Brendan Angelides

{{Short description|American music producer}} {{Redirect|Eskmo|his self-titled album|Eskmo (album)}} {{Distinguish|Eskimo}} {{Unreliable sources|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Brendan Angelides | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = Photo: Spencer Hansen | birth_name = Brendan Angelides | alias = Eskmo, Welder | birth_date =  | birth_place = [[Massachusetts]], U.S.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} | origin = [[California]], U.S. | death_date =  | death_place = | genre = [[electronic music|Electronic]] | occupation = [[record producer|Producer]], [[composer]] | instrument = | years_active = 1999–present | label = [[Interscope]] [[Ninja Tune]], [[Planet Mu]], [[Warp (record label)|Warp]], [[Milan]], Ancestor, Apollo | website = {{URL|www.ancestormedia.com}} }} '''Brendan Angelides''', formerly known by his stage names '''Eskmo''' and '''Welder''', is an American [[electronic music]] producer and composer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/eskmo-mw0002033282|title=Eskmo – Eskmo – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=[[Allmusic]]|first=Rick|last=Anderson|date=October 4, 2010}}</ref> He has released music on the record labels [[Interscope Records|Interscope]], [[Ninja Tune]], [[Planet Mu]], and [[Warp (record label)|Warp Records]].<ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Glazebrook|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=8140|title=RA Reviews: Eskmo – Eskmo (Album) |website=[[Resident Advisor]]|date=October 26, 2010}}</ref> NPR's [[Bob Boilen]] described him as "part musician, part magician".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/05/08/404979366/eskmo-tiny-desk-concert |title=Eskmo: Tiny Desk Concert|first=Bob|last=Boilen|website=npr.org | date=2015-05-08 |access-date=2024-09-10}}</ref> to introduce his 2015 Tiny Desk Performance.

Angelides has composed scores for film, television, and videogames. In 2024, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his score on Ubisoft's [[Assassin's Creed Mirage]]. <ref name="bafta_music-4">{{cite web | url=https://www.bafta.org/games/awards/music-4 | title=Music - Baldur's Gate 3 }}</ref> Television series include the entire seven seasons of Showtime's [[Billions (TV series)|Billions]], Showtime's [[Super Pumped (TV series)|Superpumped]], Netflix's [[13 Reasons Why]] and Netflix's [[Echoes (miniseries)|Echoes]]. Most recently, Angelides co-composed the score for Darren Aronofsky's [[Postcard from Earth|Postcard From Earth]], alongside his collaborators in the [https://www.theechosociety.com/ Echo Society], which is showing for two years at the Las Vegas Sphere. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-10-12/las-vegas-sphere-interior-film-mind-blowing-disneyfied | title=The Las Vegas Sphere interior's first film is both mind-blowing and Disneyfied | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=12 October 2023 }}</ref>

==Career== === Albums === Angelides' self-titled album, ''[[Eskmo (album)|Eskmo]]'', was released on [[Ninja Tune]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/brendan-angelides-of-eskmo-1798224369|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113165754/https://www.avclub.com/brendan-angelides-of-eskmo-1798224369|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2024|title=Brendan Angelides of Eskmo - Music – Interview |website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Reyan|last=Ali|date=February 25, 2011}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Adam|title=Eskmo: Eskmo Review|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mgpn|publisher=BBC Music}}</ref> He released the ''Language'' and "Terra" EPs on Ancestor in 2012 and 2013 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|first=Vincent|last=Pollard|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/DanceAndElectronic/eskmo-language|title=Eskmo – Language – Dance & Electronic Reviews |website=[[Exclaim!]]|date=November 1, 2012}}</ref>

In 2015, his follow up album SOL, a concept album about the Sun, was released on Apollo / R&S records.<ref>{{cite web|work=Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/Eskmo-SOL/master/809589|title=Eskmo – SOL|year=2015 }}</ref> It featured the artwork of UK feather sculpture artist [[Kate MccGwire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eskmo.com/store|title=ESKMO|access-date=2015-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926041824/http://www.eskmo.com/store|archive-date=2015-09-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In April 2017, [[Interscope Records|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 (band)|Yazoo's]] "Only You" produced by Angelides for [[Selena Gomez]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/13-reasons-why-a-netflix-original-series-score/1219397248|title=13 Reasons Why (A Netflix Original Series Score) by Eskmo on Apple Music|website=iTunes|date=30 March 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-04-21}}</ref> Earlier in 2017, [[Milan Records]] released the original score for the Showtime series ''Billions''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/billions-original-series-soundtrack/id1195175932|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422132513/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/billions-original-series-soundtrack/id1195175932|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2017|title=Billions (Original Series Soundtrack) by Eskmo on Apple Music|website=iTunes|language=en|access-date=2017-04-21}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oxygen, by Brendan Angelides (fka ESKMO) |url=https://ancestormusic.bandcamp.com/album/oxygen |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Brendan Angelides (fka ESKMO) |language=en}}</ref>

=== Film / TV / video games === Angelides is the composer for all four seasons of Netflix's original series ''[[13 Reasons Why]]'' and all seven seasons of Showtime's TV series ''[[Billions (TV series)|Billions]]''.<ref>{{cite web|work=Film Music Reporter|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/09/03/eskmo-to-score-showtimes-billions/|title=ESKMO to Score Showtime's 'Billions'}}</ref> In 2020, he scored the feature film ''[[Naked Singularity (film)|Naked Singularity]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9598214/?ref_=nm_flmg_com_1 |work=[[IMDb]] |title=Naked Singularity (2010)}}</ref> and the VR experience ''Minimum Mass,'' followed by ''[[Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber|Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber]]'' (Showtime) and ''[[Echoes (miniseries)|Echoes]]'' (Netflix) in 2022.

