Next Daemon DJ Set: December 4

What: Daemon DJ Set = Hip-hop, electro, nasty bass, and more

When: Saturday, December 4, 9pmish

Where: Rockit Room, SF

Why: The people need to get panda!

Cost: $0

My Discography

Monster-0 Releases

Monster-0 Works for You (EP) -- 2010

Don't Worry About the World -- 2008

...And Then There Were Zero -- 2005

daemon Releases

Background Processes -- 2009

All releases available on iTunes and Amazon.

The Next Daemon DJ Set is October 22 in SF!

Where: Rockit Room

When: Friday October 22, 9pm-2am

Cost: $0

Who: You and daemon and a bunch of cool songs

DJ Set this Friday in SF

This Friday, September 2, I'll be playing a DJ set at Rockit Room in SF. 9pm. No cover. Mixing M.I.A. with INXS with Daft Punk with Hall & Oates with Phoenix with Ladytron with the Beastie Boys (and whatever else sounds good at the time).

Where: Rockit Room (406 Clement Street)

When: 9pm

Cost: $0

Word!

Daemon

Liner Notes for the New EP

Since Monster-0 Works for You is a digital release, you don't get any nice packaging and liner notes. Apologies. I've gathered the liner notes and lyrics below:

Monster-0 Works for You

Monster-0 is Daemon Hatfield

All songs written and recorded by Daemon in his San Francisco apartment.

Mastered by Dennis Mortensen in NYC.

Special thanks to Geddes and Claudia.

1. Never You Mind (written January 2009)

Remember in the summer

When we first met each other

We drank ourselves into bed you know we had it made

Well I’ve still got your number

I’m waking up your mother

I’ll crawl up to your window girl and this is what I’ll say

I am inclined to think about you most all the time

Until I forget you – press rewind

And then I remember when you were mine

Never you mind

These girls are looking scary

You said on the contrary

We’ll divide and conquer impress them all before the dawn

Well I knew you’d deceive me

Run around and leave me

One step ahead of the game before you know it I’ll be gone

I am inclined to think about you most all the time

Until I forget you – press rewind

And then I remember when you were mine

Never you mind

Ah, so you found some ugly glasses

You’ve been taking hipster classes and now you’re too cool for school

Well I’ve still got your number

I’m waking up your mother

Gonna give you one more chance to be the girl who’s got it made

I am inclined to think about you most all the time

Until I forget you – press rewind

And then I remember when you were mine

Thinking of you is pretty much the only thing I do

Time to fall back and regroup

And figure out how to capture you – true

2. I Guess This Is My Life (written spring 2008)

Mom and Dad made it a while

They separated in the common style

Well, I guess this is my life now

You up and left without saying goodbye

The police were polite and everybody cried

Well, I guess this is my life now

We separated in the common style

And now your friends greet me with a fake smile

Well, I guess this is my life now

3. Mother Forever (written spring 2010)

Born into royalty

Experiment in loyalty

Mother needs you

Will never leave you

Resign yourself to your fate

No man will have you, it’s too late

Prince Imperial

No longer material

One by one the others left

You remained at mother’s breast

You’ll remain at mother’s side

Until the day she dies

Nevertheless

You said yes

You had ten years

Before the tears

If you stay with mother forever

You could be the opposite of me

Raised on your mother’s grief

You are here for her relief

The King of Spain remembers your name

One condition

Remember your mission

Nevertheless

You said yes

You had ten years

Before the tears

If you stay with mother forever

You could be the opposite of me

Born into royalty

Experiment in loyalty

You’ll remain at mother’s side

Until the day she dies

4. I Work for You (written late 2008)

Let’s listen to House of Love

Let’s think of a name for our band

You know I’m at your command

You snap your fingers

Look and linger

Through and through

I think that I work for you

You stand beside me

Try to guide me

Through and through

I think that I work for you

Let’s listen to House of Love

Let’s make this a house of love

And when we have a name for our band

We’ll travel all over the land

You snap your fingers

Look and linger

Through and through

I think that I work for you

You stand beside me

Try to guide me

Through and through

I think that I work for you

5. Ryan Writes Plays (written spring 2009)

instrumental

Fun facts:

- “I Guess This Is My Life” is a B-side that was left off Monster-0’s previous album, Don’t Worry About the World.

