Brendan Angelides, better known by his previous stage names Eskmo and Welder, is an American
electronic music producer and composer.[1] He has released music on the record labels
Interscope,
Ninja Tune,
Planet Mu, and
Warp Records.[2] In a 2010 review,
rock music critic
Robert Christgau credited Angelides with "Just the kind of weird background music that's guaranteed to engross whenever you lend it both ears".[3]
Career
Albums
Angelides' self-titled album, Eskmo, was released on
Ninja Tune in 2010.[4] 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."[5] He released the Language and "Terra" EPs on Ancestor in 2012 and 2013 respectively.[6]
In 2015, his follow up album SOL, a concept album about the Sun, was released on Apollo / R&S records.[7] It featured the artwork of UK feather sculpture artist
Kate MccGwire.[8]
In April 2017,
Interscope released the original score album written by Angelides for the
Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. Alongside the score, it featured a cover song of
Yazoo's "Only You" produced by Angelides for
Selena Gomez.[9] Earlier in 2017,
Milan Records released the original score for the Showtime series Billions.[10]
In 2023, Angelides released Oxygen on his own imprint Ancestor, intertwining his signature electronic palette with an array of orchestral incantations performed by the
London Contemporary Orchestra.[11]
In 2023, he composed the soundtrack for Assassin's Creed Mirage, working with the New York Arabic Orchestra, Layth Siddiq and Akram Haddad.[14]
Angelides also composed music for
Darren Aronofsky's Postcard from Earth film alongside the Echo Society, which was premiered at the
Sphere in Las Vegas.[15]
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."[16]
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.[17] Other notable composers involved are
Joseph Trapanese,
Rob Simonsen,
Jeremy Zuckerman,
Benjamin Wynn,
Nathan Johnson, and Judson Crane.[18]