PRESS:

"Strange and wonderful, and best of all, unlike anything else we can think of." - Time Out New York

"The music he ends up with sounds like little else out there, a heaving mass of static beats, monolithic distortion, and bending, diving tones.. a unique and uncompromising sound that ultimately transcends its limitations." - Pitchfork

"Ghost Town works on so many levels at the same time it almost seems unfair... one of the finest releases this year." - Delusions of Adequacy

"While Ghost Town lacks the archness of LCD Soundsystem or the full-pelt charge of Holy Fuck, its dizzying shifts between harmony and simmering white noise, and Friel's playful but intense layering of contrasting sound textures make it the equal of both." - The Wire

"There's really no scene that you could file this album under - Friel is out there on his own. As such, the best tracks on Ghost Town feel like revelations, like new ways of communicating shared musical ideas." - Dusted Magazine

"This is gorgeous. This is great... This record makes me believe in the future of music. - Coke Machine Glow

"Dan Friel's accomplished Ghost Town comes as an unexpected surprise.. the record's eight track - equal parts noise and melody-are cobbled together using lo-fi and 8-bit electronics; seven of them are incredible." - XLR8R

"The first song Ghost Town Part 1 is like being struck by lightning. It feels good to know you've experienced one of the greatest most intense and visceral moments in pop music history - but It also hurts. Possibly the best thing I've heard - ever." - Cyclic Defrost Magazine

Low Times Podcast interview

Article Magazine interview

Cyclic Defrost interview

"Recommended" column for The A.V. Club

Brooklyn Vegan interview/photos

DISCOGRAPHY:

"Broken Man Going To Work" (2001 Self-released)
"Groundswell" with Parts & Labor (2003 JMZ Records)
"Rise, Rise, Rise" with Parts & Labor (split album with Tyondai Braxton, 2003 Narnack Records)
"Sunburn" (2004 Velocirecords)
"Obsoleter" (2005 Night People/Spooky Tree Records)
"Stay Afraid" with Parts & Labor (2006 Jagjaguwar Records)
"Escapers One" with Parts & Labor (2006 Brooklyn Beats Records)
"Mapmaker" with Parts & Labor (2007 Jagjaguwar Records)
"Escapers Two" with Parts & Labor (2007 Ace-Fu Records)
"Live on WFMU 1995" with Squidlaunch (2008)
"Ghost Town" (2008 Important Records)
"Receivers" with Parts & Labor (2008 Jagjaguwar Records)
"Constant Future" with Parts & Labor (2011 Jagjaguwar Records)
"Staring Contest" 7" collaboration w/ Mincemeat or Tenspeed (2011 Ormolycka Records)


PROJECTS:

Dan Friel (solo electronics - first release 2001)
Parts & Labor (vocals/electronics/guitar, founded 2002)
Cardboard Records (record label run with BJ Warshaw - founded 2005)


OTHER PERFORMANCES:

Tyondai Braxton "Central Market" (guitar and bass for 2011 performances @ Lincoln Center, Walker Arts Center and the Library of Congress)
Glenn Branca "Symphony 13" (guitar for 2001 performance at World Trade Center)
Ui (guitar and electronics for Primavera Festival 2010)
Pterodactyl (guitar and electronics for SXSW tour 2011)