{{Short description|American musician (born 1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Angel Deradoorian | image = Dirty Projectors 2008.05.31 003.jpg | image_size = | landscape = y | alt = | caption = Angel Deradoorian performing with Dirty Projectors in 2008 | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = Deradoorian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|07|18}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/angel-deradoorian-mn0001774330/biography|title=Angel Deradoorian – Biography|website=AllMusic|first=Mark|last=Deming|access-date=September 14, 2017}}</ref> | birth_place = | origin = Los Angeles, California | genre = {{flatlist| * Art pop<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/deradoorian-covering-black-sabbaths-master-of-reality-at-33-13-northside-show/|title=Deradoorian covering Black Sabbath's 'Master of Reality' at 33 1/3 Northside show|website=BrooklynVegan|date=April 22, 2016|accessdate=October 11, 2016}}</ref> * indie pop<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/heems-heads-up-this-weekend-s-best-concerts-in-nyc-7565929|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830114027/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/heems-heads-up-this-weekend-s-best-concerts-in-nyc-7565929|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2015|title=Heems Heads Up This Weekend's Best Concerts in NYC|work=The Village Voice|first=Silasi|last=Valentino|date=August 28, 2015|access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> * indie rock<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/deradoorians-musical-past-shapes-but-never-dictates-her-expanding-flower-planet-7627049|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913015356/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/deradoorians-musical-past-shapes-but-never-dictates-her-expanding-flower-planet-7627049|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2015|title=Deradoorian's Musical Past Shapes but Never Dictates Her 'Expanding Flower Planet'|work=The Village Voice|first=Lindsay|last=Rhoades|date=September 10, 2015|access-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> }} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|multi-instrumentalist|producer}} | instrument = {{hlist|Bass|guitar|keyboards|flute|vocals|}} | years_active = 2007–present | label = {{hlist|Anticon|Lovepump United|Anti-}} | current_member_of = Black Sabbath Cover Band Rehearsal<br>Decisive Pink | past_member_of = Dirty Projectors | website = }} '''Angel Deradoorian''' (born July 18, 1986), also known mononymously as '''Deradoorian''', is a musician based in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/dirty_projectors_angel_deradoorian_announces_debut_solo_lp_shares_beautiful_woman|title=Deradoorian Announces Debut Solo LP, Shares "A Beautiful Woman"|website=Exclaim!|first=Sarah|last=Murphy|date=June 4, 2015|accessdate=August 21, 2015}}</ref> She is best known for her work with Dirty Projectors as full-time member from 2007 to 2012. She left to pursue a solo career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-ca-ms-essential-tracks-deradoorian-lana-del-rey-20150816-story.html|title=Deradoorian is pitch perfect, Lana Del Rey is California cool|website=Los Angeles Times|first=Randall|last=Roberts|date=August 15, 2015|accessdate=August 21, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> In 2015 she released a solo studio album, ''The Expanding Flower Planet''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diymag.com/2015/08/14/deradoorian-streams-debut-album-the-expanding-flower-planet|title=Deradoorian streams debut album 'Expanding Flower Planet'|website=DIY|first=Sean|last=Murray|date=August 14, 2015|accessdate=January 1, 2020}}</ref>

==Life and career== Born and raised in Orangevale, California<ref name="self-titledmag">{{Cite web|url=http://www.self-titledmag.com/2015/08/14/artist-of-the-month-deradoorian/|title=Artist of the Month: Deradoorian|website=Self-Titled|first=Shawn|last=Reynaldo|date=August 14, 2015|accessdate=October 30, 2015|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002215841/http://www.self-titledmag.com/2015/08/14/artist-of-the-month-deradoorian/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and of Armenian descent,<ref name="villagevoice2009">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2009/05/doing_laundry_w.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160302202146/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2009/05/doing_laundry_w.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2016|title=Doing Laundry with Deradoorian a/k/a Angel from Dirty Projectors|website=The Village Voice|first=Michael D.|last=Ayers|date=May 5, 2009|access-date=June 9, 2015}}</ref> Deradoorian first found an interest in music at the age of five, when she was taught violin and piano at the private school she attended.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = Home is the new black – Sound Advice – Music – January 15, 2015|url = https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/home-is-the-new-black/content?oid=16029531|website = Sacramento News & Review|date = January 14, 2015|accessdate =October 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name="villagevoice2009" /> Both her parents are artists and she has an older sister Arlene, who also tours with her performing solo material.<ref name="self-titledmag" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/13295923/angel-deradoorian-expanding-flower-planet/|title=Deradoorian's Ethereal Space Jams Will Rock Your World|website=Vogue|date=August 18, 2015|accessdate=October 30, 2015|archive-date=October 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008112437/http://www.vogue.com/13295923/angel-deradoorian-expanding-flower-planet|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the age of 16 she decided to leave school and pursue a career in music.<ref name="villagevoice2009" /><ref name="self-titledmag" /> She moved to Brooklyn, joined Drive-thru Records band An Angle and then shortly after in 2007 she joined Dirty Projectors and played an important role in the recording of the album ''Bitte Orca''.<ref name="self-titledmag" /> In 2012, she moved to Los Angeles together with her then-boyfriend Avey Tare.<ref name="self-titledmag" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1949626/qa-avey-tare-talks-working-with-old-friends-on-his-mysterious-new-album-eucalyptus/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Avey Tare Talks Working with Old Friends on His Mysterious New Album Eucalyptus|date=June 29, 2017}}</ref>

