=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=December 8, 2010 | access-date=December 18, 2022}}</ref> He took professional music courses as a teenager before dropping out of his studies entirely.<ref name=linkbio></ref>


In 2008, d'Eon travelled to the [[Himalayas]] and was taught how to play the [[Dramyin|dramyin]] by a Tibetan musician. During this trip, he moved to the Dip Tse Chok Ling monastery and didn't speak for months.<ref name="palinopsia"></ref> This trip greatly influenced his musical eclecticism, as upon returning to Canada, d'Eon began incorporating dramyin and other elements of Eastern music into his music.<ref name="palinopsia"></ref>
==Career==
==Career==
===2009-2010: ''Wa Al'-Asr'', ''Æon'', and ''Palinopsia''===
d'Eon's first release was a [[Split album|split album]] with Omon Ra, released in 2009.<ref name="discogs">{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/D'eon | title=d'Eon | publisher=[[Discogs]] | accessdate=February 7, 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref name="discogs"/> Among these, d'Eon's debut album, ''Wa Al'-Asr'', was released in late 2009 through Numbers Station Recordings.<ref name="discogs"/> Subsequent cassette tape releases were d'Eon's second album ''Æon'' in January 2010, a second split album with Canadian musician [[Dirty Beaches]] with d'Eon as a part of Omon Ra II was released as the group's first and only project, and a four-track EP titled ''Jackson Macintosh (Swan Covers)'' near the end of the year. ''Palinopsia'', d'Eon's third album, was also released later in the year through [[Hippos in Tanks]] to commercial success.<ref name="p4k-pali">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14921-palinopsia/ | title=d'Eon - Palinopsia | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] | date=December 8, 2010 | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Fitzmaurice, Larry}}</ref> His subsequent release, ''[[Darkbloom (EP)|Darkbloom]]'' was a split EP featuring fellow Canadian musician [[Grimes]] and gained attention from various music publications, including [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]], [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]], and [[Exclaim!]].<ref name="p4k1"/><ref name="spin">{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/blogs/grimes-collaborator-deon-offers-free-album | title=Grimes Collaborator D'Eon Offers Free Album | publisher=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=March 13, 2012 | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Sherburne, Philip}}</ref><ref name="exclaim">{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/News/grimes_deon_team_up_for_split_twelve-inch | title=Grimes and d'Eon Team Up for Split Twelve-Inch | publisher=[[Exclaim!]] | date=March 3, 2011 | accessdate=February 7, 2013}}</ref> d'Eon also released an EP of instrumental outtakes from the production of ''Darkbloom'' entitled ''Darkbloom Sessions'' on June 23, 2011 through [[SoundCloud]].
d'Eon's first music released was the second half of a [[Split album|split album]] with Omon Ra, released in 2009.<ref name="discogs">{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/D'eon | title=d'Eon | accessdate=February 7, 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref name="discogs"/> Among these is d'Eon's debut album, ''Wa Al'-Asr'', which was released in late 2009 through Numbers Station Recordings.<ref name="discogs"/> The song "Tear Down the Wall" from ''Wa Al'-Asr'' received a music video directed by Matthew Wilson, who later joined d'Eon in psychedelic rock band Omon Ra II.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1819591-Omon-Ra-II|title=d'Eon|title=Omon Ra II|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>


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, previously unreleased instrumentals spanning back to 2003. It was soon followed by ''Music for Keyboards Vol. II: "Whatsmyageagain" Variants'' and several further installments in the series were released in later years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thequietus.com/articles/08218-d-eon-music-for-keyboards-free-album | title=d'Eon Drops Free Album | publisher=[[The Quietus]] | date=March 12, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2022}}</ref> d'Eon's highly anticipated third album, ''LP'', was released in 2012 to significant praise.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/03/05/deon-announces-album-for-hippos-in-tanks/ | title=d’Eon announces album for Hippos in Tanks | publisher=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] | accessdate=February 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="p4k-lp">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16683-lp/ | title=d'Eon - LP | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] | date=June 6, 2012 | accessdate=October 17, 2022 | author=Ashurst, Hari}}</ref>
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 comprised of d'Eon's own interpolations of songs by experimental rock band [[Swans (band)|Swans]].<ref name="discogs"/> ''Palinopsia'', d'Eon's third album, was also released later in the year through [[Hippos in Tanks]] to commercial success.<ref name="p4k-pali">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14921-palinopsia/ | title=d'Eon - Palinopsia | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] | date=December 8, 2010 | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Fitzmaurice, Larry}}</ref>


