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D.V.S*

D.V.S*
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Background information
Birth name Derek VanScoten
Also known as D.V.S*
Origin Northeastern United States
Genres electronic, downtempo
Occupation(s) Guitarist, producer
Instruments Multiple
Years active 2009-present
Labels DVS Music, Pretty Lights, 1320 Records, Loci Records, Soulection
Associated acts Michal Menert, Emancipator, Talib Kweli, Bassnectar
Website dvsmusic.com
Notable instruments
Guitar

D.V.S.* is the stage-name of Derek VanScoten, an American music producer, multi-instrumentalist and electronic musician. Based in Austin, Texas, he has been actively releasing solo material since 2009. In 2011 he released an official remix of Break Science featuring Talib Kweli, and in 2012 he was a featured guitarist and co-producer on Michal Menert's album Even If It Isn't Right. His most recent album, Hit the Clouds Running, was released on Gravitas Recordings in 2013.

He has played guitar and other instruments with groups including the Boulder Philharmonic, DJ Logic, and Devotchka, and toured with Big Gigantic, Beats Antique, Emancipator, and Lotus. D.V.S* has performed Live PA sets at the American music festivals Camp Bisco,Lightning in a Bottle,Gathering of the Vibes, SXSW, and the 2013 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival. He scored the Sundance 2015 film In Football We Trust.

Derek VanScoten grew up in the Northeastern United States, and also lived for a time in Nashville, Tennessee, Boulder, Colorado, Brooklyn, and Austin, Texas. He spent his youth playing classic rock songs with friends in bars, and attended college to learn classical guitar and music production.


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