Baby Dayliner
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Baby Dayliner is a musical recording and performing artist from and based out of New York City. He was born and raised in New York City, and went to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
, also known as the high school from the 1980 film Fame. He studied at St. John's College
in Annapolis, MD but he did not graduate. After varying roles in various bands, Marunas decided to take the stage as a solo act. He became deft at synths, samplers, and recording, and began crafting songs that would come to life as the now legendary Baby Dayliner stage show.
Marunas' first big sonic influence was classical music that his parents and private teachers fed him as a child violinist (age 7-17). Later came jazz and hip-hop records. Strangely enough, his first pop music love was Hall and Oates, which he listened to alongside Kabuki theater music and other diverse sounds.
Under the Baby Dayliner moniker, Marunas has released two albums on Brassland Records
. He was signed to the label as The National's favorite live performer in New York City. Marunas has opened for a variety of musical acts including Scissor Sisters
, The National
, and Trans Am
.
According to Uncut magazine, Baby Dayliner is "a retro romo romp through a New York ghost world that is neither the drainpipe-and-denim sweat pile of CBGBs nor the mirrorball glitz of Studio 54 but somewhere in between."
1. Raid!
2. Hoodlums In The Hit Parade
3. Party Scenes
4. Madeline
5. Beat Downs
6. High Heart & Low Estate
7. Can’t Believe
8. Lullabies
9. Dead Ladies
10. I’ll Be Your Counterpart
11. Funeral Dirge
1. At Least
2. Critics Pass Away
3. House And Confusion
4. The Way You Look Tonight
5. Through These Hills
6. Whodunit?
7. Go On Baby
8. Breezy
9. Small Town Halls
10. Silent Places
11. Simon Sez
12. Nature’s Clause
13. Drop Dead Gorgeous
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts is a high school specializing in teaching visual arts and performing arts, located near Lincoln Center and the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Center district of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue...
, also known as the high school from the 1980 film Fame. He studied at St. John's College
St. John's College, U.S.
St. John's College is a liberal arts college with two U.S. campuses: one in Annapolis, Maryland and one in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Founded in 1696 as a preparatory school, King William's School, the school received a collegiate charter in 1784, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher...
in Annapolis, MD but he did not graduate. After varying roles in various bands, Marunas decided to take the stage as a solo act. He became deft at synths, samplers, and recording, and began crafting songs that would come to life as the now legendary Baby Dayliner stage show.
Marunas' first big sonic influence was classical music that his parents and private teachers fed him as a child violinist (age 7-17). Later came jazz and hip-hop records. Strangely enough, his first pop music love was Hall and Oates, which he listened to alongside Kabuki theater music and other diverse sounds.
Under the Baby Dayliner moniker, Marunas has released two albums on Brassland Records
Brassland Records
Brassland is an artist-operated independent record label started in 2001 by Alec Hanley Bemis and Aaron and Bryce Dessner. On their 10th anniversary, The Guardian said of it that it is at "the centre of New York's other music scene."...
. He was signed to the label as The National's favorite live performer in New York City. Marunas has opened for a variety of musical acts including Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters are an American band "spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York" who took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism...
, The National
The National (band)
The National is an indie rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999 and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The band's lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger, a baritone...
, and Trans Am
Trans Am (band)
Trans Am is a three-piece band which originated in Bethesda, Maryland that was one of the originators of "post-rock" in the mid 90s. Their work centers on a cerebrally robotic, usually instrumental, semi-danceable, minimalistic format, with influences including Krautrock, heavy metal, hardcore...
.
According to Uncut magazine, Baby Dayliner is "a retro romo romp through a New York ghost world that is neither the drainpipe-and-denim sweat pile of CBGBs nor the mirrorball glitz of Studio 54 but somewhere in between."
Discography
- High Heart and Low Estate -- first released August 2002, re-released March 2004 on BrasslandBrassland RecordsBrassland is an artist-operated independent record label started in 2001 by Alec Hanley Bemis and Aaron and Bryce Dessner. On their 10th anniversary, The Guardian said of it that it is at "the centre of New York's other music scene."...
. Mastered by Joel HamiltonJoel HamiltonJoel Hamilton is a producer, engineer, and musician originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Since the late 1990s he has been based out of Brooklyn, NY. He shares a studio with partner Tony Maimone named Studio G. He has worked with a number of well known artists, as well as writing for various...
.
1. Raid!
2. Hoodlums In The Hit Parade
3. Party Scenes
4. Madeline
5. Beat Downs
6. High Heart & Low Estate
7. Can’t Believe
8. Lullabies
9. Dead Ladies
10. I’ll Be Your Counterpart
11. Funeral Dirge
- Critics Pass Away -- released May 2006 on BrasslandBrassland RecordsBrassland is an artist-operated independent record label started in 2001 by Alec Hanley Bemis and Aaron and Bryce Dessner. On their 10th anniversary, The Guardian said of it that it is at "the centre of New York's other music scene."...
1. At Least
2. Critics Pass Away
3. House And Confusion
4. The Way You Look Tonight
5. Through These Hills
6. Whodunit?
7. Go On Baby
8. Breezy
9. Small Town Halls
10. Silent Places
11. Simon Sez
12. Nature’s Clause
13. Drop Dead Gorgeous