is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, audio engineer, record label owner, book publisher, and visual artist residing in Portland, Oregon, originally from Northeast Pennsylvania.
Aside from their solo music outlet Folian, David is a contributor to many projects such as Canadensis, Flood Peak, Ramprasad, KVØID, Bible Black Tyrant, Fresian, as well as a recent collaborator with Drowse, The Stargazer Lilies, and A Stick and A Stone.
David manages Candlewolfe Sound, providing audio mixing and post-production services, as well as some recording opportunities. Like the majority of their own projects, they have produced and mixed such artists as A Stick And A Stone, Minor Fret, Blush, Rattling Cage, and Cheap Pop, to name a few. David graduated from SAE Institute of Technology New York in 2010. He operated Candlewolfe Studios, an old cabin in the woods of Pennsylvania that they had transformed into a recording studio, from 2012 to 2015, before their relocation to the Pacific Northwest.
David also owns and operates Anima Recordings, a heavy/experimental music label with a focus on quality DIY & home/self-recorded works from a diverse selection of artists such as Lumbar, Elrond, The Stargazer Lilies, Stöller, Blush, and many more. He often has a hand in the recording, mixing, production, artwork, and design of many these releases.
David, along with friend and collaborator Tom Asselin, recently launched Medicine for a Nightmare, a publishing house that intends to create community by sharing ideas and experiences with mixed-media objects during an era of separation.
They experiment with visual media for personal projects, including videography, photography, and occasionally painting and drawing. They design the artwork and layout for many of their own music releases.
David is seeking opportunities for composing scores and music for film, video games, art installations, and other audio/visual work. To inquire, please use the link below...
EDUCATION
2010
SAE Institute, New York, NY
Diploma received for completion of the Audio Technology Program.
SELECTED ARTIST DISCOGRAPHY
2021
Flood Peak, "Fixed Ritual" EP (Anima Recordings) *
2020
Folian, "Blue Mirror" LP (Anima Recordings) *^+
Folian, "Temenos" 8" Split w/ Shifting Harbor (Anima Recordings/Oscillating Color) *^+
2019
Folian "The Archangel of Huntridge" Live collaboration w/ Entresol *^+
Ramprasad, "Tsuris" LP (Anima Recordings) *^+
Folian "Ache Pillars" EP (Apneic Void Sounds) *^+
2018
Ramprasad "Ruinenlust" EP (Anima Recordings) *^+
Canadensis "Ancestors" LP (Anima Recordings/Oscilating Color) *
Bible Black Tyrant "Regret Beyond Death" LP (Argonauta Records/Anima Recordings) *+
Folian "Unsound Thing" EP (Anima Recordings) *^+
2017
Canadensis "Chance" LP (Anima Recordings/Oscillating Color) *
Folian "Loom" Mini-LP (Anima Recordings) *^+
Folian "Things Go Away" Mini-LP (Anima Recordings) *^+
2015
KVØID "Nihility" LP (Anima Recordings) *^+
Wasting Seasons "Love Sentence" EP (Anima Recordings) *^+
Wasting Seasons "Collection of Songs (2008-2012)" LP (Anima Recordings) *^+
2014
Fresian "Fresian" LP (Anima Recordings) *
Nursery Crimes/Secret of Birth - Split CD (Anima Recordings) *^+
2013
Kuato "Zeroth" EP *
New Miseries "Celebrity Lifestyle" Single *^+
* Performed
^ Engineered
+ Mixed/Produced
SELECTED ENGINEER/PRODUCER DISCOGRAPHY
(excluding above mentioned works)
2021
A Stick and A Stone "Versatile", LP; mixed, partially recorded, performed (percussion, tapes)
2019
Unloved "Pour La Fermeture" LP (pending release); engineered (excluding vocals)
Horrendous 3D "Option?", track off "SONGS"; performed/recorded tape manipulated intro for track.
Canyon of the Crescent Moon "All Hail the Holy Grail" LP (Poisoned Date Recordings); recorded backup vocal track.
