DGA & the Shadowless Figures is rock taken to the next level. With songs about love, hate, betrayal, isolation, and insanity done with a unique sound and style taken straight out of the pages of Danny Elfman and David Bowie.

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Before the music, there was a boy by the name of Derick Aguilar. He was born June 5th 1984 in Los Angeles, California to immigrant parents, the older of two children. From the day he was born, he was never full accepted and shunned. He looked different, he acted different, and nobody really understood him. Not his parents, not his friends, nobody. He spent many days alone, in his room, with only his imagination to keep him company. His growing imagination led Derick toward a fascination to sketching as he got older he continued his drawing, and he kept it up all thru out his childhood. He originally planed to pursue a career in animation, up until his high school years, when began his next addiction... music.

His path toward, what would later become, his calling in life started in 9th grade when he first picked up a guitar. It was as if he was destined to play, all it took was learning one chord and Derick was hooked for life. The sweet sounds of heavy distortion consumed his life, leading him to abandon his dream for animation and devoting his life to perfecting his art in music. With co-writer and close friend Matthew Peterkin and drummer Wes Hawkes, formed PaliN, which developed a small but strong following in the San Gabriel Valley. Derick's life changed forever the day PaliN was formed. He cast aside the person he once was and took on a new form, a new name. He became DGA.

PaliNâs run lasted for 3 years, playing everywhere from backyards to the Whiskey and Knitting Factory in Hollywood, before D left in 2005, the remaining two formed the band The Human Machine and stayed a SGV favorite to this day. Since the split, D has gone on to bigger and better things. Heâs written and recorded with Oingo Boingo bassist John Avila, composed songs for both Hollywood Super Agent Chuck Harris and record producer JC Phillips, even co-hosted the radio program Coup De Tat on Indie 103.1FM with dj and friend TK.

D's latest effort has been developing his solo project DGA & the Shadowless Figures. A new alternative/progressive/indie rock band mixing hard rock, goth, electronica, and a sort of theatrical style taken straight out of the pages of Danny Elfman and David Bowie. His debut album, entitled "Damaged Goods EP," is a four track example of the kind of diverse writer DGA is. Featuring the singles "In Love With Madness" which hit the airwaves in February '07 on Indie 104 iRadio LA (LA's largest indie station) and "A Call For Innocence," which got played on Indie 103.1FM.

D is currently assembling musicians for the band to promote the album, being released April 3rd 2007. The band will make it's debut in late April/early to mid May, performanceing along with Deron Wade and A City Away. Followed by a tour of clubs and venues across California, dates TBA.

What happens after that is up in the air. Some will love the music others will hate it. The follow up maybe more of the same or something completely different, D has a tendency to hop around genres, never committing to one sound. How does one find out which side they stand on? They must listen, and judge for themselves.