===2011-2012: ''Darkbloom'', ''Music for Keyboards'', and ''LP''===
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d'Eon began working on music under multiple side-projects such as '''Kallisti''' in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.factmag.com/2013/10/24/deon-unveils-kallisti-side-project-with-rave-ready-michael-douglas/ | title=d’Eon unveils Kallisti side project with rave-ready ‘Michael Douglas’ | publisher=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact Mag]] | date=October 24, 2013 | accessdate=October 17, 2022}}</ref> He took a musical hiatus in 2016 and returned in 2019, releasing his sixth studio album ''Six Trios'' in March of that year. On August 13, 2021, d'Eon released his tenth studio album ''Rhododendron'' through [[Hausu Mountain|Hausu Mountain Records]], marking his first release in six years to be released in physical format.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://severancetime.substack.com/p/interview-deon | title=Interview: d'Eon | publisher=Severance Time | date=December 7, 2021 | accessdate=October 17, 2022}}</ref>
His subsequent release, ''[[Darkbloom (EP)|Darkbloom]]'' was a split EP featuring fellow Canadian musician [[Grimes]] and gained attention from various music publications, including [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]], [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]], and [[Exclaim!]].<ref name="p4k1"/><ref name="spin">{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.com/blogs/grimes-collaborator-deon-offers-free-album | title=Grimes Collaborator D'Eon Offers Free Album | publisher=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=March 13, 2012 | accessdate=February 7, 2013 | author=Sherburne, Philip}}</ref><ref name="exclaim">{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/News/grimes_deon_team_up_for_split_twelve-inch | title=Grimes and d'Eon Team Up for Split Twelve-Inch | publisher=[[Exclaim!]] | date=March 3, 2011 | accessdate=February 7, 2013}}</ref> On June 23, 2011, d'Eon also released an EP of instrumental outtakes from the production of ''Darkbloom'' entitled ''Darkbloom Sessions'' through [[SoundCloud]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dmy.co/new-music/d-eon-darkbloom-sessions-mp3|title=Listen to some new d'Eon instrumentals|publisher=DummyMag|date=June 23, 2011|accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref>

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 outliers being "#03", "#05", "#15", and "#14", which are extended versions of, respectfully, "Track 3", "Track 5", "Track 8", and "Track 9" from d'Eon's first album, ''Wa Al'-Asr''. 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thequietus.com/articles/08218-d-eon-music-for-keyboards-free-album | title=d'Eon Drops Free Album | publisher=[[The Quietus]] | date=March 12, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2022}}</ref> d'Eon's highly anticipated fourth album, ''LP'', was released in 2012 to significant praise.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/03/05/deon-announces-album-for-hippos-in-tanks/ | title=d’Eon announces album for Hippos in Tanks | publisher=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] | accessdate=February 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="p4k-lp">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16683-lp/ | title=d'Eon - LP | publisher=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] | date=June 6, 2012 | accessdate=October 17, 2022 | author=Ashurst, Hari}}</ref>

===2013-2018: ''Foxconn / Trios'' and side projects===
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d'Eon began working on music under the side project Kallisti in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.factmag.com/2013/10/24/deon-unveils-kallisti-side-project-with-rave-ready-michael-douglas/ | title=d’Eon unveils Kallisti side project with rave-ready ‘Michael Douglas’ | publisher=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact Mag]] | date=October 24, 2013 | accessdate=October 17, 2022}}</ref> Between working on the Kallisti project and his ''Music for Keyboards'' series, d'Eon released his fifth album Foxconn / Trios on November 27, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/d-eon-foxconn-trios-lp/KNV.003LP.html|title=D'EON: Foxconn/Trios - LP - KNIVES - Forced Exposure|date=January 8, 2016|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref> Similar to ''Darkbloom Sessions'', d'Eon released a companion EP to ''Foxconn / Trios'' entitled ''Foxconn / Trios Sessions''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://severancetime.substack.com/p/interview-deon | title=Interview: d'Eon | publisher=Severance Time | date=December 7, 2021 | accessdate=October 17, 2022}}</ref>

In 2016, d'Eon released an album entitled ''Patriot'' as Eva Weishaupt, a more political side project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hvrfcentralcommand.bandcamp.com/album/patriot|title=PATRIOT by EVA WEISHAUPT|date=August 11, 2016|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hvrfcentralcommand.bandcamp.com/album/world-war-2020-episode-four-2016-version-wikileaks-vs-dnc|title=WORLD WAR 2020 - EPISODE FOUR (2016 VERSION): WIKILEAKS VS. DNC by FOX 6 & FRIENDS (VARIOUS ARTISTS)|date=January 5, 2017|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>