2017
Memories Can't Wait "The Candlewolfe Sessions" EP; engineered, mixed
Blush "Drone | Yesterday" EP (Anima Recordings); mixed, produced
Minor Fret 12" (Holy Mountain); mixed, recorded vocals
2016
Mouth of Maggots s/t EP; mixed, recorded backup vocals
Rattling Cage "Purge" EP (Anima Recordings); mixed
Cheap Pop "In Gorilla" LP; engineered, mixed
2015
Glamour Girls "Fashion Weak" EP; engineered, mixed
Fistlust s/t LP; engineered, mixed (pending release)
2014
Glamour Girls s/t EP; engineered, mixed
2013
Nursery Crimes s/t LP (Anima Recordings); engineered, mixed
Forger "Forger Is Dead" tracks 01-04; engineered, mixed
2011
Kuato "Yellow Voices" EP; engineered, mixed
FILMOGRAPHY
"Ghost In The Flesh", music video for Folian, premiered via Doomed & Stoned (Apneic Void Sounds; April 2019)
"Liminal", visual component for Folian performances, 2019
SCORES & MUSIC FOR FILM / INSTALLATION
"The Order", Low Spirits Film, 2019 (credited Folian)
"Seasons of the Witch: Samhain Oracle" - November Sage/Spirit Element promo video, July 2018
"An Offering", BirthBloomDecay Teaser video, November 2017
"An Offering", Dylan Garrett Smith - art installation at The Convent, Philadelphia, November 2017
"Dhaka At Dusk", Abeer Hoque & Josh Steinbauer, 2017 - (credited Canadensis)
"Taking All Kinds", Abeer Hoque & Josh Steinbauer, 2017 - (credited Canadensis)
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
02.15.20
High Water Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
Folian, Thief, Jason Walton, Proqxis
02.02.20
Gallery 1412 - Seattle, WA
Folian, Shifting Harbor, CSTMR + Tarsier Eyes, Scuzz Nun
02.01.20
Charlie's Chophouse - Astoria, OR
Folian, Canadensis with Zvi, Shifting Harbor, Zvi
01.31.20
Boathouse Experimental Studios - Portland, OR
Folian, Amulets, Shifting Harbor, Mnemonic Pulse, Juracán
01.25.20
Pro Arts Gallery - Oakland, CA
Folian, Sutekh Hexen, drowse, Shifting Harbor
01.25.20
Golden Bull - Oakland, CA
Canadensis, Fyrhtu, Souls and Cities
01.24.20
Rec Center - Los Angeles, CA
Folian, Dope Dungeon, Spencer Salazar, Dark Pulse, Shifting Harbor
01.22.20
Neon Rose - El Paso, TX
Folian, Shifting Harbor, Intentions
01.21.20
The NASA - Corpus Christi, TX
Folian, Shifting Harbor, Tailpipe Bananas, Data Corp
01.20.20
The Volstead - Austin, TX
Me Mer Mo Monday
Canadensis with Adam Ostrar, Austin Davis, Thomas Echols, Devotion
01.19.20
Crazy Rhythms - San Antonio, TX
Folian, Claire Rousay, Shifting Harbor
01.17.20
The Quarry - Bisbee, AZ
Folian, Canadensis, Shifting Harbor
01.16.20
Coaxial - Los Angeles, CA
Canadensis, Nial Morgan, Dao, Ian Wellman
01.15.20
1078 Gallery - Chico, CA
Folian, Shifting Harbor, Organ Donor, Desperate Hell
12.15.19
Blackwater Bar - Portland, OR
Flood Peak, At The Heart of The World, Gilded Age, Vellum
11.30.19
Dogg Haus - Boise, ID
Folian, Blood Party, Entresol
11.29.19
Gold Blood Collective - Salt Lake City, UT
Folian, Entresol, Harvester
11.28.19
Huntridge Tavern - Las Vegas, NV
Folian & Entresol (collaboration)
11.26.19
Palo Verde Lounge - Tempe, AZ
Folian, Butoh Sonics, Doll, Entresol
11.25.19
Bar Passé - Tucson, AZ
Folian, KRYGE, Entresol
11.23.19
Rec Center - Los Angeles, CA
Folian, Home Improvement, Dao, Entresol
11.22.19
The Fallows - Paso Robles, CA
Folian, Fetters, Entresol
11.21.19
Pro Arts Gallery - Oakland, CA
Folian, SOOT, Leila Abdul-Rauf, Entresol
11.20.19
Honey Hive Gallery - San Francisco, CA
Folian, The Brankas, Entresol
11.19.19
The Colony - Sacramento, CA
Folian, Venetian Veil, Chopstick, Entresol
