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Friends of Dean Martinez is an American instrumental rock/post-rock band featuring members of Giant Sand, Calexico, and Naked Prey. The band combines Americana with electronica, ambient, lounge, psychedelia and dub and intertwines surf rock-inspired lead guitars.^{[citation needed]}

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Friends of Dean Martinez
Also known as	Friends of Dean Martin
Origin	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Genres	Post-rock Instrumental rock Americana Lounge
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Sub Pop Knitting Factory Glitterhouse Narnack, Aero Recordings
Members	Bill Elm Naim Amor Joe Peña Thøger Tetens Lund Tommy Larkins
Past members	Joey Burns Van Christian John Convertino Woody Jackson Dave Lachance Andrew Gerfers Mike Semple

History

The band was formed in Tucson, Arizona as an experimental side-project by various members of Giant Sand, Calexico and Naked Prey.[1] Their debut album, The Shadow of Your Smile, was released on the Sub Pop label in 1995.[2]

Friends of Dean Martinez have gone through a variety of line-ups in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas before reforming in Tucson. Currently, the band includes Bill Elm on steel guitar and organ, Naim Amor on guitar, Tommy Larkins on percussion, Joe Peña on drums and Thøger Tetens Lund on bass.^{[citation needed]} Former members Burns and Convertino started the band Calexico.[3]

Cinematic musical work

They performed a live score to the silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. Film-scoring work includes the Richard Linklater film Fast Food Nation and the John Waters narrated feature documentary Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea.[4]

Upon seeing Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea for the first time, Elm recollects, "I felt I could really write music for this. It was a nice fit for what we do, the images, and the story. It felt natural to watch it and want to write music. It was inspiring, and that's the most you can ask for when you score something or write music."[5]

In December 2010, Elm and Jackson won Best Original Score at both the Machinima Inside Gaming Awards and Spike TV's Video Game Awards for their work on Red Dead Redemption.[6][7]

Discography

Albums

• The Shadow of Your Smile (1995)
• Retrograde (1997)
• Atardecer (1999)
• A Place in the Sun (2000)
• Wichita Lineman (2001)
• Under the Waves (2003)
• Random Harvest (2004)
• Live at Club 2 (2005)
• Lost Horizon (2005)
• Fast Food Nation OST (2006)
• Red Dead Redemption OST (2010)
• Undead Nightmare OST (2010)

EPs

• Atrasar (2001)
• In the Wire (2001)

Singles

• "Polena" / "Seashells" (1995) (as Friends of Dean Martin)
• "Cordova" / "Monte Carlo" (1996)

Compilation albums

• On the Shore (2003; two discs combining songs from Wichita Lineman and Live At Club 2 on disk 1, with Under the Waves on disk 2)

References

External links

• At MySpace
• Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea official website
• Fast Food Nation official website
• "Redemption songs: the making of the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack", The Guardian, 26 May 2010

На других языках

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[de] Friends of Dean Martinez

Friends of Dean Martinez ist eine US-amerikanische Band aus Tucson, Arizona, gegründet von Bill Elm, Joey Burns und John Convertino. Es besteht sowohl historisch personell als auch musikalisch eine Verwandtschaft zur bekannteren Band Calexico, da Joey Burns und John Convertino nach dem ersten Album Friends of Dean Martinez verließen und sich dann auf Calexico konzentrierten, allerdings ist die Musik von Friends of Dean Martinez im Gegensatz zu der von Calexico ausschließlich instrumental.

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- [en] Friends of Dean Martinez

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[ru] Friends of Dean Martinez

Friends of Dean Martinez — американская группа из Тусона, исполняющая инструментальный рок и пост-рок с элементами сёрф-рока, блюза, кантри, психоделического рока, эмбиент, даб и лаундж-музыки.

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