David Kyp Joel Malone is a multi-instrumentalist and member of the bands TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio is an American art rock band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, whose music spans numerous diverse genres, from post-punk to electro and free jazz to soul music....

 and Iran

Iran (band)

Iran is an experimental band formed by film director/singer/songwriter Aaron Aites and Kyp Malone from TV on the Radio in 2000. Membership beyond these two members fluctuates from album to album.-Albums:* Iran –...

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Malone formed Iran

Iran (band)

Iran is an experimental band formed by film director/singer/songwriter Aaron Aites and Kyp Malone from TV on the Radio in 2000. Membership beyond these two members fluctuates from album to album.-Albums:* Iran –...

 with film director/singer/songwriter Aaron Aites in the year 2000. Malone later joined Tunde Adebimpe

Tunde Adebimpe

Babatunde Omoroga "Tunde" Adebimpe is an American musician, actor, and director best known as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio. His vocal method often involves improvisation, the use of effects and repeating sampled loops....

 and David Sitek

David Andrew Sitek

David Andrew Sitek is a guitarist and record producer based in New York City, best known as a member of the band TV on the Radio. He has also worked with bands such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Foals, Celebration, and most recently Jane's Addiction, and produced free jazz-influenced remixes of songs...

 in TV on the Radio for the recording and release of Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes.

Malone has also contributed to work by Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter.-Biography:Miles was raised in Portland and Eugene. He spent much of his youth on the road traveling with his comedian/playwright father as he played venues across the U.S. In high school, he began playing guitar and writing...

, including producing Robinson's 2009 LP Summer Of Fear

Summer Of Fear (album)

Summer of Fear is the second album by Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson from Brooklyn, Oregon. After joining Saddle Creek Records on August 12, 2009, Summer Of Fear was released via the iTunes Store and Saddle Creek's Store on September 22, 2009...

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In 2009, Malone released a solo effort under the name Rain Machine, later touring to support the album.

Malone has toured and played with Jolie Holland

Jolie Holland

Jolie Holland is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional, country, rock, jazz, and blues...

, and was an influence and early champion of singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten is an American singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York City.Her songs were described by the music website Pitchfork Media as having "some echoes of folk tradition but generally in a more personal, introspective space." NPR Music asserts: "Her songs are heartfelt without being...

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Malone was featured in the 2002 Bay Area indie film Scumrock

Scumrock

Scumrock is a 2003 American indie film featuring the collaboration of John Moritsugu and Amy Davis. It focuses on the mundane existence of Bay Area musicians and the counter culture scene that permeated the Bay Area in the early 2000s. Featuring Kyp Malone from TV on the Radio, the film is shot...

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Malone recorded with the Malian band Tinariwen

Tinariwen

Tinariwen is a band of Tuareg-Berber musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed around 1979 in refugee camps in Libya but returned to Mali after a cease-fire in the 1990s...

 on their 2011 release "Tassili

Tassili (album)

Tassili is the fifth album by the Tuareg-Berber band Tinariwen recorded in Tassili n'Ajjer, an Algerian national park. The album marked a major departure from previous recordings. It is their only album to be recorded outside a studio in major cities like Paris and Bamako, Mali...

". It was recorded in the Algerian desert near the Libyan border.