11.18.19
1078 Gallery - Chico, CA
Folian, Entresol, Valve Control
11.17.19
Creative Self Collective - Cave Junction, OR
Folian, Entresol
11.16.19
Luckey's Pub - Eugene, OR
Folian, Zeta, Entresol, Muscle Beach Petting Zoo
11.16.19
Wandering Goat - Eugene, OR
Folian, Entresol, Black Woofer
11.15.19
Speck's Records - Portland, OR
Folian, Zvi, Entresol, ///supersun///
10.18.19
Azøth - Portland, OR
Folian, Over, Nostalgist, Has/Will
09.22.19
Azøth - Portland, OR
Folian, Sølve, The Blood of Others
08.02.19
Kenton Club - Portland, OR
Folian, drowse, Downandwell
07.25.19
Old Nick's Pub - Eugene, OR
Folian, Zvi, Entresol, [______], Mouth Mouth
07.13.19
High Water Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
Folian, Elizabeth Colour Wheel, drowse, Taarna
07.13.19
Kenton Club - Portland, OR
Flood Peak, Year of the Coyote, If This Be Doomsday
06.19.19
High Water Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
Flood Peak, Dischordia, Kenaima, Last Light
06.14.19
Speck's Records - Portland, OR
Folian, Juracán, Matt Pollock
06.02.19
No Fun - Portland, OR
Folian, Giardia, Chibi
05.29.19
Tonic Lounge - Portland, OR
Flood Peak, KEN mode, Castle, Disenchanter
05.25.19
Tonic Lounge - Portland, OR
Ramprasad, Cult Leader, Call of the Void, Phantom Family
05.24.19
High Water Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
The Stargazer Lilies, Lost Echoes
05.18.19
Sou'wester Lodge - Seaview, WA (artist residency)
The Stargazer Lilies, Lorka Scher
04.12.19
Charlie's Chophouse - Astoria, OR
Folian, Troubled By Insects
04.08.19
Old Nick's Pub - Eugene, OR
Folian, Troubled By Insects, J. Isaac Finch, Degradation Chamber
04.07.19
Le Voyeur - Olympia, WA
Folian, Troubled By Insects, Organelle, Anther
04.06.19
Hollow Earth Radio - Seattle, WA
Folian, Troubled By Insects, Nostalgist, Kole Galbraith
04.05.19
Boathouse Experimental Studios - Portland, OR (Ache Pillars release show)
Folian, Troubled By Insects, Body Shame, The Binary Marketing Show, ///supersun///
02.08.19
The Midway - Salem, OR
Folian, drowse, Lapsed Baptist, Body Shame, My Burning Bush, Ambigere
01.19.19
High Water Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
Ramprasad, Glasghote, Ball of Light, If This Be Doomsday
11.19.18
Tonic Lounge - Portland, OR
Ramprasad, Noisem, Blame God, World Peace, Deadwitch
11.18.18
No Fun - Portland, OR
Folian, Body Shame, Road Kill, Keith Foster
11.04.18
The Funhouse - Seattle, WA
Ramprasad, Extortionist, Distinguisher, Born A New
11.03.18
Boscoe's - Bellingham, WA
Ramprasad, Heiress, Serpent Sun, Despairer
09.29.18
Tonic Lounge - Portland, OR
Ramprasad, Flood Peak, Glasghote, Kole Galbraith
09.02.18
The Space - Salem, OR
Canadensis, Rare Form, An Empty Room, If This, These, Herd William
08.31.18
Lovecraft Bar - Portland, OR
Folian, Rare Form, Juice Machine, Eric Schlappi
09.01.18
Green Noise Records - Portland, OR
Ramprasad, Stöller, Phantom Family, A Stick and A Stone
08.05.18
The Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA
drowse, Planning For Burial, Sprain
08.04.18
Thee Parkside - San Francisco, CA
drowse, All Your Sisters, Planning For Burial
08.03.18
Tonic Lounge - Portland, OR
Canadensis, drowse, Planning For Burial, Amulets
08.02.18
Black Lodge - Seattle, WA
drowse, Planning For Burial, Nostalgist, Harsh R
06.27.18
DC Vegetarian - Portland, OR
Ramprasad, Brilleu
05.04.18
High Water Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
Folian, Sól, Hair Puller, Diaspora
03.28.18
Marrow - Portland, OR
