Darius VanSluytman has performed with a number of ensembles and under a number of pseudonyms. He began performing in the alternative music scene, in classic venues (C.B.G.B.’s, Brownies, Baby Jupiter), D.I.Y. spaces (Rubulad, Dante’s Fried Chicken), and alternative arts venues (Galapagos, The AlterKnit at the original Knitting Factory) of the Lower East Side and Williamsburg scenes in the late 90s and early 2000s. His band No Surrender were early entrants on the Afropunk scene playing their 2006 and 2007 block parties. He has also performed alternative musical theater with John Zorn protege Raz Mesinai at Etna Fest in Catania, and Mike Ladd at The Kitchen. He has performed with Vijay Iyer, Jessika Kenny, Shazad Ismaily and other luminaries of the new music and jazz scenes. He has recorded with Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, celebrated score composer Costanza Francavilla, and producer Johan Karlberg (Mumford & Sons, The Very Best, Lazarus). He has appeared on screen in the feature film Lifted (2010), and performed at SONAR Festival in Barcelona (with No Surrender), The Whitney Museum (with VisionIntoArt), The Frist Museum in Nashville, and Il Teatro Manzoni in Milan, the Notting Hill Arts Club in London and more. His work has been covered in VICE, Rolling Stone, SPIN, MTV, Time Out London, Mojo, NME Magazine, Dazed & Confused and other outlets. He has also published poetry, articles and short fiction in a number of publications. He received his Masters in Music at NYU’s Steinhardt Music Technology program where he studied under electronic music pioneers including Joel Cadabe and Kenneth Peacock, and respected producers like Paul Geluso. His current synth/spoken word duo Low Wave performs regularly on the Brooklyn D.I.Y. and literary scenes.
