Brooklyn-based percussionist, composer and improviser Deric Dickens divides his time between the improvised, creative music scene and the indie rock scene in NYC. Dickens has toured and recorded for many years with Robinella (Columbia Records) Daniel Carter, Jaimie Branch, John Ralston, Russ Lossing, Caroline Davis, Erica Dicker, Sara Schoenbeck and Brad Linde, and has worked on soundtracks for James Schamus’ Indignation, D.W. Young’s Too Cold to Swim, as well as many other indie films and T.V. projects. Deric has been a founding member of bands such as Brad Linde’s Team Players, DAD’s, Dix Out, John Ralston, Urbane Outfit and Arms Bent Thrice, a graphic score ensemble.