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Canadian electronic music artist
Prhizzm
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Birth name
| Brendan Dellandrea
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Origin
| Canada
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Genres
| Electronic
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Occupation(s)
| Musician
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Years active
| 2003-2007
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Labels
| Benbecula
, Audiobulb
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Musical artist
Prhizzm
(real name
Brendan Dellandrea
) is a Canadian solo
electronic music
artist based in
Toronto
.
Dellandrea has been involved in the creation of electronic music since 2001. However, he has played the
piano
since the age of 13 and the
violin
since age 4. His first foray into published electronic music was the self-released
Small Comfort EP
in 2003. Next came the
mp3
-release
Fragment Synthesis
at
Hippocamp.net
. That release was removed from the site due to label interest and is no longer available, although four of the five tracks in this release have re-appeared on subsequent CD releases. Dellandrea’s big break finally came when he was signed to
Scotland
’s
Benbecula Records
and released a self-titled EP in March 2005. The
Prhizzm EP
was followed a year later by a full-length CD-R release within Benbecula’s
Mineral Series
featuring “oddities and new tracks”. The now-defunct Prhizzm website described the release as a collection of “early ambient tracks, EP b-sides, vocal tracks, and a sneak peek of the forthcoming prhizzm album”.
In January 2007, Dellandrea accompanied local friend and musician
Minisystem
on keyboards for his debut record release party performance.
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His father is
Jon Dellandrea
, an educator and recipient of the
Order of Canada
.
Influences
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Early musical influences mentioned by Dellandrea are
Pink Floyd
,
Led Zeppelin
, the
Beach Boys
, and
The Cars
. While electronica influences on his work are wide and varied, those clearly be heard include
Boards of Canada
and fellow Benbecula labelmate,
christ.
Discography
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Albums
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Singles and EPs
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Contributions
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- “Qualm” on
Music Volume Four
, Benbecula Records, 2007
- “Ordeal by Ice” on
-40 (NFB Remixes)
, C0C0S0L1DC1T1, 2005
- “We are Intimate Strangers” on
PlayBack (Salle de Jour Remixes)
, Hippocamp.net, 2004
- “Half Asleep” on
Switches
, Audiobulb Records, 2004
- “Aquatic Variant” on
Exhibition #1
, Audiobulb Records, 2003
Remixes
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- “Happyfour Twenty (prhizzm remix)” on
Christ.
’s
Vernor Vinge
, Benbecula Records, 2006
References
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External links
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