Folian, A Stick and A Stone, Indira Valey, Anna Vo
01.10.18
The Know - Portland, OR
Folian, Alani, Terror Apart, Body Shame
09.20.17
Turn! Turn! Turn! - Portland, OR
Folian, Troubled By Insects, Ali Buress
09.16.17
Green Noise Records - Portland, OR
Folian, Adhere To Form, Elrond
08.13.17
Twilight Bar - Portland, OR
Folian, Paint Shadows, Smooth Weirdos, Brilleu
06.10.17
High Water Mark Lounge -. Portland, OR
Canadensis, Xasthur, Johanna Warren, Erin Jane Laroue
03.02.17
High Water Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
Folian, Stöller, Caustic Touch, Elrond, DJ Bestial Walrus (Joe Preston)
01.16.17
SMU Warehouse - Portland, OR
Folian, The Down House, The Vibrating Antennas, Phantom Family
12.02.15
Valentines - Portland, OR
Folian, Cheap Pop, Animal R&R
10.11.15
High Water Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
Folian, Sól, Wovoka, A God or An Other
10.04.15
Valentines - Portland, OR
Folian, Eric Hall, Troubled By Insects
09.11.15
High Water Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
Folian, Darsombra, Hot Victory, Cold Blue Mountain
09.07.15
Smart Collective - Portland, OR
Squalor, Cat Village, Crab Legs
07.05.15
Darkplace - Portland, OR
Squalor, Empty Vessels, Akira
05.30.15
MOMPfest - Sisters, OR
Squalor,
05.29.15
The Funhouse - Seattle, WA
Squalor
05.15.15
The Know - Portland, OR
Squalor, The Sofistifucks, Piss Piss Piss
11.16.14
Candlewolfe Studios - Canadensis, PA
Canadensis, Fresian, Nursery Crimes, Planning For Burial, Death Ceiling
10.09.14
The Living Room - Stroudsburg, PA (video)
Fresian
07.20.14
The Coven - Bethlehem, PA
Fresian, Hell To Pay, Naked, Manbeast, Dead Gods, Bereave
04.05.14
Sriracha House - Philadelphia, PA
Nursery Crimes, Cavities, Alblondigas, Girl Brains, Cocaine Breath
04.04.14
Panty Haus - New Haven, CT
Nursery Crimes, Manners, Take Nothing Leave Everything, Circle Circle
04.03.14
Uncharted Artspace - Lowell, MA
Nursery Crimes, Senzu, Prophets, Stoploss
08.08.13
The Coven - Bethlehem, PA
Fresian, Voyage In Coma, Katahajime
07.20.13
Sherman Theater -. Stroudsburg, PA
Fresian, Lo-Pan, Borracho, Kingsnake
04.20.13
Main St. Jukebox - Stroudsburg, PA (Record Store Day)
Fresian, Swarm of Arrows, Full Goat
04.06.13
Moonbase Nix - Philadelphia, PA
New Miseries, Cerce, Old Gray, Callow
03.15.13
Millhill Basement - Trenton, NJ
Fresian, Cavities, Mimieux, Swarm of Arrows
02.08.13
The Soup Kitchen - Philadelphia, PA
New Miseries, Callow, Grower, Lastletters
02.02.13
Millhill Basement - Trenton, NJ
New Miseries, Mimieux
01.19.13
The Living Room - Stroudsburg, PA
New Miseries, The Soviet, Idols & Anchors
10.19.12
Mother's - Easton, PA
Fresian, Sloth Herder, Solstice, Poor Diet, Aunt May
09.28.12
The Living Room - Stroudsburg, PA
Fresian, New Miseries, Rescuer, Apart
09.07.12
House Show - Allentown, PA
New Miseries, Vice, House Arrest, Slums
08.26.12
The Democracy Center - Cambridge, MA
New Miseries, Night Owls, Native Wildlife, Actor/Observer
08.25.12
The No Fun Zone - Long Island, NY
New Miseries, Night Owls, Bearfoot, Guru, The Fanboys, Jukai
08.23.12
O'Reilly's Pub - Philadelphia, PA
New Miseries, Night Owls
08.22.12
Siren Records - Doylestown, PA
New Miseries, Night Owls, Holy Christ, Things Fall Apart, Tiger! Tiger!, Choke Up
08.21.12
Hartford ArtSpace - Hartford, CT
New Miseries, Night Owls, Things Fall Apart, Two Humans, Black Mask, Lifelines
07.05.12
Horror Parlour - West Chester, PA
New Miseries, Aviator, Native Wildlife, Distances, The Greek Favourites, Holy Christ