Margin Walker presents Formed in San Francisco in 2007, Geographer is
the moniker for Mike Deni's American synthpop/indie rock band. Deni
has described his sound as being "soulful music from outer space"
using analog, electronic, and acoustic elements to craft dense layers
and unique sound textures. As Geographer, Deni has released three
full-length albums, Innocent Ghosts (2008), Myth (2012), andGhost
Modern (2015). Along with three EPs: Animal Shapes (2010), Endless
Motion (2015), andAlone Time (2018).
Deni relocated to San Francisco from New Jersey, after living with the
aftermath of the sudden and tragic death of his sister, and then the
equally unexpected death of his father a year later. While sleeping on
the floor of his friends' apartment in the Haight, Deni found a
synthesizer on the street and began to channel both his grief and his
optimism into the songs that would become Innocent Ghosts. This theme
would continue through all his music, which pits intense and
emotionally probing lyrics with momentous and soaring arrangements,
often featuring electric cello. The Animal Shapes EP put GEOGRAPHER ON
THE MAP AND LAUNCHED HIS CAREER. Since that release, GEOGRAPHER HAS
HEADLINED MULTIPLE NATIONAL TOURS, performed at festivals such
as OUTSIDE LANDS and FIREFLY and toured with musical luminaries
such as K.FLAY, THE FLAMING LIPS, YOUNG THE GIANT, TYCHO, RATATAT,
BETTY WHO, AND TOKYO POLICE CLUB.
In 2018 Deni gave up his apartment in San Francisco and hopped between
tours and friends' couches for the next 6 months, spending a month in
his hometown in NJ, and a few weeks in Italy, where both sides of his
family are from, before relocating to Los Angeles. During that time of
shiftlessness, in limbo between his old and new life, Deni wrote the
songs that would become the New Jersey EP. Many of the songs began
in NJ in his childhood home and were finished in Los Angeles at his
friend's house while looking for an apartment. "Summer of My
Discontentment" and "Love is Wasted in the Dark" are the first pieces
of music written during that time to be released by Deni and explore
the notions of origin, nostalgia, and the metamorphosis of the dreams
of the young.
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