John Elliott (electronic musician)

John Elliott
Multidisciplinary artist John Elliott sitting in the Cleveland Arcade building in downtown Cleveland.
Background information
Born	1984 (age 40–41)
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio
Genres	Experimental, psychedelic, drone
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Synthesizer
Labels	Spectrum Spools, Wagon
Member of	Imaginary Softwoods
Formerly of	Emeralds, Mist, Outer Space, Organic Dial

John Elliott (born June 22, 1984) is an American multidisciplinary artist from Cleveland, Ohio.[1] A former member of Emeralds, Elliott has been involved in a number of solo projects and collaborations including Imaginary Softwoods,[2] Mist (with Sam Goldberg), Outer Space (with Andrew Veres), and Organic Dial (with Andrew Veres). Elliott also curated the electronic music label Spectrum Spools, as well as Wagon, a label he set up with Emeralds guitarist, Mark McGuire.[1]

In 2016, Elliott won the Cleveland Arts Prize for Emerging Artist.[3] On June 1, 2023, Elliott reunited with Emeralds to perform at Primavera Sound in Barcelona.[4]

Elliott's music is synthesizer-based covering experimental, psychedelic, drone, kosmiche, musique concrète, and ambient genres.

Discography

Imaginary Softwoods

• Imaginary Softwoods (2008)
• The Path of Spectrolite (2011)
• Annual Flowers in Color (2016)
• Gold Fiction Loop Garden (2016)
• The Suncoast Digest (2017)
• So Extra Bronze Lamp (2020)
• The Notional Pastures of Imaginary Softwoods (2023)

References

1. Purdom, Tim (February 14, 2012). "Emeralds' John Elliott on how mind-altering substances and goofball music inspired his Spectrum Spools label". FACT magazine. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
2. Sherburne, Philip (January 14, 2011). "Imaginary Softwoods: Imaginary Softwoods". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
3. Heaton, Michael; Dealer, The Plain (June 24, 2016). "2016 Cleveland Arts Prize: John Elliott makes his own kind of (electronic) music". cleveland.com. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
4. "Emeralds (US)". www.primaverasound.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.