===2019-present: ''Rhododendron''===
On March 6, 2019, d'Eon returned from a musical hiatus with his sixth studio album ''Six Trios''.<ref name="six"></ref> Earlier that year and under the new side project D. Jung, d'Eon had released an album titled ''Griffintown Swing'', inspired by the neighborhood of [[Griffintown]] where he once lived.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://be-and-are.bandcamp.com/album/griffintown-swing|title=Griffintown Swing by D. Jung|date=February 21, 2019|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>

On August 13, 2021, d'Eon released his tenth studio album ''Rhododendron'' through [[Hausu Mountain|Hausu Mountain Records]], marking his first release in six years to be released in physical format.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/deon-rhododendron|title=Rhododendron|publisher=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=August 20, 2021|accessdate=December 19, 2022|author=Philip Sherburne}}</ref>


==Sound and image==
==Sound and image==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
d'Eon is a [[Catholic]].<ref name="musique-journal">{{cite web | url=https://musique-journal.fr/2019/05/09/quelques-nouvelles-de-la-vaporwave-chretienne/ | title=Quelques Nouvelles de la Vaporwave Chretienne | publisher=Musique Journal | date=May 9, 2019 | accessdate=October 17, 2019 | author=Menu, Etienne}}</ref>
d'Eon is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref name="musique-journal">{{cite web | url=https://musique-journal.fr/2019/05/09/quelques-nouvelles-de-la-vaporwave-chretienne/ | title=Quelques Nouvelles de la Vaporwave Chretienne | publisher=Musique Journal | date=May 9, 2019 | accessdate=October 17, 2019 | author=Menu, Etienne}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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!rowspan="1"|Title
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!rowspan="1"|Details
!rowspan="1"|Details
!rowspan="1"|Ref.
|-
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! scope="row" | ''Omon Ra / Chris d'Eon'' {{small|(with Omon Ra)}}
! scope="row" | ''Omon Ra / Chris d'Eon'' {{small|(with Omon Ra)}}
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* Label: Divorce
* Label: Divorce
* Formats: [[Cassette tape|Cassette]], [[Music download|digital download]]
* Formats: [[Cassette tape|Cassette]], [[Music download|digital download]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4059418-Chris-DEon-Omon-Ra-Split|title=Chris D'Eon* / Omon Ra – Split|accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Wa Al-'Asr''
! scope="row" | ''Wa Al-'Asr''
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* Label: Numbers Station
* Label: Numbers Station
* Formats: Cassette, digital download
* Formats: Cassette, digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4059367-Chris-DEon-Wa-Al-Asr|title=Chris D'Eon* – Wa Al-'Asr|accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Æon''
! scope="row" | ''Æon''
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* Label: Numbers Station
* Label: Numbers Station
* Formats: Cassette, digital download
* Formats: Cassette, digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicforkeyboards.bandcamp.com/album/on|title=Æon by d'Eon|date=January 7, 2020|accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Omon Ra II / Dirty Beaches'' {{small|(as part of Omon Ra II with [[Dirty Beaches]])}}
! scope="row" | ''Omon Ra II / Dirty Beaches'' {{small|(as part of Omon Ra II with [[Dirty Beaches]])|}}
|
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* Released: April 2010
* Released: April 2010
* Label: Campaign for Infinity
* Label: Campaign for Infinity
* Formats: Cassette, digital download
* Formats: Cassette, digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://campaignforinfinity.bandcamp.com/album/dirty-beaches-omon-ra-ii-split|title=DIRTY BEACHES & OMON RA II SPLIT by DIRTY BEACHES & OMON RA II|date=May 1, 2010|accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Palinopsia''
! scope="row" | ''Palinopsia''
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* Label: Hippos in Tanks
* Label: Hippos in Tanks
* Formats: [[Phonograph record|LP]], digital download
* Formats: [[Phonograph record|LP]], digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/293851-Deon-Palinopsia|title=D'eon – Palinopsia|accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''LP''
! scope="row" | ''LP''
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* Label: Hippos in Tanks
* Label: Hippos in Tanks
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], LP, digital download
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], LP, digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/616280-Deon-LP|title=D'eon – LP|accessdate=December 18, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Foxconn​ /​ Trios''
! scope="row" | ''Foxconn​ /​ Trios''
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* Label: Knives
* Label: Knives
* Format: LP, digital download
* Format: LP, digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicforkeyboards.bandcamp.com/album/foxconn-trios |title=Foxconn / Trios by d'Eon|date=November 27, 2015|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Patriot'' {{small|(as Eva Weishaupt)}}
