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A New York City native, and founder/label manager for the Anticipate and Microcosm labels, Ezekiel Honig concentrates on his idiosyncratic brand of emotively warm electronic-acoustic music. Using the loop as more of a tool than a rule, Honig paints outside the lines, nestling into a comfortable, shared space between muted techno, melodic, event-driven ambient, downtempo and slowmotion house - using them as reference points from which to stray, rather than as steadfast frameworks. Drawing on the rich history of musique concrete, Honig looks to incorporate a material nature into his music by imbuing it with a host of field recording/found-sound sources in the search for a balance between digital software innovation and the physicality of the world around us. Using the sounds of plastic, metal, wood and air in collaboration with Rhodes, guitar, horns, piano and other instrumental origins, his music is one of contrast and contradiction, combining minimal, abstract tendencies with a core of timeless harmonics - pairing inviting, fuzzy chords with clunky and dirty "mishaps."

In addition to his studio releases and label work, Honig performs live consistently, and in this setting, strives to push beyond the boundaries of the recorded material. His improvisational approach combines loops and elements from various songs with on-the-fly arrangements, editing and effects. Viewing the recorded material as a constantly shifting body of work leaves space for serendipitous moments and leads to each set being an individualized rework, referencing and reprocessing itself as well as the song forms from which the parts emerged. As a result of this flexibility to tailor sets to the environment, Honig's performances in venues as diverse as Monkeytown (Brooklyn, NY), Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro (Italy), the MUTEK Festival (Canada), and the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, have been known to take the form of deep after-hours techno, rhythmic near-ambient or heartbeat-driven installation.

ezekielhonig Ezekiel Honig, New York, United States

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  • Plastic Rumblings

    ezekielhonig on February 08, 2013 03:23
  • Live fold edit 2

    ezekielhonig on June 27, 2011 21:37
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    ezekielhonig on June 27, 2011 21:30
  • Subverting the Memory Of Your Surroundings

    ezekielhonig on April 27, 2011 04:54
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    ezekielhonig on January 29, 2011 04:45
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    Displacement

    ezekielhonig on January 29, 2011 04:34
  • Homemade Debris

    ezekielhonig on December 29, 2009 03:40
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    Ezekiel Honig Live@Mutek 2009

    ezekielhonig on August 07, 2009 16:22
  • Concrete economics

    ezekielhonig on July 23, 2009 23:40

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