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{{short description|American electronic musician and producer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = FaltyDL
| image             = FaltyDL.jpg
| caption           = April 5, 2012 on Together Festival, Boston
| image_size        =
| birth_name        = Andrew "Drew" Lustman
| origin            = [[New Haven, Connecticut]], United States
| birth_date        = {{birth_date and age|13 May 1983}}
| birth_place       = [[New Haven, Connecticut]], United States
| instrument        = [[Musical keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Sampling (music)|Samples]]
| genre             = [[House music|House]], [[UK garage]], [[electronica]], [[experimental music|experimental]], [[techno]]
| occupation        = [[Record producer]], [[Disc jockey|DJ]]
| years_active      = 2007-present
| label             = [[Ninja Tune]], [[Planet Mu]], [[Hypercolour (record label)|Hypercolour]]
| associated_acts   = [[Mykki Blanco]]
| website           = {{URL|faltydl.tumblr.com}}
}}
'''Drew Lustman''' (born May 13, 1983), also known as '''FaltyDL''', is an American, New York-based [[record producer]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Gaerig|first=Andrew|title=Album Review: FaltyDL - You Stand Uncertain |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15243-you-stand-uncertain/ |publisher=Pitchfork Media |accessdate=11 January 2013}}</ref> and [[electronic music]]ian originally from [[New Haven, Connecticut]].
In November 2008, he signed with electronic music label [[Planet Mu]], who released his first two full-length albums, ''Love Is A Liability'' (2009) and ''You Stand Uncertain'' (2011). In January 2011, he signed with London-based label [[Ninja Tune]], who released ''Atlantis'' (2011) and the single ''Straight & Arrow'' (2012), which features a remix by [[Four Tet]]. His third album, ''Hardcourage'', was co-released on January 21, 2013, through Ninja Tune and his own record label, Blueberry Records. The label was named after the blueberry hill his grandmother owned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/blogs/ninja-tune-faltydl-love-balance-blueberry-hill|title=Ninja Tune's FaltyDL Talks Love, Balance, Blueberry Hill|last=Sherburne|first=Philip|publisher=SPIN|accessdate=11 January 2013}}</ref>  His fourth album ''In the Wild (2014)'' was also released by Ninja Tune. In 2015 he released ''The Crystal Cowboy'' under his own name for Planet Mu Records. In Fall 2016 he released his latest full-album ''Heaven Is for Quitters'' exclusively through Blueberry Records. His current newest release is If All the People Took Acid - EP, released January 2019.
FaltyDL has remixed tracks for [[Seun Kuti]], [[Mount Kimbie]], [[The xx]], [[Scuba (musician)|Scuba]], [[Photek]], [[Anthony Shake Shakir]], and opened for [[Radiohead]]'s show at [[Roseland Ballroom]] in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sacher|first=Andrew |title=Thom Yorke DJ set on iTunes +++ FaltyDL on Ninja Tune, a Holy Ghost! single, Zed Bias LP & in Brooklyn tonight |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/10/thom_yorke_dj_s.html|publisher=Brooklyn Vegan|accessdate=11 January 2013}}</ref>
FaltyDL is known for performing on stage with his MacBook<ref>http://www.quipmag.com/faltydl-live-in-vancouver/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
== Discography ==
; Albums
* ''A Nurse To My patience'' (Blueberry, 2022)
* ''Heaven Is for Quitters'' (Blueberry, 2016)<ref>{{cite web|author1=SCOTT WILSON|title=FaltyDL announces new album, Heaven is for Quitters|url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/09/14/faltydl-heaven-is-for-quitters-album-announced/|publisher=[[Fact (UK magazine)]]|accessdate=19 October 2016|date=September 14, 2016}}</ref>
* ''The Crystal Cowboy'' ([[Planet Mu]], 2015)
* ''In the Wild'' ([[Ninja Tune]], 2014)
* ''Hardcourage'' (Ninja Tune, 2013)
* ''You Stand Uncertain'' (Planet Mu, 2011)
* ''Love Is a Liability'' (Planet Mu, 2009)
; Singles & EPs
* "The Wrath EP" (Studio Barnhus, 2021)
* "Recluse Let Loose" (Blueberry, 2020)
* "Flechazo" (Studio Barnhus, 2019)
* "One For UTTU EP" (Unknown To The Unknown, 2019)
* "If All the People Took Acid EP" (Blueberry, 2019)
*"Taste of Acid EP" (Hypercolour, 2018)
*"Three Rooms EP" (Hypercolour, 2018)
* "Wondering Mind" (Aus Music, 2017)
* "Mean Streets Part Three" (Swamp 81, 2016)
* "River Girl / Do You Box?" (Blueberry, 2015)
* "Visceral" (Ninja Tune, 2015)
* "Rich Prick Poor Dick" (Ninja Tune, 2015)
* "Danger" (Ninja Tune, 2014)
* "She Sleeps (Part 1)" ([[Ninja Tune]], 2013)
* ''Straight & Arrow'' ([[Ninja Tune]], 2012)
* ''Hardcourage'' ([[Ninja Tune]], 2012)
* ''Mean Streets Part Two'' (Swamp 81, 2012)
* ''Atlantis'' ([[Ninja Tune]], 2011)
* ''Make It Difficult'' (All City, 2011)
* ''Hip Love'' (Ramp, 2011)
* ''Mean Streets Part One'' (Swamp 81, 2011)
* ''Endeavour'' (Planet Mu, 2010)
* ''All in the Place'' (Rush Hour Current Direct, 2010)
* ''Phreqaflex'' ([[Planet Mu]], 2010)
* ''To London'' (Ramp, 2009)
* ''Bravery EP'' ([[Planet Mu]], 2009)
* ''Party'' (Ramp, 2009)
* ''Rapidly Harvested Asparagus EP'' (Napalm Enema, 2007)
* ''Beat Lumber'' (Unfun, 2007)
* ''Callipygian Female Flattery'' (fizx, 2007)
'''Remixes'''
* "Closer" by [[Vondelpark (band)]] ([[R&S Records]], 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indieshuffle.com/vondelpark-closer-faltydl-blueberry-remix/|title=Seabed Remixed|date=2014-03-22|publisher=Indie Shuffle|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref>
== Films and animations ==
* ''Drugs (feat. Rosie Lowe) (2016)''
* ''Wolves'' (2015)
* ''Watch a Man Die'' (2015)
* New Haven (2014)
* Dionysos Short Film (2014)
* ''Straight & Arrow'' (2012)
* ''My Light, My Love'' (2011)
* ''Dionysos Visualization'' (2011)
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|faltydl.com}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Record producers from Connecticut]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American electronic musicians]]
[[Category:Jewish American musicians]]
[[Category:Planet Mu artists]]
[[Category:21st-century American Jews]]
[[Category:1983 births]]