Prhizzm (real name Brendan Dellandrea) is a Canadian solo

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artist based in

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. Dellandrea has been involved in the creation of electronic music since 2001. However, he has played the

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since the age of 13 and the

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since age 4. His first foray into published electronic music was the self-released '' Small Comfort EP'' in 2003. Next came the mp3-release '' Fragment Synthesis'' a
Hippocamp.net
That release was removed from the site due to label interest and is no longer available, although four of the five tracks in this release have re-appeared on subsequent CD releases. Dellandrea’s big break finally came when he was signed to

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’s Benbecula Records and released a self-titled EP in March 2005. The ''Prhizzm EP'' was followed a year later by a full-length CD-R release within Benbecula’s ''Mineral Series'' featuring “oddities and new tracks”. The now-defunct Prhizzm website described the release as a collection of “early ambient tracks, EP b-sides, vocal tracks, and a sneak peek of the forthcoming prhizzm album”. In January 2007, Dellandrea accompanied local friend and musician Minisystem on keyboards for his debut record release party performance. His father is

Jon Dellandrea Jon Samuel Dellandrea, (born October 8, 1949) is a Canadian author and art historian, and a former hospital foundation executive and university executive and educator. He is a senior fellow at Massey College, chair emeritus of the Art Canada Insti ...

, an educator and recipient of the

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Influences

Early musical influences mentioned by Dellandrea are

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Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are ci ...

, the Beach Boys, and

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. While electronica influences on his work are wide and varied, those clearly be heard include

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and fellow Benbecula labelmate,

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Discography

Albums

*''Minerals'' – 2006, Benbecula Records

Singles and EPs

*'' Prhizzm EP'' – 2005, Benbecula Records; re-released in 2021 on streaming services *'' Fragment Synthesis'' – 2004, Hippocamp.net *'' Small Comfort EP'' – 2003, self-released

Contributions

*“Qualm” on ''Music Volume Four'', Benbecula Records, 2007 *“Ordeal by Ice” on ''-40 (NFB Remixes)'', C0C0S0L1DC1T1, 2005 *“We are Intimate Strangers” on ''PlayBack (Salle de Jour Remixes)'', Hippocamp.net, 2004 *“Half Asleep” on ''Switches'', Audiobulb Records, 2004 *“Aquatic Variant” on ''Exhibition #1'', Audiobulb Records, 2003

Remixes

*“Happyfour Twenty (prhizzm remix)” on

Christ. Christopher Horne, also known by his stage name christ., is a Scottish people, Scottish musician. He disclaims any religious meaning in the stage name; he describes it as short for his full name, and the full stop or period as indicating that ...

’s ''Vernor Vinge'', Benbecula Records, 2006

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prhizzm Canadian electronic musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Toronto Place of birth missing (living people) Living people