Dean Hurley
Submerged, cinematic textures that blur the line between sound design and music. Deeply atmospheric drones for late-night introspection and surrealist moods.
Submerged, cinematic textures that blur the line between sound design and music. Deeply atmospheric drones for late-night introspection and surrealist moods.
Listening to Dean Hurley feels like being submerged in a pool of dark, warm ink. It is music that occupies the physical space of a room, characterized by deep, vibrating low-end frequencies and a sense of vast, cavernous distance. There is a tactile quality to the sound, as if you can feel the microscopic grit of analog tape and the metallic resonance of industrial machinery humming in the basement of a dream.
What makes Hurley distinctive is his mastery of 'liminal' sound. While many ambient artists aim for relaxation, Hurley aims for presence. He uses sound design techniques, such as room tones and psychoacoustic spatialization, to create a sense of 'elsewhere.' His work often feels like the score to a film that hasn't been made yet, or perhaps the sound of the world when humans aren't looking.
Start with Anthology Resource Vol. 1: △△ if you want to experience the specific, haunting DNA of the Twin Peaks universe. For a more philosophical and abstract journey into the afterlife and the void, move to Anthology Resource Vol. II. These works are best experienced on high-quality headphones in total darkness.
Dean Hurley is an American composer, record producer, musician, sound designer, re-recording mixer, and songwriter. He received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the third season of Twin Peaks. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director David Lynch. Hurley has worked on many different types of films as a film score composer, sound supervisor, sound designer, re-recording mixer, sound mixer, and supervising sound editor. Notably he composed the film score of the 2023 feature film Divinity, along with DJ and record producer DJ Muggs. He produced for the Veils on their album Total Depravity (2016). In 2017, Hurley released the album Anthology Resource Vol. 1: △△, which features original material created for Twin Peaks, and in 2019 he released Anthology Resource Vol. II: Philosophy of Beyond on Sacred Bones Records. He has worked with a variety of musicians aside from Lynch and the Veils, such as Romance, John Carpenter, Chromatics, Sky Ferreira, Zola Jesus, Gloria de Oliveira, Dlina Volny, Donovan, Trouble, Chrystabell, Jaye Jayle, Jorja Chalmers, Tiny Ruins, Sam Gendel, among others.
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