- “Mother Forever” is about Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria.

- House of Love, mentioned in “I Work for You,” is one of Daemon’s favorite Brit Pop bands.

- “Ryan Writes Plays” is named after Daemon’s friend Ryan Colwell. He lives in New York and really does write plays. This song was used in the soundtrack for one of them.

Of course, Monster-0 Works for You is now available on iTunes.

New EP Now Available on iTunes

My latest release, a five song EP titled Monster-0 Works for You, is now available on iTunes. Please to enjoy.

Monster-0 Works for You

I’m proud to unveil my latest release, a five song Monster-0 EP called Monster-0 Works for You. My Monster-0 stuff has always been a mix of rock and electronica, but now that I’ve started releasing my electronica tracks as daemon I’ve been focusing more on the rock stuff with Monster-0. So these are five catchy garage rock songs. You can listen to the opening track, “Never You Mind,” right here:

Never You Mind by monster-0

The EP has been submitted to iTunes and other digital stores and should be available within a week or two. I’ll let you know when it’s live. Hope you’ll check it out. No CD release this time – Monster-0 Works for You is a digital EP. My strategy is to put out smaller digital releases more often and then collect them all on a CD when I have enough material.

Loving you,

Daemon

Robocop vs. Terminator Lyrics

Got a request for the lyrics to "Robocop vs. Terminator" from someone who wants to sign it in a sign language class (which is awesome, btw). Figured I might as well post the lyrics, in case anyone else was interested.

Robocop vs. Terminator

Terminator, you said "I'll see you later"
When you stepped out to buy some milk
But you never came back

Robocop, you said you'd never stop loving me
Is that what you said to that new guy you're with?

You know you just can't trust these cyborg men
Any farther than you can throw them

Man and machine hang out in different scenes
Guess I wanted to believe that stuff about opposites
The first law, as stated by Asimov
A robot cannot harm a human being
Or break his heart

You just can't trust these cyborg men
Any farther than you can throw them

You said you'd be back

You just can't trust these cyborg men
Any farther than you can throw them

Terminator, you said "I'll see you later"
When you stepped out to buy some milk
But you never came back

_______________________________

Reminder: "Robocop vs. Terminator" is available on my second Monster-0 album, Don't Worry About the World.

Plug In Music Loves Background Processes

Plug In Music just posted a great review of my debut album under the name daemon, Background Processes. Hit the link below for the full review, but here's the gist:

"Background Processes has more than its fair share of catchy, feel good, intelligent electronic music, fully capable of soundtracking almost any activity."

Plug In Music's review of Background Processes

Background Processes is available on iTunes.

New Free Monster-0 Song

here is something Ryan Geddes and i put together back in October 2008. i wasn't ever sure what to do with it, so i figured i might as well put it out there. Geddes and i wanted to make an old school electro breakdance track based around the refrain "Synthotronic sounds/Going downtown." He wrote some hilarious lyrics, rapped the vocoder part, and i made the beats and synths. hopefully it makes you move your pants. please to enjoy:

Synthotronic Sounds by monster-0

you can download "Synthotronic Sounds" right here.

