Quetzatl

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search


Wiki letter w.svg
 This article is an orphan, as few or no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; suggestions may be available. (February 2009)
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. Please help to establish notability by adding reliable, secondary sources about the topic. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. (November 2008)
Quetzatl
Origin United States
Genres Electronic music
Drum and Bass
Electro
Live Electronics
Experimental Music
Instruments Sampler, Drum machine, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Laptop, Vocoder
Years active 1998 – Present
Labels Waveform Modulations, Heterodox Records
Website http://www.quetzatl.net

Esiris Kayab Lyons, also known as Quetzatl, is an American electronic musician and record producer. His music has charted extensively[1] on College Radio[2] Top Tens and is featured in Independent Films, Documentaries, and Television Programs.[3] Relying heavily upon improvisation and taking an avant-garde approach,[4] his music has been described as "an alien blend of disrupted electro and bleep led techno".[5] His drum and bass[6] recordings have been cited as "original and authentic"[7] as well as "otherworldy".[8] For Quetzatl releases[9] such as "Meta Tek",[10] visual counterparts[11] have been produced.[12]

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Full-length albums

Release Date Album Title Record Label Format Notes
1998 Where Eternities Meet Diskatopia Records CD Released under the name Quetzal
2000 Chilam Balam Diskatopia Records CD First Release under the name Quetzatl
2002 Movement and Measure Kayabtun Studios CD
2004 Telepathy Kayabtun Studios CD
2006 Meta Tek Waveform Modulations CD / MP3
2008 Chilam Balam Waveform Modulations CD / MP3 Re-issue
2008 Reporting From Earth Waveform Modulations CD / MP3
2010 On the Edge of Dopeness Heterodox Records CD / MP3

[edit] EPs

Release Date Album Title Record Label Format Notes
1998 Stellar Mathematique Diskatopia Records 12" Vinyl Released under the name Quetzal
2006 Secret Knobs and Numbers Heterodox Records CD / MP3

[edit] Compilation appearances

Release Date Compilation Title Track Record Label Format Notes
1998 Diskatopia's Intimate Gathering V.1 "Svamin", "Let's Awaken", "R2 Unit" Diskatopia Records CD Released under the name Quetzal
2004 Tales from the Oxygen Den "Telepathy", "Nutational Helicity" Radical Turf CD / MP3
2005 First Disguised as Last "Lu(u)b Determinants" Radical Turf CD / MP3
2007 Hello Future? "Adapto Synchrono" Radical Turf CD / MP3
2007 Deeper in the Box "Vertical Portals (Hyperphysics Mix)" Waveform Modulations CD / MP3

[edit] Remixes

Release Date Remix Title Record Label Format Notes
2000 Synaptic Flow – Biotechnology (Sublimator Remix) Diskatopia Records CD
2001 NFL TN Titans Theme Song (Breakbeat Remix) Screen Door Records CD Co-produced with Shad Marquitz
2007 Mose Giganticus – My Machine (Elastic Remix) Valiant Death MP3
2010 The Flying Skulls – The Dope Trade (Brad Bitt Remix) 1320 Records MP3

[edit] Live performance

Quetzatl has performed live music[13] electronic music since 1998, and has toured with and performed at events[14] with artists such as Sound Tribe Sector 9,[15] Burning Spear, Kimball Collins, Hive [disambiguation needed ], LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, DJ Spooky, Ming & FS, Richard Devine, Spacecraft, UFO!, Basic Operations, Living Legends, Black Rebels, Larry Keel, Strut, Elemental Harmonics, Production Unit Xero, Garaj Mahal, Freddy Todd, Granola Funk Express, Scorb, Matt B, Cyberjive amongst many others.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "WFMU Heavy Airplay for August 17, 2001". Wfmu.org. 17 August 2001. http://www.wfmu.org/Playlists/Wfmu/top30.010817.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "DJ Diva » 2005 » July". Dj.queenkv.org. http://dj.queenkv.org/2005/07/. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  3. ^ ": the Wallpaper Project_ Projects". Thewallpaperproject.com. http://www.thewallpaperproject.com/videos.htm. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  4. ^ [1][dead link]
  5. ^ "Quetzal". Robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk. http://www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk/reviews/pre99/quetzal.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  6. ^ "Robots & Electronic Brains – eclectic music zine". Robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk. http://www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk/reviews/archive/june2002.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  7. ^ "Section – CD". Voir.ca. http://www.voir.ca/infocenter/disc.aspx?zone=1&section=6&disc=2. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  8. ^ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/backstage/1472/postcard/quetzatl.html&date=2009-10-25+11:05:07
  9. ^ "Quetzatl Discography at Discogs". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Quetzatl. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  10. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1349929
  11. ^ http://media.www.thebluebanner.net/media/storage/paper1302/news/2008/02/14/ArtsEntertainment/Moving.Pictures.Making.Music-3207788.shtml
  12. ^ "The Wallpaper Project " Quetzatl : Meta Tek" Project No. 28.5". Google. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3602088953673064076. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  13. ^ [2][dead link]
  14. ^ "TOUCH Samadhi 5th Annual Arts and Music Festival: Equinox". Chaishop. http://www.chaishop.com/event/966757. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  15. ^ http://www.thefarm.org/unity/happs.html



Stub icon This article on an electronic musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Stub icon This article on electronic music is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quetzatl&oldid=456457609"
Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export