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D.A. is a synth duo that formed in Texas (where they reportedly produced ambient music for isolation tanks), and recently relocated to Los Angeles. Their name stands for “Dallas Acid” on occasion, but is also the initials of the two bandmates, Michael Dials and Xian Aegon. Although not associated with or even really aware of the synth revival led by VR favorites like Emeralds and Infinity Window, they certainly fill an aesthetic gap within that like-minded group. Their sound is as much Southwestern as it is Sci-Fi and suggests landscapes and endless horizons, as opposed to the more introspective vision of Northeast operators or the stoned brain-fry of Midwestern basement rats.
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