Other Projects
The members of Deerhoof have played with a wide variety of other artists. In 2006, Danielson released the critically acclaimed Ships, which featured the four then-members of Deerhoof as the backing band for many of the tracks. In April 2010 they performed on stage at the Donaufestival in Austria with the members of Xiu Xiu, playing the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures in its entirety. Saunier played drums on the soundtrack to the Will Ferrell movie Step Brothers. He has played drums, percussion, and bass in Plastic Ono Band several times. Along with composer Jherek Bischoff he has played onstage with David Byrne and on record on a song sung by Caetano Veloso, and has performed live with Byrne, Bischoff, and Amanda Palmer. Satomi contributed lead vocal on The Go! Team's 'Secretary Song'. Saunier and Dieterich have guested on albums by Xiu Xiu and Nels Cline, as well as on albums by rappers Busdriver and Lushlife.
Deerhoof has done extensive remixing for other artists, including Maroon 5, Asobi Seksu, Xiu Xiu, The Givers, Shugo Tokumaru, Starfucker, Delta 5, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, A.U., Parenthetical Girls, Royal Bangs, People Get Ready, Megaphonic Thrift, E.D. Sedgwick, Woom, Sam Mickens, Baaba, Raleigh Moncrieff, Lucas Santtana, In One Wind, and others.
Saunier has done production and mixing for Marc Ribot, Xiu Xiu, Busdriver, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Hoquets, Sholi, 31 Knots, EDS, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, and Hawnay Troof. Dieterich has done mixing and production work for A Hawk And A Hacksaw, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Cüneyt Sepetçi, The Weird Weeds, Powerdove and XBXRX.
Saunier plays often in New York in various groups including Mystical Weapons (with multi-instrumentalist Sean Lennon and animator/projectionist Martha Colburn), Les Bon Hommes (featuring Saunier on guitar and vocals), and various free improvisation groups. He and drummer Zach Hill formed Nervous Cop, releasing one album in 2003 which featured harpist Joanna Newsom.
In 2008 Matsuzaki formed OneOne, a collaboration with Saya, singer and songwriter with the Japanese band Tenniscoats. This group often includes Saunier and Takashi Ueno. Their one CD was mixed by Saunier.
Since before joining Deerhoof, Dieterich and Rodriguez have played in the instrumental group Gorge Trio. Dieterich has released albums with Mike Watt and Thollem McDonas. Dieterich, Chris Cohen, and Jay Pellicci formed an instrumental trio called Natural Dreamers that released one album in 2004.
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