Daniel Lidén

Karl Daniel Lidén is a Swedish drummer and music producer. He was the drummer for rock bands Dozer, Demon Cleaner and Greenleaf. He currently has a solo project called Vaka.

Career

Demon Cleaner

Lidén was a founding member of Demon Cleaner, a stoner rock band from Borlange. They released two full-length albums and disbanded in 2002 soon after Lidén left the band.

Greenleaf

While a member of Demon Cleaner Lidén started a side project with Tommi Holappa (Dozer guitar player) and Bengt Bäcke (producer for Dozer and Demon Cleaner) called Greenleaf. They released two albums and an ep with Lidén.

Dozer

Soon after leaving Demon Cleaner, Lidén joined Dozer. He joined after the recording of their third album, Call It Conspiracy. He toured with the band in support of that album and then appeared on their next album Through the Eyes of Heathens before leaving.

Vaka

Originally called And Machine Said.. Behold:, Vaka is Lidén's solo project. Vaka has released one album, Kappa Delta Phi (2008).^[1]^[2] The album was produced by Lidén and features appearances by Johan Rockner (Dozer), Tommi Holappa (Dozer) and Peder Bergstrand (Lowrider, I Are Droid).

Discography

Demon Cleaner

Split singles with Dozer

Demon Cleaner vs Dozer (1998) – Molten Universe
Hawaiian Cottage (1999) – Molten Universe
Domestic Dudes (1999) – Molten Universe

Albums

The Freeflight (2000) – Molten Universe
Demon Cleaner (2002) – Molten Universe

Greenleaf

Greenleaf ep (2000) – Molten Universe
Revolution Rock (2001) – Molten Universe
Secret Alphabets (2003) – Small Stone Records

Dozer

Through the Eyes of Heathens (2006) – Small Stone Records

Vaka

Kappa Delta Phi (2008) – Murkhouse Recordings

Other appearances

Dozer – Exoskeleton Pt. I & II CD EP (2007) – Molten Universe Recordings – co-producer, engineer, mixer, mastering
Dozer – Beyond Colossal (2008) – Small Stone Records – co-producer, engineer, mixer
Switchblade – S/T [2009] (2009) – Trust No One Recordings – co-producer, engineer, mixer
Kausal – In Dead Cities (2009) – Version Studio Records – engineer, mixer, mastering
A Swarm of the Sun – Zenith (2010) – Version Studio Records – drums
Digression Assassins – Alpha (2011) – Ampire Records – engineer, mixer
Mr. Death – Descending Through Ashes (2011) – Agonia Records – producer, engineer, mixer
Greenleaf – Nest of Vipers (2012) – Small Stone Records – engineer, mixer
Propane Propane – Indigo (2012) – Planet Fuzz – mixer
Doomina – Elsewhere (2012) – self-released – mastering
Pig Eyes – Total Destruction of the Present Moment (2012) – De:Nihil Records – mastering
Switchblade – S/T [2012] (2012) – Denovali Records / Trust No One Recordings – engineer, mixer

References

^ MestRock.se Archived 14 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine VAKA - Kappa Delta Phi review in Swedish
^ DisAgreement VAKA - Kappa Delta Phi

External links

[1] MestRock.se Archived 14 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine VAKA - Kappa Delta Phi review in Swedish

[2] DisAgreement VAKA - Kappa Delta Phi

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v t e Dozer
Fredrik Nordin Tommi Holappa Johan Rockner Sebastian Olsson Erik Bäckwall Daniel Lidén Olle Mårthans
Albums	In the Tail of a Comet (2000) Madre de Dios (2001) Call It Conspiracy (2003) Through the Eyes of Heathens (2006) Beyond Colossal (2008) Drifting in the Endless Void (2023)
EPs	Coming Down the Mountain (1999)