PELLYVISION is a monthly cohesion of sound and vision. Each episode features a musical performance and selections from a different artist, which Alex Pelly visually accompanies by synthesizing live audio reactive video using a modular synthesizer and other analog technology.

Nathaniel Eras is an American born multi-disciplinary conceptual artist, sound designer and composer based in Los Angeles & Playas de Tijuana. He cites inspiration from experimental performance art and underground rave culture, scenes in which he is deeply entrenched in running and developing his art practice at the collaborative ephemeral art space Vertexx.io 2017-2021 which hosted some of Los Angeles’ most revered gatherings in recent memory.

Eras has a series of 3 releases forthcoming titled ‘Omniaglyph 0,1 & 2. The LA-based producer offers a sonic triptych and averts any strict notions of genre, diving headfirst into deeper, esoteric soundscapes and embracing the moodier elements that have punctuated his catalog by pairing mystic beauty against a bleak, industrial and dystopian compositions. Taking an instinctual approach to his music, Eras’ creative process merges sounds, patterns, and textures intending to open discussion and connect disparate musical ideas. With a zeal for noise, minimalism, and dizzying sense of rhythmic prowess – the ‘Omniaglyph’ triptych wields power with restraint reminiscent of the adventurous post-human atmospheres of Autechre and the dark growling sound design of Ben Frost or Jóhann Jóhannsson. Riding the fine line between drone squall and euphoric ambient explorations, Eras’ latest is a potent tangling of film score abstractions with spectral electronics.

His works also include music scores for films “Drunk Bus”, “How I Learned To Fly”, and “Bedtime”. Other sound design work includes IFC’s Speak No Evil, A24’s Midsommar, and Ukrainian Documentary “And They Will Talk About Us”.

Alex Pelly is a Canadian video artist based in LA whose work incorporates multiple generations of video technology, both analog and digital. In recent years, her process has been centered on modular video synthesis. Frequently collaborative with musical accompaniment, her visuals serve as a reflection of and muse to the music simultaneously. She provides live visuals and installation work for various shows, music nights and art happenings around Los Angeles.

This episode of PELLYVISION is made possible by a grant from mediaThe foundation inc. For more details visit www.mediathe.org.