Head Dress

Ted James Butler is a sound artist and musician actively recording under the name Head Dress. He hosts the long running cassette-based underground and experimental music podcast, Norelco Mori. In recent years, he has contributed sound design to both Arturia and Inear Display’s software instruments and effects.

Employing the use of guitars, fixed and modular synthesis, heavily processed vocals, an arsenal of drum machines, samplers and a liberal use of archaic recording techniques, Butler’s sound is characteristically hard to pin down. Recent Head Dress releases can be found on such labels as Denmark’s Phinery Tapes, Spain’s Cønjuntø Vacíø, as well as Black Horizons and Spring Break Tapes in the US.

Originally from the city of Providence, RI, Butler now lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.