Brooklyn-based percussionist, composer and improviser Deric Dickens divides his time between the improvised, creative music scene and the indie rock scene in NYC. Dickens has toured and recorded for many years with Robinella (Columbia Records) Daniel Carter, Jaimie Branch, John Ralston, Russ Lossing, Caroline Davis, Erica Dicker, Sara Schoenbeck and Brad Linde, and has worked on soundtracks for James Schamus’ Indignation, D.W. Young’s Too Cold to Swim, as well as many other indie films and T.V. projects.
Deric has forged many long term musical relationships and has been a founding member of bands such as Brad Linde’s Team Players, DAD’s, Dix Out, John Ralston, Urbane Outfit and Arms Bent Thrice, a graphic score ensemble. He has performed at major venues throughout North America, Europe and Asia and currently leads his groups Speed Date, Rocket #9, The Dickens Campaign, Left Bomb Bay, and co leads Arabic for Beginners, Zero Point with Marius Duboule and Daniel Carter, Big Trouble W/ Eva Novoa.
Dickens’ drums combine rhythmic drive with keenly attenuated dynamics in a manner akin to Paul Motian. Dickens takes the tradition in a fresh direction and points to aless-travelled means of inspiration for his jazz-versed peers.
"...and the entrancing arc of "Waiting," where Dickens lifts the trio, pulsing like a jazzy Levon Helm
Jeff Potter- DownBeat Magazine 2014