! scope="row" | ''Patriot'' {{small|(as Eva Weishaupt)}}
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* Label: B&R Records
* Label: B&R Records
* Format: Digital download
* Format: Digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hvrfcentralcommand.bandcamp.com/album/patriot|title=PATRIOT by EVA WEISHAUPT|date=August 11, 2016|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Griffintown Swing'' {{small|(as D. Jung)}}
! scope="row" | ''Griffintown Swing'' {{small|(as D. Jung)}}
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* Label: B&R Records
* Label: B&R Records
* Format: Digital download
* Format: Digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://be-and-are.bandcamp.com/album/griffintown-swing|title=Griffintown Swing by D. Jung|date=February 21, 2019|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Six Trios''
! scope="row" | ''Six Trios''
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* Label: Self-released
* Label: Self-released
* Formats: Digital download
* Formats: Digital download
|<ref name="six">{{cite web|url=https://musicforkeyboards.bandcamp.com/album/six-trios|title=Six Trios by d'Eon|date=March 6, 2019|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''The Rave Is Not a Sacred Space'' {{small|(as Kallisti)}}
! scope="row" | ''The Rave Is Not a Sacred Space'' {{small|(as Kallisti)}}
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* Label: B&R Records
* Label: B&R Records
* Formats: Digital download
* Formats: Digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://be-and-are.bandcamp.com/album/the-rave-is-not-a-sacred-space|title=The Rave Is Not a Sacred Space by Kallisti|date=April 13, 2019|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''From the Root of Jesse Proceeds a Splendid Flower''
! scope="row" | ''From the Root of Jesse Proceeds a Splendid Flower''
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* Label: Self-released
* Label: Self-released
* Formats: Digital download
* Formats: Digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicforkeyboards.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-root-of-jesse-proceeds-a-splendid-flower|title=From the Root of Jesse Proceeds a Splendid Flower by d'Eon|date=February 13, 2020|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Four Trios''
! scope="row" | ''Four Trios''
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* Label: Self-released
* Label: Self-released
* Formats: Digital download
* Formats: Digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicforkeyboards.bandcamp.com/album/four-trios|title=Four Trios by d'Eon|date=February 4, 2021|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Bijoux''
! scope="row" | ''Bijoux''
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* Label: Self-released
* Label: Self-released
* Formats: Digital download
* Formats: Digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicforkeyboards.bandcamp.com/album/bijoux|title=Bijoux by d'Eon|date=February 22, 2021|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
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|-
! scope="row" | ''Rhododendron''
! scope="row" | ''Rhododendron''
|
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* Released: August 13, 2021
* Released: August 13, 2021
* Label: Hausu Mountain
* Label: [[Hausu Mountain]]
* Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
* Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hausumountain.bandcamp.com/album/rhododendron|title=Rhododendron by d'Eon|date=August 13, 2021|accessdate=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
|}
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!rowspan="1"|Details
!rowspan="1"|Details
|-
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! scope="row" | ''Jackson Macintosh (Swans Covers)''
! scope="row" | ''Swans Covers''
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* Released: 2010
* Released: 2010
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* Formats: Digital download
* Formats: Digital download
|-
|-
! scope="row" | ''Dhikr Remembrance of God''{{efn|group=upper-alpha|''Dhikr Remembrance of God'' is the title of d'Eon's half of ''Omon Ra / Chris d'Eon''. It was rereleased as an EP in 2011 with the bonus track "Haydar" from ''Wa Al'-Asr''.}}
! scope="row" | ''Dhikr Remembrance of God''{{efn|group=upper-alpha|''Dhikr Remembrance of God'' is a compilation EP of d'Eon's side of ''Omon Ra / Chris d'Eon'' and "Haydar" from ''Wa Al'-Asr''.}}
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* Released: August 18, 2011
* Released: August 18, 2011
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===Music videos===
===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]])
*"Transparency" (2011, directed by [[Grimes]])


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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://musicforkeyboards.bandcamp.com/ d'Eon on Bandcamp]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130121185709/http://hipposintanks.net/artists/deon/ d'Eon on Hippos in Tanks]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130121185709/http://hipposintanks.net/artists/deon/ d'Eon on Hippos in Tanks]
*{{Twitter}}
*{{Twitter}}

