As a musician 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. He recorded and staged a version of
Igor Stravinsky's
Les Noces in 2011, and released the digital album
San Francisco in 2015. 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". He has collaborated or performed with
Kevin Blechdom,
R. Stevie Moore,
Lindstrøm,
Mungolian Jet Set,
Matmos,
Cryptacize,
Odawas,
Bob Drake,
William Winant, as well as contributing vocals and trumpet to
Boredoms'
Super Roots 10 release. In 2010, Leone won Grand Prize in a
Steve Reich remix contest, judged by the composer Reich himself, and celebrating the composer's 74th birthday.
As a music critic 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. As a music critic, Leone was known for championing modern experimental and fringe artists, as well as older
electronic music,
progressive rock, and psychedelia. For Pitchfork, Leone penned early reviews of
Animal Collective,
Devendra Banhart, as well as several for influential Japanese band the Boredoms. He also wrote frequently cited reviews of
Can,
Igor Wakhévitch,
The Beach Boys, and for Trouser Press, a lengthy overview of France's
Magma. In 2007, Leone authored a monthly column for Pitchfork entitled "Out Music". He presented his paper "What You Hear is Never What They Heard, and What You Get is Never What They Had" at the 2007
Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame Pop Conference in
Seattle, Washington. == Discography ==