Sekuoia is the moniker of the

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electronic musician and producer Patrick Alexander Bech Madsen (born 1992). Sekuoia's first EP ''Trips'' was released in 2011 and started a small buzz in the electronic music scene in Denmark and Germany.

Career

Born in Düsseldorf, and with a childhood in Detroit, Sekuoia first moved to Denmark at an age of 8. In his teen years, he built himself a studio in his parents basement, where he would go on to make his

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and lingering electronica. In 2012, he attended music school in Engelsholm, where he met Smerz, Chinah and Code Walk. Sekuoia's music has been described as; combining the organic with the electronic in a dreamy meltdown, consisting of dry beats, synth washes and copy/pasted vocals conjure echoes of both dubstep and atmospheric ambient. He has been chosen to support acts like

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, Washed Out,

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and WhoMadeWho, as well as remixing Tomas Barfod. Sekuoia has played in more than 20 European countries, including appearances at festivals like

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, Amsterdam Dance Event,

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, Trans Musicales, Spot Festival, and by:larm

Discography

* Trips (EP, 2011) * Faces (EP, 2012) * Reset Heart (EP, 2015) * flac (Studio album, 2016)

References

1992 births Living people Danish electronic musicians {{Denmark-musician-stub