New York-based composer and percussionist Eli Keszler presents material from his self-titled album released in May this year. A freewheeling, Lynchian song-cycle in which his virtuosic performances traverse a living landscape of abstract electronic sound. Music that breathes, creaks and sighs, with noirish jazz torch songs giving way to skittering drums and cinematic, dubbed-out textures, the lyrics whispered and cried by near-inaudible, distant voices.
A prolific collaborator, Keszler has worked with the likes of Oneohtrix Point Never, Skrillex, Rashad Becker and Laurel Halo in recent years, as well as scoring films. He crossed our path for the first time in 2012, when he was nominated for the Gaudeamus Award with his sound installation Cold Pin. Since then he became an international household name in challenging, experimental music.
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