Deradoorian's debut EP, ''Mind Raft'', was released under her surname in 2009 by Lovepump United Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12995-mind-raft/|title=Deradoorian: Mind Raft|website=Pitchfork|first=Mike|last=Powell|date=May 8, 2009|accessdate=June 9, 2015}}</ref> In 2009, she recorded a track with Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot vocalist Wes Miles on their Discovery album ''LP''. The track is entitled "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturebully.com/interview-with-angel-deradoorian|title=Interview with Angel Deradoorian|website=Culture Bully|date=May 14, 2009|accessdate=August 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519101022/http://www.culturebully.com/interview-with-angel-deradoorian |archive-date=May 19, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Animal Collective chose her to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that they curated in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/40521-animal-collective-curate-all-tomorrows-parties/|title=Animal Collective Curate All Tomorrow's Parties|website=Pitchfork|first=Tom|last=Breihan|date=October 27, 2010|accessdate=June 9, 2015}}</ref> In 2011, she released a split 7-inch with Albert McCloud containing a song by McCloud entitled "Planetarium 2010" and her own song "Marichka".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/41647-listen-new-track-from-dirty-projectors-angel-deradoorian-co-produced-by-avey-tare/|title=Listen: New Track From Dirty Projectors' Angel Deradoorian, Co-Produced by Avey Tare|website=Pitchfork|first=Larry|last=Fitzmaurice|date=February 22, 2011|accessdate=June 9, 2015}}</ref> She was a member of Avey Tare's project, Slasher Flicks, along with ex-Ponytail drummer Jeremy Hyman, and released the album ''Enter the Slasher House'' in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/50269-animal-collectives-avey-tare-starts-new-band-with-former-dirty-projectors-ponytail-members/|title=Animal Collective's Avey Tare Starts New Band With Former Dirty Projectors, Ponytail Members|website=Pitchfork|first=Carrie|last=Battan|date=April 10, 2013|accessdate=June 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=For those who need it: A brief introduction to Deradoorian|url=https://www.h-pem.com/en/interviews/2020/09/03/for-those-who-need-it-a-brief-introduction-to-deradoorian/29|access-date=September 21, 2020|website=www.h-pem.com|language=en}}</ref>

In 2015, Deradoorian released her debut solo studio album, ''The Expanding Flower Planet'', on Anticon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/08/review-deradoorian-the-expanding-flower-planet/|title=Review: Deradoorian's 'The Expanding Flower Planet' Needs Weeding|website=Spin|first=Rachel|last=Brodsky|date=August 19, 2015|accessdate=August 21, 2015}}</ref> In 2017, she released an EP titled ''Eternal Recurrence'', which mixes obscure and ambient landscapes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocktails.tv/musica/deradoorian/mountainside|title=Mountainside – Deradoorian|work=Rocktails|date=October 1, 2011|accessdate=October 3, 2017|archive-date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005003413/http://www.rocktails.tv/musica/deradoorian/mountainside|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her second full-length solo album, ''Find the Sun'', was released on September 18, 2020, by record label Anti-.<ref>{{Cite news|last=ANTI-|title=Deradoorian Signs To Anti, Announces New Album 'Find The Sun' {{!}} News {{!}} Anti Records|language=en|work=Anti Records|url=http://www.anti.com/news/deradoorian-signs-to-anti-announces-new-album-find-the-sun/|access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, Deradoorian and Russian musician Kate NV formed the duo Decisive Pink, releasing the 2023 album ''Ticket to Fame'' on Fire Records.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weinrichter |first1=Lucia |title=Fire signs Kate NV & Angel Deradoorian's new project Decisive Pink |url=https://www.firerecords.com/fire-signs-kate-nv-angel-deradoorians-new-project-decisive-pink/ |website=Fire Records |date=26 September 2022 |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> She released her third solo studio album, ''Ready for Heaven'', in 2025.<ref name="PF2">{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=February 26, 2025 |title=Deradoorian Announces New Album ''Ready for Heaven'', Shares "Set Me Free" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/deradoorian-announces-new-album-ready-for-heaven-shares-set-me-free-video/ |access-date=October 2, 2025 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Studio albums=== * ''The Expanding Flower Planet'' (2015) * ''Find the Sun'' (2020) * ''Ready for Heaven'' (2025)

===Compilation albums=== * ''Disembodied Improvisations Vol. 1'' (2019)

===EPs=== * ''Mind Raft'' (2009) * ''Eternal Recurrence'' (2017)

===Singles=== * "Marichka" b/w "Planetarium 2010" (2011) {{small|(split with Albert McCloud)}} * "Mountainside" (2017)

===Guest appearances=== * An Angle - “We Can Breathe Under Alcohol” * Discovery – "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" from ''LP'' (2009) * The Roots – "A Peace of Light" from ''How I Got Over'' (2010) * U2 – "Ordinary Love" from ''Songs of Innocence'' (2013) * U2 – "The Troubles" from ''Songs of Innocence'' deluxe edition (2014) * Flying Lotus – "Siren Song" from ''You're Dead!'' (2014) * Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks – Enter the Slasher House (2014) * Brandon Flowers – "Dreams Come True", "Can't Deny My Love", "Still Want You", "Between Me And You", and "Diggin' Up The Heart" from ''The Desired Effect'' (2015) * Boots – "Aquaria" from ''Aquaria'' (2015) * Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – "1959" from ''I Had a Dream That You Were Mine'' (2016) * Avey Tare – ''Eucalyptus'' (2017) * Rostam – "Hold You" from ''Half-Light'' (2017) * Boots – "Language" (2020)

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==External links== {{Commons category|Angel Deradoorian}} * {{SoundCloud|name=Deradoorian}} * {{Discogs artist|Angel Deradoorian|Angel Deradoorian}}

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