About
Paper Plane Pilot is an indie rock/electronic band from San Diego, California.
Formed in 2007 as a studio project by Dustin Frelich (vocals, instruments), Paper Plane Pilot was established as an electronic/indie/pop response to a string of ambient releases Frelich completed for several European netlabels earlier that year. After unsuccessfully collaborating with others and with a desire to ditch the traditional “band” paradigm, he embarked on collecting ideas for an entirely self-contained release of electronic music with an indie/pop twist.
Following a couple compilation releases, First Flight took off in October of 2008, the culmination of almost two years of writing, recording and mixing. And while the experience was itself very rewarding, Frelich vowed to never again release a full album of material in one fell swoop.
After retooling and taking some time off from music, Frelich moved to a single release schedule in 2010. But the biggest change to Paper Plane Pilot came in 2011 when Frelich started to work with friends and collaborators in what he calls the most promising and rewarding chapter of Paper Plane Pilot.
Lately, Frelich has started incorporating live drums and guitars into the Paper Plane Pilot repertoire, though the sound still holds true to its electronic roots.
Paper Plane Pilot’s music has been compared to New Order, LCD SoundSystem, The Postal Service, Erlend Oye, Joy Division, The Go Find and more.
Notable
- Paper Plane Pilot has been featured on several reality TV shows such as MTV’s The Real World and VH1′s Secrets of Aspen, as well as on select college and community radio stations nationwide.
- In 2011, Paper Plane Pilot’s self-produced video for Tell Me was selected to be part of the Moving Types exhibit at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany.
- In 2010, Paper Plane Pilot was featured on Shelby Miller’s Shifted Sound podcast (#196).
Dustin Frelich
Vocals, keyboards, guitars, drums
As the founding member of Paper Plane Pilot, Dustin writes, records, produces and mixes all Paper Plane Pilot songs. He also enjoys collaborating with others.
Paul Welch
Paul co-wrote and contributed guitars, keyboards and vocals to As You Let Me Go. He also fronts the band FMera.
Eugenio Iglesias
Eugenio contributed bass to This Afternoon and lead bass to Sunday Morning Train. He’s also a photographer.
Bryarly Bishop
Bryarly contributed vocals to This Afternoon.
Jean Sunwoo
Jean contributed vocals to Sunday Morning Train. She also creates electronic music.
Eddie Del Canto
Eddie contributed drums to As You Let Me Go.
