Blectum from Blechdom is an

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duo, formed in 1998 by Kristin Erickson (

Kevin Blechdom Kevin Blechdom (born Kristin Grace Erickson; 1978 in Florida) is an American experimental electronic musician and performance artist. She is based in Santa Cruz, California. Early life and education Kristin Grace Erickson was born in 1978 in Fl ...

) and Bevin Kelley (

Blevin Blectum Blevin Blectum (born Bevin Kelley) is an American electronic musician and multimedia composer. She is celebrated as an "icon of deviant and cerebral electronic music". Early life and education She was born Bevin Kelley in 1971. Her younger brot ...

). Erickson and Kelley met at

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. They initially performed locally, in the

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and recorded their first EP, titled Snauses and Mallards, in March 2000, followed by their first full-length album The Messy Jesse Fiesta (that won second prize for Digital Musics at

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in 2001) later that year. Both artists retain their

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s when working on solo projects. Their music has been described as exceptionally irreverent and humorous and though experimental in nature, with heavy

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influences, never pretentious and always rhythmic.

Discography

* ''Snauses and Mallards'' (2000) * ''The Messy Jesse Fiesta'' (2000) * ''Bad Music and Buttprints'' (2000) * ''De Snaunted Haus'' (2000) * ''Haus de Snaus'' (2001) * ''Fishin' In Front Of People: The Early Years 1998-2000 (2002) * ''DeepBone'' (2021)

References

{{Authority control Musical groups established in 1998 Electronic music groups from California 1998 establishments in California