And here are Ryan’s lyrics:

Synthotronic Sounds

Going downtown

In a war torn future land

Music has been banned

Robots roam the overworld

Part of a master plan

Far below the surface

Humans bide their time

Building rebel music

And synthotronic rhymes

All the ladies in the club with your bleeps and bloops

Raise your dranks in the air for the synthotronic loops

Synthotronic Sounds

Going downtown

With our waveform weapons

We will now proceed

To banish the machine lords

And save humanity

When the revolution comes

Our people will be free

To dance upon the surface

Synthotronically

All the ladies in the club with your bleeps and bloops

Raise your dranks in the air for the synthotronic loops

Shorties gettin’ synthotronic

Homeboys gettin’ synthotronic

Gangstas gettin’ synthotronic

Everybody’s gettin’ synthotronic

Robots gettin’ synthotronic

Presidents getting’ synthotronic

Dogs are gettin’ synthotronic

Cats are gettin’ synthotronic

Daemon Fan Interview

Listener Alex Rakowski recently interviewed me about my latest album, Background Processes, for a school project and was kind enough to let me reproduce it here. Please to enjoy:

Alex Rakowski: When did you become a musician?

Daemon: I always had a knack for singing and started performing in musicals early in elementary school. Around third or fourth grade my parents got me a Yamaha keyboard for Christmas and I started writing little tunes and playing along with the built-in drum machine. From then on I would bore my family to death every Christmas Eve with hour-long performance pieces.

Alex: What made you become a musician?

Daemon: My dad is hardcore into music. He taught me how and why to love it. He’s not a musician himself, just a music lover to the extreme. That and playing with his grandkids are pretty much what he lives for. To this day he is more into the indie music scene than I am and is always turning me onto new bands. Right now I’m listening to a CD he just burned me of Bonnie “Prince” Billy.

Alex: While you are a solo act for the most part, do you ever collaborate with other musicians?

Daemon: I often wish I had a band to share the burden with. An indie band today needs to do a lot more than just write tunes – they need to market, promote, and distribute them, too. As a solo act, I have to do all of that junk. But the fact is I don’t often meet people who are both talented and motivated. It’s pretty easy to find people who have one or the other quality, but in my experience having both is rare. I also much prefer working with friends as opposed to some stranger from a Craig’s List ad. When I can pull in a friend to help me out I don’t hesitate. Back when I was living in Chicago on old friend who is also a great drummer lived there, too, and I got him to play shows with me and perform on my first album.

Alex: Who are some of your inspirations?

Daemon: I have a wide variety of influences, which I hope is evident when listening to my music. I try not to record the same song twice and I want my albums to sound like a good mixtape. But just a few of my major influences would be Boards of Canada, Ladytron, and The Clash.

Alex: What was the inspiration for the new album, Background Processes?

Daemon: I love instrumental electronica in the style of Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, or Squarepusher. To me, instrumental music can often be more powerful, emotional, and thought provoking than music with lyrics. However, I realize that most people want to listen to lyrics and sing along. Lyrics are how most people connect with music. So that’s something I’ve struggled with on my two Monster-0 records: I have instrumental stuff that I want to share but I’m trying to make it fit in with this pop/rock music. It made sense to start a side project (which I ended up calling daemon) through which I can release all my instrumental work. The response has been very positive, so I think I made the right decision.

Alex: You’ve mentioned in the past that some of the music on the album has been used in musicals and similar type events, can you elaborate on that a little?

Daemon: I come from a theatre background and have a lot of friends producing shows in Chicago and New York. Over the years they’ve asked me to compose pieces for their shows and I’ve compiled many of these works on Background Processes.

Alex: Also you work for one of the most popular video game sites on the Internet, IGN.com, true?

Daemon: This is true.

Alex: If given a chance to sign to a major record label, would you leave your job at IGN to pursue music?

Daemon: I’m not in any hurry to leave IGN, it’s kind of a dream job. Plus, pursuing a major label is kind of outdated. Major labels are offering less and less that bands can’t do on their own. So I’m perfectly happy playing games during the day and playing music at night.

Alex: What are your future plans?

Daemon: I plan to keep growing my audiences for Monster-0 and daemon and maybe start another side project or two. I’m really into both hip-hop and death metal, and I have lots of ideas for both genres. I’ve also started dipping my toes into composing for videogames, a venture that seems like a perfect fit for someone with my specific skill set.

New Song Snippet

here's something i started working on today. don't have a title, yet.

1.9.10 by monster-0

what do we think?