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Lauren Bousfield
Also known asNero's Day at Disneyland
OriginOakland, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Library musician, composer
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Modular synthesizers
Years active
  • 2005–2011 (as Nero's Day at Disneyland)
  • 2012–present (as Lauren Bousfield)
LabelsCock Rock Disco
Member of
  • In-House Pharmacy
  • DOOR EATER
Formerly of
  • Beautiful Mutants
  • Strip Mall Seizures
  • Self Spiller
Websitehttps://www.laurenbousfield.com

Lauren Bousfield is an electronic musician, composer, and sound designer based in Los Angeles. She initially gained recognition for her project Nero's Day at Disneyland, and since 2012 she has also been releasing music both under her own name and as part of the duos In-House Pharmacy and DOOR EATER, in addition to composing for television, film, and video games.[1]

Career and works

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Bousfield had previously been a part of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions as early as 2016[2] but in 2021 said that she was fired soon after she transitioned.[3]

In 2017, Bousfield released an EP called Fire Songs, which was made after the 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire and a house fire in her own home. The opening track No Clocks No Mirrors honors Joey Casio, a friend of Bousfield and fellow musician who died in the Ghost Ship fire,[4] while the closing track titled Cirlgocks marks her inaugural work with future frequent collaborator Naomi Mitchell.

On October 14, 2018, Bousfield and Mitchell released their first album as In-House Pharmacy. A rescored soundtrack to Tetsuo: The Iron Man paying tribute to both the film and Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto, the album titled simply Tetsuo: The Iron Man Revisited explores transgender themes, both horrific and hopeful, through instrumentation in reference to the film's central motifs of bodily transformation.[5] This was followed by a second release under the In-House Pharmacy name in 2020, We Are Electronics and Piano Only,[6] in which Bousfield and Mitchell experiment with the limitations of only using a piano and a modular synthesizer to produce a full album of music, and a 2022 single named Stochastic Violence[7].

In 2021, Bousfield participated in the multimedia arts event Pique, presenting a piece inspired by Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade floats. She described the visuals, once again created in collaboration with Naomi Mitchell, as “floats popping or generally causing mayhem,” symbolizing fragility and collapse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bousfield cited a fascination with North American amusement culture, such as parades and theme parks, and emphasized how her live performances often serve as a place to expand on musical ideas.[8]

In 2025, Bousfield and Ada Rook started DOOR EATER, which has released two singles so far. Their debut full-length album is due to release on June 25, 2025.

Discography

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With Beautiful Mutants

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Studio Albums

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  • Rock and Roll Mind Control (circa 1998)
  • Who Feeds on Whom (circa. 1999)
  • Beautiful Mutants (circa. 2000)

With Strip Mall Seizures

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Studio Albums

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  • Strip Mall Seizures (2003)
  • No English (2006)
  • Secret To Financial Freedom (2008)
  • I'll Never Give Up On You (2011)

As Nero's Day at Disneyland

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Studio albums

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  • Attention Shoppers (2005)
  • Trickle Down Economixxx (2008)
  • From Rotting Fantasylands (2009)

EPs

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  • Grievances and Dead Malls (2005)
  • Colonists (2007)

Singles

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  • Mascara Running Everywhere (2010)
  • Bent Chorals feat. Mincemeat or Tenspeed (2010)
  • Heaven's Gate (2011)
  • Sable Leathery Wings (2011)

In Self Spiller

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Studio Albums

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  • Worms In The Keys (2012)
  • Worms In The Keys Remixes (2017)

Singles

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  • Fountain Of Blood (2014)

As Lauren Bousfield

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Studio albums

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  • Avalon Vales (2013)
  • Namazu Running OST (2016)
  • Palimpsest (2020)
  • Salesforce (2023)

EPs

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  • Locked into Phantasy (2012)
  • Fire Songs (2017)

Singles

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  • Valed (2013)
  • Dead Eyes (2016)
  • Clocked (2016)
  • Slow Slicing - Klonopin (2016)
  • Flying High feat. Skylla (2016)
  • Scold's Bridle (2016)
  • Fukup feat. Skylla (2016)
  • Used to Be Better feat. Girls Rituals (2017)
  • Press Fire from No World Dreamers: Sticky Zeitgeist (2017)
  • Crawling Into a Fireplace Cackling (2020)
  • Forest Theme (2021)
  • Swamp Theme (2021)
  • Irl Theme (2021)
  • Headstone Prices on Credit (2023)
  • Mansions No One Wants to Buy for Any Price (2023)
  • Hazer (2023)
  • White Clouds Turning Black Factory Farm Flames In The Distance (2024)

Mixes

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  • Lauren Bousfield @ 909 Fest (2020)
  • Lauren Bousfield - Worst Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade Accidents!! (2021)
  • Lauren Bousfield - 7/22/21 - HausMo Fun One: July Edition (2021)
  • Lauren Bousfield Dublab Set 6.14.23 (2023)

As In House Pharmacy

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EPs

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  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man Revisited (2018)
  • We Are Electronics and Piano Only (2020)
  • In-House Pharmacy B-sides 001 (2020)

Singles

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  • Thunder and Rain (2021)
  • Stochastic Violence (2022)

As DOOR EATER

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Singles

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  • stay out (2025)
  • dead sky (2025)

Albums

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  • try (forthcoming, 2025)

References

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  1. ^ "Lauren Bousfield Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio &". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Summer Happenings at The Broad 2016". www.thebroad.org. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  3. ^ "Post from Bousfield's own social media about her firing". x.com. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  4. ^ "Lauren Bousfield's Fire Songs Honors Ghost ship Victims and Her Own Fire Trauma". LaWeekly. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  5. ^ "Tetsuo: The Iron Man Revisited". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  6. ^ "We Are Electronics and Piano Only". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  7. ^ "Stochastic Violence". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  8. ^ "Pique artist interview: Lauren Bousfield". Debaser. 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
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