Psychedelic pop, written and produced by Dave Menzo.
Dave Menzo writes and produces psychedelic pop: tribal drum patterns, analog synthesizers, layered strings and vocals. He performs it two ways, alone and with the Dave Menzo Band.
Since Color Wheel, he has spent a decade opening for touring acts with a looping rig he calls a one man band on steroids. He produces other artists out of Ann Arbor and plays weddings and private events under his own name.
Weddings & private events: Menzo Weddings ↗
“I want to change the world with my music.”
Dave Menzo, on first hearing The Beatles as a child
In short
A one man band on steroids
Alone, he builds each song live on a looping rig: drums, synths, strings and vocals, no backing track.
The Dave Menzo Band
The same songs with a full band, who played them nine times in thirteen days across Japan in autumn 2026.
Made at the library
Shhh… was recorded entirely on instruments borrowed from the Ann Arbor District Library, and made The New York Times.
Songs in colour
Color Wheel came out of chromesthesia: he hears sound as colour.
The records
Has shared the stage with
SHAED · GRiZ · Kishi Bashi · Papadosio · Tauk · Pigeons Playing Ping Pong · Turkuaz · Macpodz · The Ragbirds · Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers · Desmond Jones · Ray White
Where he’s played
Top of the Park, Ann Arbor Summer Festival, four summers running (2014–2017) · Tuesday nights at Weber’s Inn, Habitat Lounge (2019) · VISION QUEST Tour of Japan: Tokyo, Tachikawa, Nagoya, Osaka, Nara and Kyoto (2026)