Daniel Gardner
location . Montréal, CA
personal website . Frivolouslive.com

As a school teacher, it seemed easiest to link the unconventional behavior of Daniel Gardner to a learning disability; prooving to be the first in a series of failed attempts to categorize this undefinable young artist. Grades were always mediocre at best for the young suburban Vancouverite, until one semester a mysterious new course emerged into a normally less than progressive curriculum; Electronic Music Composition.

Suddenly discovered were honor roll grades, and a means to merge a captive young mind with over a decade of communist-style classical piano training.

In 1996, won over by unified dance floors and the Detroit sound, the 16 year old Frivolous engages in a long term love affair with the loop and takes his first weekly residency at a downtown Vancouver afterhours. After two successfully directionless years in electronics and then design, and after dabbling with some white label releases, Daniel decides to put his pride aside and send out a demo. A CD of incomplete works were sent out as an experiment to 5 of the most technologically innovative 12" labels in Germany and received back were 3 requests to release the material. "I told Andy [Vaz] that the work wasn't finished, and the day I received his reply was the day that the test pressings arrived for the Crankkongestion EP (Background Records),

it's just been a chain reaction since then." Today, after a long evolution in his sound, Daniel's recording alter-ego Frivolous captures a romantekly influenced montage of the most cutting edge production technics with an old soul mentality. Along side his extremely bizarre performances, is the incorporation of classic instruments, home-made inventions and vocals into an environment built on experiments with glitchy cut-up funk, musique actuelle and found sound.

Discography

Full-Lenght's / EP's
- Kevork Motion EP, Background Records, 12"
- The Impermiable Disguise EP, Karloff Rekordings, 12"
- Buffet Haraja, Karloff Rekordings, 12"
- XXX EP, Proptronix, 12"
- Slinky/XXX EP, Epsilonlab, MP3
- Somewhere In The Suburbs, Karloff Rekordings
- Coquitlam BC EP, Karloff Rekordings, 12"
- Whonnock BC EP, Karloff Rekordings, 12"
- The Romantek EP, Karloff Rekordings, 12"
- The Forty Inch EP, Background Records, 12"
- The Crankkongestion EP, Background Records, 12"

Compilations Appearances
- Fredrick Cokanose, THE WIRE Mark B Festival Sampler, THE WIRE
- Slinky Internationalist, Sleeman's Brewery Compilation, Sony/BMG
- Y'a Pas Grand Chose, The Paul Piche Remixes, Jajou Productions
- Slinky Internationalist, Cafe Melies Vol.3
- Voices Thru Harmonium, Spex Magazine Sampler
- Kisses (In Swing Time), Mutek-04
- Things That Happen [To You], Cafe Melies Vol.2
- Welfare Fraud Remix, SV 6-6 Soundvariation
- Polokolipt (Friendly Fe-lion mix), Night Owls 2 Comp, Deluxe Records
- Toaster, Telephone, Coffee Maker, Microwave, Domestic Appliances Comp., Medik Records