Derek Almstead
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Derek Griffin Almstead is an American musician/engineer closely tied to the Elephant 6 Collective. Born on August 23, 1974 in Lexington, Virginia, he spent his childhood in Tishamingo, Oklahoma, and later Manassas, Virginia. In 1995 he moved to Athens, Georgia, where he became involved with Elephant 6. A multi-instumentalist, Almstead also writes, records, engineers, and masters music from his own Pixel Studios. He has played with the following bands: Of Montreal, Destroyer, Summer Hymns, The Visitations, The Great Lakes, The Sunshine Fix, Polaris, Mary Jane, The Genius Test, Marshmallow Coast, Daisy, The Imperial Teeth, Major Organ and the Adding Machine, Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't, The Circulatory System, The Instruments, M Coast, The 63 Crayons, and Elf Power. He has engineered projects for the following bands: M Coast, Of Montreal, Summer Hymns, The Great Lakes, The Sunshine Fix, Marshmallow Coast, Call and Response, A.M., The Leewards, Beat Sylvester, The Circulatory System, I Am the World Trade Center, Elf Power, Mikey Dwyer, and Hawk and a Hacksaw. He has mastered projects for the following bands: Bablicon, Beijing, Biowire, Jeff Mangum, Major Organ and the Adding Machine, Plastic Bubble, Marshmallow Coast, Crayons, Masters of the Hemisphere, Dances with Wolves, Michael Columbia, Destroyer, Mike Aisles, Elekibass, Nerves and Gel, Elevator Parade, Of Montreal, Elf Power, Phosphorescent, Sibelle Baier, Elyse, Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't, Four Corners, Galactic Heroes, Plastic Mastery, Pocket Rockets, Red Thread, Genius Test, Sleeping Flies, The Great Lakes, Summer Hymns, Homescience, The Leewards, The Loves, Thimble Circus, Icy Demons, The Visitations, Ill Lit, Viva, The Instruments, Mikey Dwyer, Cloudmaking, Still Small Voice and the Joyful Noise, The Low Lows, International Falls, M Coast, James Hindle, and many more.
