Corey Dargel (born October 19, 1977, in
McAllen, Texas) is a composer, lyricist, and singer who makes a mix of
contemporary classical and electronic pop music.[1]
Dargel writes and composes all of his songs. In his earlier compositions, he accompanied his own voice with prepared electronics. His debut album, Less Famous Than You, released in May 2006 with Use Your Teeth records, is in the singer-songwriter style and incorporates
totalist rhythmic relationships. His next album, Other People's Love Songs, released in 2008 with the contemporary classical label
New Amsterdam Records, combines
indie pop and
postminimalist contemporary classical music.[2]
In May 2010, New Amsterdam released a two-CD set entitled Someone Will Take Care of Me, which combines two
song cycles performed by Dargel and other musicians live.[3] The instrumentation for these two cycles is in the classical song cycle tradition.
Discography
Studio albums
Less Famous Than You (Use Your Teeth, 2006)
Other People's Love Songs (New Amsterdam Records, 2008)
Someone Will Take Care of Me (New Amsterdam Records, 2010), with the International Contemporary Ensemble, Kathleen Supové and David T. Little
Last Words from Texas (Automatic Heartbreak, 2011)