Dominique Leone

Who is Dominique Leone?

Dominique Leone is an American musician and writer based in San Francisco, California. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on December 29, 1973, and grew up in the Dallas, Texas area.

Leone began writing music reviews for Pitchfork Media in 2001, and was a regular contributor until 2007. He has also written for Paste Magazine, All-Music Guide and Trouser Press. His first release as a musician was the Dominique Leone EP on Hans-Peter Lindstrøm's Feedelity label in 2007. In 2008, Lindstrøm and Smalltown Supersound's Joakim Haughland released Leone's first full-length CD on their Strømland label, with art by Kim Hiorthøy. American experimental music label Important Records released his second CD Abstract Expression in October 2009.

Leone received a Bachelor's degree in Music Performance in 1998 from Texas Tech University, focusing on classical trumpet. As a recording artist, Leone has been compared to Harry Nilsson, Brian Wilson, Boredoms, and XTC. His music has been described as containing "stubbornly original song structures and chord progressions", and British electronic pop musician Max Tundra noted that Leone is "one of the greatest practitioners of the chord progression". Leone performs periodically in the San Francisco bay area, and more rarely, throughout America and Europe, including a well-received appearance at the 2009 Les Siestes Electroniques festival in Toulouse, France. He has collaborated or performed with Kevin Blechdom, R. Stevie Moore, Lindstrøm, Mungolian Jet Set, Kango's Stein Massiv, Cryptacize, Odawas, Bob Drake, William Winant, as well as contributing vocals and trumpet to Boredoms' Super Roots 10 release.