Brendan Angelides, better known by his previous stage names Eskmo and Welder, 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 ( electroac ...

producer and composer. He has released music on the record labels

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Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London. It has a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More (better known as Coldcut) and managed by Peter Quicke and others. Inspired by a visit ...

Planet Mu Planet Mu is an eclectic English electronic music record label created and run by Mike Paradinas. The label started out as a subsidiary of Virgin Records then Paradinas set up the label independent of Virgin. After releasing intelligent dance ...

, and

Warp Records Warp Records (or simply Warp) is a British independent record label founded in Sheffield in 1989 by record store employees Steve Beckett and Rob Mitchell and record producer Robert Gordon.Southern, Richard (2003) "Label of Love: WARP", X-RAY, A ...

. In a 2010 review,

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critic

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credited Angelides with "Just the kind of weird background music that's guaranteed to engross whenever you lend it both ears".

Career

Albums

Angelides' self-titled album, ''

Eskmo Brendan Angelides, better known by his previous stage names Eskmo and Welder, is an American electronic music producer and composer. He has released music on the record labels Interscope, Ninja Tune, Planet Mu, and Warp Records. In a 2010 revie ...

'', was released on

in 2010. BBC Music said of the album "..Sufficient mind-melting invention here – prior reference points or otherwise – to render Eskmo a hotter property than that chilly moniker might immediately imply." He released the ''Language'' and "Terra" EPs on Ancestor in 2012 and 2013 respectively. In 2015, his follow up album SOL, a concept album about the sun, was released on Apollo / R&S records. It featured the artwork of UK feather sculpture artist Kate MccGwire. In April 2017,

released the original score album written by Angelides for the

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series ''

13 Reasons Why ''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan Mi ...

''. Alongside the score, it featured a cover song of Yazoo's "Only You" produced by Angelides for

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. Earlier in 2017,

Milan Records Milan Records is a record label located in Los Angeles, California specializing in film scores and soundtrack albums. In addition, Milan boasts an extensive electronic catalog which features down-tempo, chillout, and eclectic electronic releases ...

released the original score for the Showtime series "Billions."

Film / TV

Angelides is the composer for all 4 seasons of Netflix's original series ''

'' and all 6 seasons of Showtime's TV series '' Billions''. In 2020, he scored the feature film ''

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'' and the VR experience ''Minimum Mass,'' followed by '' Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber'' (Showtime) and '' Echoes'' (Netflix) in 2022.

Social outreach

In September 2015, Angelides announced a project entitled FeelHarmonic. Its role being: "FeelHarmonic connects creatives, from a variety of fields, to collaborate on bringing the deaf community new ways to experience sound. It is the first community-based outreach program being launched under The Echo Society umbrella."

The Echo Society

In December 2013, Angelides helped create a Los Angeles–based collective called The Echo Society. Made up of composers, visual designers and engineers, the group has put on multiple events in various locations throughout Los Angeles featuring large orchestral ensembles mixed with electronic music. Other notable composers involved are

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, Nathan Johnson, and Judson Crane.

Personal life

Angelides was raised in a small town in

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, which is located on the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Discography

Albums

* ''Machines on Task'' (1999, self-released) * ''Illuminate'' (2001, self-released) * ''Ascension'' (2003, self-released) * ''Vines and Streams'' (2006, Cyberset) * ''

'' (2010,

) * ''Florescence'' (2011, Ancestor) * ''SOL'' (2015, Apollo) * ''Billions'' OST (2017, Milan) * ''13 Reasons Why'' OST (2017, Interscope) * ''Motions Like These'' (2019, Ancestor) * ''Naked Singularity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' (2021, Lakeshore) * ''Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber (Music from the Showtime Original Series)'' (2022, Showtime Networks / Milan) * ''Echoes (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)'' (2022, Netflix Music)

EPs

* ''Bamboo Snow'' (2007) as Welder * ''The Willow Grail'' (2008) * ''Chalice Well'' (2008) as Welder * ''Purple & Orange (The Remixes)'' (2008) * ''Cloudlight / Come Back'' (2010) * ''We Got More / Moving Glowstream'' (2011) * ''Language'' (2012) * ''Terra'' (2013)

Singles

* "Cower / Lord of Life" (2002) * "Blue Tundra / Atlantis" (2003) * "Time to React / Basement" (2004) * "Cliffside / Embryonic" (2005) * "Only a Few / Forces of Spirit" (2005) * "No Man's Land / Waterfight" (2006) * "Speakers Corner" (2007) * "Jetski" (2007) * "Speaking in Tongues" (2007) * "Hypercolor" (2009) * "Agnus Dei" (2009) * "Let Them Sing" (2009) * "Land and Bones" (2010) * "Aether" (from ''The Echo Society: Vol. 1'') (2020) * " Assassin's Creed Mirage: Into the Light (From the Cinematic World Premiere) (2022)

Productions

* Bar 9 – "Murda Sound (Eskmo Remix)" (2008) *

Bibio Stephen James Wilkinson (born 4 December 1978), better known as Bibio, is an English musician and producer. He is known for a distinct analog Lo-fi music, lo-fi sound, and for working in a diverse range of genres, beginning in folktronica and ...

– "Dwrcan (Eskmo Remix)" from '' The Apple and the Tooth'' (2009) * Spor – "Knock You Down (Eskmo Remix)" (2010) *

Amon Tobin Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (born February 7, 1972), known as Amon Tobin (), is a Brazilian electronic musician, composer and producer. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released eight ...

– "Ruthless Reprise (Eskmo Remix)" from ''Chaos Theory Remixed: The Soundtrack to Splinter Cell 3D'' (2011) *

Hundred Waters Hundred Waters is an American band formed in Gainesville, Florida in October 2011, composed of Nicole Miglis (vocals, piano, flute), Trayer Tryon (production, electronics, bass) and Zach Tetreault (drums, percussion, trumpet). The group came to p ...

– "Boreal (Eskmo Remix)" (2013)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Angelides, Brendan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ninja Tune artists Warp (record label) artists American electronic musicians Record producers from California American male film score composers American television composers Male television composers