Revision as of 09:59, 19 December 2022

d'Eon
Birth nameChris d'Eon
Also known as
  • Kallisti
  • D. Jung
  • Eva Weishaupt
Born1985 (age 39–40)
OriginDartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician, producer, composer
Instrument(s)Vocals, keyboards, dramyin
Years active2009–present
Labels
Member ofOmon Ra II

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.[1][2][3]

Early life

Chris d'Eon began making music at four years old after receiving synthesizers and a sequencer from his parents.[4][5] He took professional music courses as a teenager before dropping out of his studies entirely.[4]

In 2008, d'Eon travelled to the Himalayas and was taught how to play the dramyin by a Tibetan musician. During this trip, he moved to the Dip Tse Chok Ling monastery and didn't speak for months.[5] This trip greatly influenced his musical eclecticism, as upon returning to Canada, d'Eon began incorporating dramyin and other elements of Eastern music into his music.[5]

Career

2009-2010: Wa Al'-Asr, Æon, and Palinopsia

d'Eon's first music released was the second half of a split album with Omon Ra, released in 2009.[6] 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.[6] Among these is d'Eon's debut album, Wa Al'-Asr, which was released in late 2009 through Numbers Station Recordings.[6] The song "Tear Down the Wall" from Wa Al'-Asr received a music video directed by Matthew Wilson, who later joined d'Eon in psychedelic rock band Omon Ra II.[7]

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 comprised of d'Eon's own interpolations of songs by experimental rock band Swans.[6] Palinopsia, d'Eon's third album, was also released later in the year through Hippos in Tanks to commercial success.[8]

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!.[2][9][10] On June 23, 2011, d'Eon also released an EP of instrumental outtakes from the production of Darkbloom entitled Darkbloom Sessions through SoundCloud.[11]

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 outliers being "#03", "#05", "#15", and "#14", which are extended versions of, respectfully, "Track 3", "Track 5", "Track 8", and "Track 9" from d'Eon's first album, Wa Al'-Asr. 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.[12] d'Eon's highly anticipated fourth album, LP, was released in 2012 to significant praise.[13][14]

2013-2018: Foxconn / Trios and side projects

d'Eon began working on music under the side project Kallisti in 2013.[15] Between working on the Kallisti project and his Music for Keyboards series, d'Eon released his fifth album Foxconn / Trios on November 27, 2015.[16] Similar to Darkbloom Sessions, d'Eon released a companion EP to Foxconn / Trios entitled Foxconn / Trios Sessions.[17]

In 2016, d'Eon released an album entitled Patriot as Eva Weishaupt, a more political side project.[18] 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.[19]

2019-present: Rhododendron

On March 6, 2019, d'Eon returned from a musical hiatus with his sixth studio album Six Trios.[20] Earlier that year and under the new side project D. Jung, d'Eon had released an album titled Griffintown Swing, inspired by the neighborhood of Griffintown where he once lived.[21]

On August 13, 2021, d'Eon released his tenth studio album Rhododendron through Hausu Mountain Records, marking his first release in six years to be released in physical format.[22]

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.[3] He was also compared to Oneohtrix Point Never and DJ Deeon.[9] Alex Hudson of Exclaim! describes d'Eon's music as a juxtaposition of genres such as "Chicago footwork, new jack swing, UK drum & bass and trip hop".[10] Ambient and Tibetan music elements in his music have also been noted.[2][9]

Personal life

d'Eon is a Catholic.[23]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Ref.
Omon Ra / Chris d'Eon (with Omon Ra) [24]
Wa Al-'Asr
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Numbers Station
  • Formats: Cassette, digital download
 [25]
Æon
  • Released: January 7, 2010
  • Label: Numbers Station
  • Formats: Cassette, digital download
 [26]
Omon Ra II / Dirty Beaches (as part of Omon Ra II with Dirty Beaches)
  • Released: April 2010
  • Label: Campaign for Infinity
  • Formats: Cassette, digital download
 [27]
Palinopsia
  • Released: October 31, 2010
  • Label: Hippos in Tanks
  • Formats: LP, digital download
 [28]
LP
  • Released: June 4, 2012
  • Label: Hippos in Tanks
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 [29]
Foxconn​ /​ Trios
  • Released: November 27, 2015
  • Label: Knives
  • Format: LP, digital download
 [30]
Patriot (as Eva Weishaupt)
  • Released: August 11, 2016
  • Label: B&R Records
  • Format: Digital download
 [31]
Griffintown Swing (as D. Jung)
  • Released: February 21, 2019
  • Label: B&R Records
  • Format: Digital download
 [32]
Six Trios
  • Released: March 6, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
 [20]
The Rave Is Not a Sacred Space (as Kallisti)
  • Released: April 13, 2019
  • Label: B&R Records
  • Formats: Digital download
 [33]
From the Root of Jesse Proceeds a Splendid Flower
  • Released: February 13, 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
 [34]
Four Trios
  • Released: February 4, 2021
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
 [35]
Bijoux
  • Released: February 22, 2021
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
 [36]
Rhododendron
  • Released: August 13, 2021
  • Label: Hausu Mountain
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
 [37]