In 2023, he composed the soundtrack for ''[[Assassin's Creed Mirage]]'', working with the New York Arabic Orchestra, Layth Siddiq and Akram Haddad.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peppiatt |first=Dom |date=2023-05-22 |title=How Assassin's Creed Mirage captured the Islamic golden age – in a disused New York power station |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/may/22/assassins-creed-mirage-soundtrack-composer |access-date=2023-11-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He was nominated for a BAFTA for his work.<ref name="bafta_music-4"/>

Angelides also composed music for [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s ''Postcard from Earth'' film alongside the Echo Society, which was premiered at the [[Sphere (venue)|Sphere]] in Las Vegas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-12 |title=The Las Vegas Sphere interior's first film is both mind-blowing and Disneyfied |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-10-12/las-vegas-sphere-interior-film-mind-blowing-disneyfied |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 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."<ref>{{cite web|work=The Echo Society|url=http://www.theechosociety.com/outreach/|title=Media|access-date=2015-09-25|archive-date=2015-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926042256/http://www.theechosociety.com/outreach/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== 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.<ref>{{cite web|work=The Echo Society|url=http://www.theechosociety.com/three-bloom/|title=THREE:Bloom}}</ref> Other notable composers involved are [[Joseph Trapanese]], [[Rob Simonsen]], [[Jeremy Zuckerman]], [[Benjamin Wynn]], [[Nathan Johnson (musician)|Nathan Johnson]], and Judson Crane.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theechosociety.com/bios/|title=Bios|website=The Echo Society|date=17 July 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-21}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Machines on Task'' (1999, self-released) * ''Illuminate'' (2001, self-released) * ''Ascension'' (2003, self-released) * ''Vines and Streams'' (2006, Cyberset) {{small|(as Welder)}} * ''[[Eskmo (album)|Eskmo]]'' (2010, [[Ninja Tune]]) * ''Florescence'' (2011, Ancestor) {{small|(as Welder)}} * ''SOL'' (2015, Apollo) * ''Billions'' OST (2017, Milan) * ''13 Reasons Why'' OST (2017, Interscope) * ''Motions Like These'' (2019, Ancestor) {{small|(with Kira Kira)}} * ''Naked Singularity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' (2021, Lakeshore) * ''Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber (Music from the Showtime Original Series)'' (2022, Showtime Networks / Milan) * ''Echoes (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)'' (2022, Netflix Music) * ''Oxygen'' (2023, Ancestor) * ''Assassin's Creed Mirage (Original Game Soundtrack)'' (2023, Ubisoft Music)

===EPs=== * ''Bamboo Snow'' (2007) as Welder * ''The Willow Grail'' (2008) * ''Chalice Well'' (2008) as Welder * ''Purple & Orange (The Remixes)'' (2008) {{small|(as Welder)}} * ''Cloudlight / Come Back'' (2010) * ''We Got More / Moving Glowstream'' (2011) * ''Language'' (2012) * ''Terra'' (2013)

===Singles=== * "Cower / Lord of Life" (2002) * "Blue Tundra / Atlantis" (2003) * "Time to React / Basement" (2004) {{small|(with Backdraft)}} * "Cliffside / Embryonic" (2005) * "Only a Few / Forces of Spirit" (2005) * "No Man's Land / Waterfight" (2006) {{small|(with 30Hz)}} * "Speakers Corner" (2007) {{small|(with Quest)}} * "Jetski" (2007) * "Speaking in Tongues" (2007) * "Hypercolor" (2009) * "Agnus Dei" (2009) * "Let Them Sing" (2009) * "Land and Bones" (2010) * "Aether" (from ''The Echo Society: Vol. 1'') (2020) * "Into the Light" (From the ''[[Assassin's Creed Mirage]]'' Cinematic World Premiere) (2022) * "''[[Assassin's Creed Mirage]]'' Official Soundtrack" (2023)

===Productions=== * Bar 9 – "Murda Sound (Eskmo Remix)" (2008) * [[Bibio]] – "Dwrcan (Eskmo Remix)" from ''[[The Apple and the Tooth]]'' (2009) * [[Jon Gooch|Spor]] – "Knock You Down (Eskmo Remix)" (2010) * [[Amon Tobin]] – "Ruthless Reprise (Eskmo Remix)" from ''Chaos Theory Remixed: The Soundtrack to Splinter Cell 3D'' (2011) * [[Hundred Waters]] – "Boreal (Eskmo Remix)" (2013)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website}} * {{Discogs artist|Eskmo|Eskmo}} * {{Discogs artist|Welder|Welder}}

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