Leon Dewan is an American artist, inventor, and musician. He collaborates with

Brian Dewan Brian Dewan (born 14 June 1963) is an American multi-media artist, who produces music, audio-visual performances, decorative painting, furniture, poetry, filmstrips, illustrations, and musical instruments. He has released three albums of songs ...

Dewanatron Dewanatron is a family of experimental electronic instruments. Cousins Brian Dewan and Leon Dewan collaborate on the creation and performance of these instruments. The instruments have been performed and exhibited at thPierogi 2000gallery in Broo ...

, an electronic music instrument project. The son of an inventor, Dewan received a degree in physics from

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in 1989. His musical career draws on this background in physics, and heavily incorporates electronic and experimental instruments. Dewan resides in

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, in

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Music

Leon Dewan has performed and recorded music with several bands spanning over a decade. Bands include Radeesh, The Happiest Guys in the World, Shaumgummi, Dangerspoon, Flaming Fire, and collaborative work with The Philistines Jr. Dewan sings and plays a variety electronic instruments including electric guitar, the

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, and Dewanatron instruments.

Albums and collaborations

* ''The Happiest Guys in the World'' (as The Happiest Guys in the World) (1996) * ''The Tarquin Records All Star Holiday Extravaganza'' (as The Happiest Guys in the World) (1997) * ''Dewanatron'' (as Dewanatron) (2005)

Soundtracks

*''Shadowbox'' (2007)

Music Videos

*''Hey! Hey! It's the Vegetable Man!'' (as The Happiest Guys in the World)(1999) Directed by Paul Yates

The Happiest Guys in the World

Dewan performed and recorded with the band The Happiest Guys in the World from 1991 through 2001. The band's music video ''Hey! Hey! It's the Vegetable Man!'' was screened at the 2004 International Surrealist Film Festival.

Dewanatron

Leon Dewan and his cousin

collaborate on

, an electronic music instrument project. The instruments have been performed and exhibited at the Pierogi 2000 gallery in Brooklyn in January 2006, Pierogi Leipzig (Germany) from April thru July 2006 and at Another Year in LA gallery as well as

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in Los Angeles in August/September, 2007. In March 2010 Dewanatron performed at Town Hall in Manhattan opening for the Magnetic Fields.

References

External links

Dewanatron site
which describes many of the Dewan cousins' recent musical inventions
IMDB page for the film Shadowbox
in which the Dewan cousins perform the musical score

of installation and performances at Pierogi Gallery
Images of Dewanatron
performing live at radio station WNYC {{DEFAULTSORT:Dewan, Leon American musical instrument makers Living people Yale University alumni Artists from New Rochelle, New York Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)