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Dan Drohan

@dandrohan

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Maggie Rogers, Sid Sriram, Daedelus, Olden Yolk, Rich Hinman, Nick Hakim, Brian Dunne, Day Wave, Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT
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Today marks the 1 year anniversary for our release of ‘Slow To Remember’ !! In honor, here’s some random footage of Andrew VanWyngarden and I in the studio over the years. STR and ‘For Sake’ (both mastered by Dave Fridmann) are available everywhere. In my Link in bio as well. It’s a nice Fall day to enjoy :) by @dandrohan
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3 years ago
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Had a blast recording with @daedelus last night at @digitalvikingstudios in Providence, RI! Thank you to Owner/Enginner Phil Reese and setting us up with so many toys and goodies! We had a lot of fun and look forward to sharing things with you soon.. stay posted! 🎈 by @dandrohan
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2 years ago
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Three years ago today I released my debut LP, “You’re A Crusher/drocan!”! A lot has happened since then and I’m so grateful for all of it:) YAC/drocan! wouldn’t have been able to happen if it wasn’t for specific people that really helped make it a reality. Charlie Pinel was vital in getting this record off the ground. He completely understood the art of the record and what I was trying to expand on with the music. If it wasn’t for him, I don’t think this particular record would have reached as many ears as it did. Thank you Charlie! my musical circle during the time of creation, my old band, Élan a.k.a. The Quartet, including Bobbie Johnston, Derek Smith, and Élan Orr contributed shaping and encouraging these wild musical ideas. You can hear them in places like “Leave it Loading” (which was cut live as a rhythm section) and “We Like To See” (which was a quartet recording of a tune I wrote then chopped and sampled by myself later). Now this record was important for me because it documented two different sides, two different chapters.. one being when I was still living in Brooklyn, New York.. all of which was for YAC album or Side. Now the B-side, the second album, which is “drocan!”, was made after moving with my family to Massachusetts. I had met musician/artist, Mike Cantor and not only did we form Drocan as a band, but our first ever musical encounter together as humans was making and finishing this B-side album…so thank you to Mike, and for all of the things to come with that band!:) Another part of this album has been how gracious and vital people in the Music community and vinyl record world have been, especially Travis from Human Head Records! @humanheadnyc A big shout out to Zack and Fam at Rotten Island Records! @run_back_zack @rotten_island_records Thank you to the support and love from my Family, friends, and strangers! This really was a fun step for me and I’m excited to get more records out to you! Much Love :) by @dandrohan
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3 years ago
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Been playing a bunch of shows in some beautiful places this past week/weekend .. Maine, Providence, Connecticut, Boston.. I think this was the most magical view..from the other night with @danwburke by @dandrohan
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3 hours ago
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killer recording session @ghosthitrecording tracking drums with @alanxday. We got to build two kits - one big rock open room vibes and another tight dry booth. Always love when I record with producers and we can easily switch back and forth between different drum sounds. This studio is a gem, Andrew is making it so easy to work fast and at a high quality. Check this place out! #studio #recordingdrums #producing #sessiondrummer taken in Springfield, Massachusetts by @dandrohan
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8 months ago
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Rain #drums #drumming #drumlife #hybriddrumming by @dandrohan
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2 days ago
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Fun gig with stellar gang @willdaileyofficial @fancyassmusic @tv_hall at this sweet location in Allston, MA yesterday ⚡️⚡️ #drums #guitar #sax #bass #indierock by @dandrohan
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4 days ago
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Somewhere between jazz, free improvisation, experimental song, and something harder to name, Élan has built a quiet cult following through performances that feel less like concerts and more like happenings. Record stores, warehouses, Brooklyn streets, late-night rooms—wherever there’s space to play, Élan turns it into a listening environment. Élan is a New York–based quartet featuring Élan Orr (voice), Bobby Johnston (guitar), Derek Smith (bass), and Dan Drohan (drums). With almost no online presence and little interest in conventional music-world visibility, the band has existed largely through word of mouth. There are few announcements, few digital breadcrumbs, and little to consume outside of the live experience. The result is a kind of underground mythology: people hear about Élan from someone who saw them somewhere, then start looking for the next place they might appear. Orr’s voice moves between lyric, melody, and pure texture, surrounded by Johnston’s atmospheric guitar, Smith’s elastic bass, and Drohan’s restless, highly responsive percussion. The music can be skeletal and intimate one moment, fractured and explosive the next, with grooves appearing and disappearing beneath long stretches of space and sound. For Élan, composition is a starting point rather than a boundary. Their performances leave room for accidents, silence, tension, repetition, and collective discovery—music that changes depending on the room, the audience, and the moment. They became the kind of fringe band people became addicted to seeing live. Not because there was a carefully constructed digital world surrounding them, but because there wasn’t. You had to be there. You had to hear about it. You had to find the room. Élan is the kind of band you might stumble upon in a Brooklyn storefront or an unmarked warehouse, stay for one song, and realize an hour later you’ve found something you weren’t looking for. #UndergroundNYC #NYCjazz #ExperimentalJazz #AvantGardeJazz #brooklynmusicscene taken in New York City by @dandrohan
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7 days ago
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Full Moon Magic 👾🥁🕵️‍♂️ Patreon link in bio and story for Drohandz page ( transcriptions and explanation of kit in there for all who are interested) #Drummer #Drumming #DrumReels #DrumVideo #drummersofinstagram by @dandrohan
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8 days ago
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With the goat..Matt Chamberlain by @dandrohan
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a month ago
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Playing with this killer band today lead by @dan.songs 🎤🎹 @bobbyboushe 🎸@ahreneshreeve 🎸 #drums #drumming #liveshow by @dandrohan
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11 days ago
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Honored to have played drums on Wiki’s *Ancient History*. Such an incredible lineup of producers and musicians on this record — grateful to be a small part of it. “7 Deadly Sins” Produced by Nick Hakim Drums by Dan Drohan 🥁 by @dandrohan
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3 months ago
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