Neil Cicierega
Neil Cicierega was born on August 23rd, 1986, and is notable for his YouTube series Potter Puppet Pals, his musical project Lemon Demon, Lemon Demon's song The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, and his three mashup albums released under his own name, Mouth Sounds, Mouth Silence, and Mouth Moods. In 2001, Neil started widespread distribution of his original songs under the name of "Trapezoid", He released four albums under this name, Outsmart, Microwave This CD, Dimes, and Circa 2000, retiring the Trapezoid moniker after the release of Circa 2000 in 2007. Following a notice from an annoyed trademark holder, Trapezoid was posthumously changed to "Deporitaz", though Neil is still known to go by the nickname "Trapezoid" or "Trapezzoid" occasionally. Neil also began releasing music under the name Lemon Demon in 2003, usually featuring lyrics and vocals, unlike Trapezoid, which was primarily instrumental.
As of 2018, Lemon Demon has released 11 albums, live albums, and EPs, Clown Circus, Live From The Haunted Candle Shop, Hip To The Javabean, Damn Skippy, Dinosaurchestra, View-Monster, Almanac 2009, Live (Only Not), I Am Become Christmas, Nature Tapes, and Spirit Phone. In 2014, Neil Cicierega released the album Mouth Sounds, under his own name, primarily consisting of comedic mashups and remixes of Top 40 hits from the 1980s and 1990s. Neil released two follow-up albums in this series, Mouth Silence, and Mouth Moods in 2014 and 2017, respectively. Neil has also preformed under other names such as MEGO vs.
SPAGO and in bands such as Bodhi and the temporary collaboration Lemon Aaron Bards.
The Groove is music.nw’s own measure of renown — not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. It weighs reach (how many people engaged) against acclaim (how highly they rated it), balanced so a handful of votes can’t outshout a lasting favourite.
Computed the NeuraWeb way, across the whole record. The same yardstick for everyone — which is why the little-known can out-Groove the famous in their own corner.
How Neil Cicierega moved
Genre belongs to the record, not to the artist. Every album’s Groove is shared out across the genres it actually is — by how the raters tagged it — so nobody is 100% one thing. Stack that by decade and a career draws itself.
