with their lean geometrical spires. While the word "shrine" might connote a site created for devotion to a spiritual entity, Dewan's shrines seem to exist not as a conduit for worship, but as playful aesthetic objects. Dewan created a number of shrines for New Year's Eve parties and performances, and those shrines often have some sort of illumination which could be turned on at midnight. At least one had a drink-dispenser built into it. The cabinetry he built for his recent series of electronic instruments, created in collaboration with his cousin, Leon Dewan, often continue some of the visual ideas behind the shrines. His New Year's Eve shrine ritual involves completing the shrine only moments before midnight. Brian Dewan currently works with his cousin Leon Dewan under the name Dewanatron. Together they have designed and built a series of synthesizers in custom cabinetry, often reminiscent of either New England churches or 1940's school house architecture. The instruments create sounds evocative of the early electronic music. The instruments were exhibited and concertized at the Pierogi 2000 gallery in Brooklyn in December 2005, Pierogi Liepig in Germany in April 2006 and at "Another Year in LA" gallery as well as the Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles in August and September 2007. Dewan has created album art for others, such as the cover of David Byrne's Uh-Oh, They Might Be Giants' Lincoln, Beat Circus' Dreamland, and the interior artwork of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel. Discography Albums Tells the Story (Bar/None, 1993) The Operating Theatre (Instinct, 2001) Dewanatron [with Leon Dewan] (2005) Live at the Auk (Obedience School, 2005) Irregular Hours, Vol. 1 (Live at Pierogi) [with Leon Dewan, as Dewanatron] (Obedience School, 2006) Sleep on It - Electronic Excursions (Obedience School, 2007) Words of Wisdom (Eschatone, 2007) Semi Automatic [with Leon Dewan, as Dewanatron] (Cuniglius, 2008) Ringing At The Speed Of Prayer (Innova, 2009) The Greenhorns Presents: Brian Dewan Sings Grange Future: Songs of the Patrons of Husbandry (2014) The Hunting of the Snark (?) EPs Hello Recording Club EP (March, 1993) Hello Recording Club EP (September, 1994) Guest appearances "The Violin" (w/ Eileen Ivers on violin), Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? soundtrack References External links Brian Dewan's page at Eschatone Records Dewanatron site which describes many of the Dewan cousins recent musical inventions Brian Dewan: Tells the Story bio from Bar/None Records American