DEARDAN&Friends

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About my sound

DEARDAN is a composer and music producer from the Netherlands who shapes sound into experience. Based on his original ideas he creates, curates and collaborates with artists to craft experiential tracks that move between dream and dance, rhythm and reflection.

“These songs are like movies without pictures.”
“Feels like escapism in sound.”
“Art that goes in the ears and straight to the heart.”
“Powerful and soothing. Upbeat and melancholic all at the same time.”
“It’s EDM with a heartbeat.”

No generative A.I. was used in the making of my tracks.

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Lost Boys

Beyond the music.
Beyond the screen.
Beyond yourself?

From the mind of DEARDAN comes a new audiovisual adventure after dark.

Experience LOST BOYS in (((spatial audio)))

Composer and music producer: DEARDAN
Quote: Alan Watts
Lyrics: DEARDAN
Film and photography: Yuki Film
Art director and film editor: DEARDAN

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OZ.exe

From the mind of DEARDAN comes a new world hidden in sound. Beyond the signal, the Wizard awaits…

In a world filled with noise, the search for authenticity can feel endless. But there is a quiet gift in being able to reflect on life, process our experiences, and turn them into art. OZ.EXE marks the next step in my journey.

The title is inspired by the phrase “Are you a friend of Dorothy?” A coded question once used by queer men to find each other in a world that wasn’t built for them. But this work isn’t about hiding. It’s about revealing. OZ.EXE is a process of unmasking. Of letting go of the identity shaped by pain. Of shedding old layers and reconnecting with the person underneath. It’s about the journey back to self.

Experience LOST BOYS in (((spatial audio)))

Composer and music producer: DEARDAN
Film and photography: Pixel DNA, JMG Visuals, Finn Moeller, Max Freyss
Art director and film editor: DEARDAN

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Rain on the Dancefloor

Out of relative obscurity
each generation must
discover its mission,
fulfill it,
or betray it.

Inspired by Frantz Fanon
(1925 – 1961)
Psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary renowned for his anti-colonial writings.

Experience LOST BOYS in (((spatial audio)))

Composer and music producer: DEARDAN
Film and photography: Connect Films
Art director and film editor: DEARDAN

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Monstro High

Monsters don’t sleep under your bed. They sleep inside your head.

What we refuse to see within ourselves quietly shapes our fears; what we dare to face allows us to grow. See yourself honestly. Accept what you find. Then grow beyond what once held you back.

Experience MONSTRO HIGH in (((spatial audio)))

Composer and music producer: DEARDAN
Film and photography: Gundars Magone
Art director and film editor: DEARDAN

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