Mixtapes

Title Details
Cruel New Decade
  • Released: August 11, 2010
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
Ghosthack
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

Title Details
Swans Covers
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Palimpsest
  • Formats: Cassette
Darkbloom (with Grimes)
  • 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[A]
  • Released: August 18, 2011
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
Arc of Fire (as Kallisti)
  • Released: December 1, 2013
  • Label: B&R Records
  • Formats: Digital download
Foxconn / Trios Sessions
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
Phony Assets (as Kallisti)
  • 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)

Notes

  1. ^ Dhikr Remembrance of God is a compilation EP of d'Eon's side of Omon Ra / Chris d'Eon and "Haydar" from Wa Al'-Asr.

References

  1. ^ Goble, Corban (March 6, 2012). "d'Eon – Music For Keyboards Mixtape". Stereogum. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Zoladz, Lindsay (May 19, 2011). "d'Eon / Grimes - Darkbloom EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "d'Eon". Allmusic. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Lesley De Marinis (February 2, 2010). "Meditate on this: Chris d'Eon takes dance music to the ashram". The Link. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "d'Eon: Palinopsia Album Review". Pitchfork. December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "d'Eon". Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  7. ^ "Omon Ra II". Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  8. ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry (December 8, 2010). "d'Eon - Palinopsia". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  9. ^ a b c Sherburne, Philip (March 13, 2012). "Grimes Collaborator D'Eon Offers Free Album". Spin. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  10. ^ a b "Grimes and d'Eon Team Up for Split Twelve-Inch". Exclaim!. March 3, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  11. ^ "Listen to some new d'Eon instrumentals". DummyMag. June 23, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  12. ^ "d'Eon Drops Free Album". The Quietus. March 12, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  13. ^ "d'Eon announces album for Hippos in Tanks". Fact. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  14. ^ Ashurst, Hari (June 6, 2012). "d'Eon - LP". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  15. ^ "d'Eon unveils Kallisti side project with rave-ready 'Michael Douglas'". Fact Mag. October 24, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  16. ^ "D'EON: Foxconn/Trios - LP - KNIVES - Forced Exposure". January 8, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  17. ^ "Interview: d'Eon". Severance Time. December 7, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  18. ^ "PATRIOT by EVA WEISHAUPT". August 11, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  19. ^ "WORLD WAR 2020 - EPISODE FOUR (2016 VERSION): WIKILEAKS VS. DNC by FOX 6 & FRIENDS (VARIOUS ARTISTS)". January 5, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  20. ^ a b "Six Trios by d'Eon". March 6, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  21. ^ "Griffintown Swing by D. Jung". February 21, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  22. ^ Philip Sherburne (August 20, 2021). "Rhododendron". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  23. ^ Menu, Etienne (May 9, 2019). "Quelques Nouvelles de la Vaporwave Chretienne". Musique Journal. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  24. ^ "Chris D'Eon* / Omon Ra – Split". Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  25. ^ "Chris D'Eon* – Wa Al-'Asr". Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  26. ^ "Æon by d'Eon". January 7, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  27. ^ "DIRTY BEACHES & OMON RA II SPLIT by DIRTY BEACHES & OMON RA II". May 1, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  28. ^ "D'eon – Palinopsia". Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  29. ^ "D'eon – LP". Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  30. ^ "Foxconn / Trios by d'Eon". November 27, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  31. ^ "PATRIOT by EVA WEISHAUPT". August 11, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  32. ^ "Griffintown Swing by D. Jung". February 21, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  33. ^ "The Rave Is Not a Sacred Space by Kallisti". April 13, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  34. ^ "From the Root of Jesse Proceeds a Splendid Flower by d'Eon". February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  35. ^ "Four Trios by d'Eon". February 4, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  36. ^ "Bijoux by d'Eon". February 22, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  37. ^ "Rhododendron by d'Eon". August 13, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
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