James Elliott (born December 20, 1976) is an American

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...

ian, usually releasing solo material under the alias Ateleia. The name comes from

Ateleia ''Ateleia'' is a genus of legume in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species: * '' Ateleia albolutescens'' Mohlenbr. * '' Ateleia apetala'' Griseb. * '' Ateleia arsenii'' Standl. * '' Ateleia glazioveana'' Baill. * '' Ateleia gu ...

, a legume or from ancient Greek meaning tax-free. The music is

electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...

psychedelic minimalism. Elliott was the co-founder (along with David Daniell) of the record label

Antiopic Antiopic is an independent record label in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in New York City in 2002 by David Daniell and James Elliott. Discography * Need Thomas Windham: ''employment patterns'' (2002) * David Daniell: ''sem'' (2002) * Ult ...

. He was a former member of New York-based bands

School of Seven Bells School of Seven Bells (often stylized as SVIIB) was an American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2007. It originally consisted of Alejandra Deheza (vocals, guitar), her sister Claudia Deheza (keyboards, vocals) and Benjamin Curtis ...

and

Bear in Heaven Bear in Heaven was an American indie rock band from New York City, formed by Jon Philpot in 2003. The sound of the band incorporates influences from psychedelic music, electronic music and krautrock. History Philpot has previously released ...

, playing

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and computer in both bands. Elliott is currently a member of the band Test House.

Discography

Solo works as Ateleia

Albums/EPs

*''Nightly'' - Radium/Table of the Elements CD/EP, 2007 *''Formal Sleep'' - Xeric/Table of the Elements CD, 2007
With contributions by

David Grubbs David Grubbs (born September 21, 1967) is an American composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. He was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine, The Red Krayola, Bitch Magnet and The Wingd ...

(

Gastr del Sol Gastr del Sol (derived from a combination of the name of a race horse (Gato del Sol) and David Grubbs' previous band Bastro) was an American, Chicago-based band, consisting for most of their career, of David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke. Between 19 ...

), David Daniell, Jon Philpot ( Presocratics,

) and Sadek Bazaraa (

). *''Swimming Against The Moments'' -

CD, 2004

Compilation Appearances

*"Along A Space Diagonal" on "88 Tapes" - Kesh CD, 2008 *"Grasses" on ''Impala Eardrums'' - Radium/Table of the Elements LP/CD, 2008 *"Inman Division (Reynoldstown Pastoral)" - Tu M'p3 MP3, 2003 *"Demystifying In Order To Mystify Better" on ''Deconstructive Music'' - More Mars 3xCD, 2007 *"The Sun Sets On Critical Distance" on ''The Allegorical Power Series Volume IV'' - Antiopic MP3, 2003 *"We Become A Threat" on ''The Allegorical Power Series Volume I'' - Antiopic MP3, 2003

Collaborations

*Ateleia and Benjamin Curtis: ''Baghdad Batterie'' -

Table of the Elements Table of the Elements is an American record label. It concentrates on re-released and specially recorded experimental music, including many avant-garde musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries: such as John Cale, Tony Conrad, La Monte Young, L ...

LP, 2008 *

: ''Face To Face On High Places'' - Radium/Table of the Elements LP, 2007 *

: ''Red Bloom of the Boom'' - Hometapes CD, 2007 *Ateleia and David Daniell: "FTP" on ''The Wire Tapper 12'' -

Wire Magazine ''The Wire'' (or simply ''Wire'') is a British music magazine publishing out of London, which has been issued monthly in print since 1982. Its website launched in 1997, and an online archive of its entire back catalog became available to subs ...

CD, 2004 *Ateleia and David Daniell: "Fuck The Polis" on ''The Allegorical Power Series Volume VII'' -

MP3, 2003 *Project Qua Project (Ateleia and David Daniell): "For Rachel Corrie" on ''The Allegorical Power Series Volume II'' -

MP3, 2003

External links

ateleia.com
official website * *
''Nightly'' review
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