Dean Blunt

One of the most charismatic and mysterious british artists operating in the “underworld” of exploratory music over the last few years, Dean Blunt continually avoids any characterization and preconception about his work and persona, following an unpredictable path as if it’s a second nature. With the demise of Hype Williams, band-as-alien-entity that first brought him into the spotlight, and after giving us enough proof of being a true crooner for the digital age in the most skewed and embittered sense of the word – voice buried under crackling beats and fractal synths – in the widely celebrated ‘The Redeemer’, Blunt returns to Portugal just before the release of ‘Black Metal’ on the legendary Rough Trade label. Along the way, Blunt surrendered himself to spiritual free jazz on a praised performance at Cafe OTO and revealed his work as a painter with two exhibitions at the Hackney Gallery. In short, one of the most unpredictable creators of our times, and one of the chosen few embracing experimentation not as any type of genre but a true process of discovery.