Listen to ‘Enter The Bristle Strum’ now.

Experimental percussionist Eli Keszler will return to Shelter Press with a new EP, Empire.

According to the label, the three-track release is about “finding stillness, tranquility and beauty in a dystopian landscape” and is described by Keszler as depicting “the illusion of order during declines.”

The record is a thematic and stylistic follow-up to his album Stadium, which featured in our list of the best albums of 2018.

Empire arrives on Shelter Press next month, on February 14. Check out the cover art and tracklist below. Eli Keszler is currently touring in support of his album Stadium – see below for a full list of tour dates.

Tracklist:

01. ‘Enter The Bristle Strum’
02. ‘Corrosion Kingdom’
03. ‘The Tenth Part Of A Featured World’

Eli Keszler – Live Dates:

Jan 26 – The Whitney Museum, New York (three sets / duo with Kevin Beasley)
Feb 23 – Mutek, Phi Center, Montreal
Feb 28 – Forth Worth Modern Art Museum (duo with Nate Boyce)
Mar 29 – Gnration, Braga, Portugal
Mar 30 – Rewire Festival, Den Hague

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