LIVE FROM CR5: DERADOORIAN

WNYC
09/07/02/live-from-cr5-deradoorian/ – Video
Thu, Jul 2, 2009

Angel Deradoorian has appeared in music magazines across the
nation during the past month. That’s her on the album cover of Dirty
Projectors’ Bitte Orca, on the right, with the red translucent splotch
masking her face. She’s been portrayed as a foot soldier in Dirtiest
Projector Dave Longstreth’s war against traditional rock music, playing
a number of instruments and singing in complex rhythms and harmonies.

She’s got her own thing going, too, though. Angel released a short
album, Mind Raft, earlier this year under her last name (and for
those wondering, it’s Armenian). Even though it was produced by
Longstreth, the EP doesn’t sound like a spin-off. Deradoorian’s
voice is unshackled from the Projectors’ complex multi-part vocal
arrangements, and she sounds more soulful, even a bit goth. Also,
the breezy time signatures are less likely to induce epileptic shock.

Angel appeared on Soundcheck on Wednesday to perform songs from
Mind Raft, along with her drummer (and brother) Aram Deradoorian,
guitarist Matthew Million and bassist Mookie Singerman. Watch her
video of the song "Moon" above, or listen to the whole show below.