Origin United States Years active 1998 – Present Name Quetzatl Quetzatl | Role Musical Artist Record label Heterodox Records | |
Genres Electronic music
Drum and Bass
Electro
Live Electronics
Experimental Music Instruments Sampler, Drum machine, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Laptop, Vocoder Labels Waveform Modulations, Heterodox Records Albums Legend of the Skunk Ape, On the Edge of Dopeness Profiles | ||
Quetzatl - Glitch Funk Beat Down
Esiris Kayab Lyons, also known as Quetzatl, is an American electronic musician and record producer. His music has charted extensively on College Radio Top Tens and is featured in Independent Films, Documentaries, and Television Programs. Relying heavily upon improvisation and taking an avant-garde approach, his music has been described as "an alien blend of disrupted electro and bleep led techno". His drum and bass recordings have been cited as "original and authentic" as well as "otherworldy". For Quetzatl releases such as "Meta Tek", visual counterparts have been produced.
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Live performance
Quetzatl has performed live music electronic music since 1998, and has toured with and performed at events with artists such as Sound Tribe Sector 9, Burning Spear, Kimball Collins, Hive, LTJ Bukem, DJ Spooky, Ming (DJ) & FS, Richard Devine, Spacecraft, UFO!, Living Legends, Black Rebels, Larry Keel, Strut, Elemental Harmonics, Production Unit Xero, Garaj Mahal, Freddy Todd, Scorb amongst many others.