Delaney Davidson - Self Decapitation

1st December 2009
SELF DECAPITATION, Davidson’s third solo album, was recorded in Venice and Wisconsin, Berlin and San Francisco, with a touch of the Port-A-Studio his own flavour of Home Recording. Self Decapitation marks his return as Solo Artist to primitive rock'n'roll label Voodoo Rhythm Records located in Bern, Switzerland.  Self Decapitation will first be available as a Limited Edition Pre Release Special Version and he will be promoting it this summer before he leaves to tour europe in april 2010. Including songs he wrote during The Steelbridge Songfest in Downtown Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, there are songs written all over the world aswell as Long Awaited Classics (Dirty Dozen) from Davidsons repertoire. 

Blending his own style of fatalistic nostalgia aswell as his compelling dark carnival style, Delaney Davidson has managed to branch away from the smokey interior worlds he created on "Ghost Songs" and ventured into the more upbeat. Joined by Dan Woggle, of the legendary garage band the Woggles aswell as the Reverend Beatman, whose label Voodoo Rhythm Davidson has been a part of for years now.

Officially his Third solo album, "Self Decapitation" is Raw. It has an air of Danger (Dirty Dozen, In the Pines, Magpie song). It is a Captivating Release. And manages to mix heady concoction of dirt, heartbreak, hope, dreams, displacement, resignation, and sweetness.

Delaney Davidson is a World Travelling Hobo, Originating from New Zealand and previously basing himself out of Switzerland when he toured with cult legends Dead Brothers and was instrumental in the sublime "Wunderkammer" album (Voodoo Rhythm Records) playing singing saw, lap steel, drums and vocals. He is at home in most cities in Europe aswell as enjoying the times he has spent in the USA.

Davidson has also played as guest for many bands including The Reverend Beatman and Zeno Tornado aswell as other voodoo rhythm bands, both live and in the studio.

He has supported mystic dark folkers Wovenhand, alternative song masters Tex Perkins and Tim Robbins in their T&T duo, and was invited and toured the USA in 2008 with Queen of the Underground Holly Golightly and the Broke Offs, where he attracted rave reviews which resulted in his invitation to headline the SteelBridge Song Fest in Wisconsin 2009. Following on from this success he returned to Sturgeon bay to take part in the Dark Songs songwriting festival, and now holds an open invitation to return.

Performing in the Basel Stadt Theatre's "Drei Groschen Oper" he is also at home in the theatre, and his eerie music is well suited to film soundtrack.

Davidson can also be found on the big screen playing the lead role as jail bird Parrish in Marc Littlers Noir-Cotic odyssey The Road to Nod (Slowboat Films) which premiered in July 2007.  Davidson was also a key player in Slowboat Films’ feature length documentary on the Dead Brothers titled Death Is Not The End.

He also starred in Slowboat Films VOODOO RHYTHM, The gospel of Primitive Rock and Roll,  
Having completed three successful solo European tours he is currently wrapping up his fourth. Delaney has just completed his third tour of the USA, establishing himself deeper into the roots of the landscape that his musical influences stem from, and finding a firm foothold in the terrain of western, blues and roots folk music.
The official release date for his Self Decapitition album is march 1st, 2010 and he will kick this off with his 5th tour of Europe on the 1st of April. 

Press has consistently praised Davidson by saying: “To paint a picture of what it sounded like, try imagining Bob Dylan covering the songs off of Tom Waits’ Bone Machine with Son House accompanying on bottleneck guitar. Davidson has got Dylan’s current raspy and disaffected delivery, while his subject matter is filled with “Waitsian” images of seediness and mortality. He utilized loop pedals to craft his rhythm guitar licks, while doing some experimental and improvisational “soloing” on top of them. At one point he even let the looped guitar keep repeating itself for several minutes while he led a waltz competition on the floor of the club (which was won jointly by a pair of hard-competing unisex couples). Overall I thought very highly of Davidson’s set, and look forward to spinning my newly purchased copy of his record.” – John Behm, Cultural Bully 

DISCOGRAPHY:

SOLO
2009 - SELF DECAPITATION. Voodoo Rhythm Records
2008 - GHOST SONGS. Rough Diamond Home Recordings.
2007 - ROUGH DIAMOND. Stink Magnetic
2005 - BEATS A POKE IN THE EYE. Rough Diamond Home Recordings.
2004 - GOD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE. Rough Diamond Home Recordings.

w/ ALPINE CRETINS
2007 - PITCH.INST.CHROME.MASTER.KEY. She'll Be Right Records

w/ DEAD BROTHERS
2004 - FLAMMEND HERZ. Voodoo Rhythm Records
2006 - WUNDERKAMMER. Voodoo Rhythm Records
w/ DELEMMI'S CARAVAN BASEMENT BAND
2003 - SELF TITLED  Rough Diamond Home Recordings

w/ BRASS BED
2001 - SAVE YOUR BREATH. Bah Humbug
1998 - THE "NO" SINGLE. Bah Humbug

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