Ela Minus — Postcards from the Underground

Colombian musician Ela Minus announces her debut album, Acts Of Rebellion is out 23rd October on Domino.

Performed, produced and recorded entirely by herself, Acts Of Rebellion is preceded by the new single Megapunk.

Starting out as a drummer in a teenage hardcore band when she was just 12, and performing with them for almost a decade. Ela moved to the United States and studied at Berklee College of Music, where she double-majored in jazz drumming and synthesizer design. This gave her a belief that we all have the power to change things. Delving deeper into her work with synthesizers, she saw a clear connection between the freedom of the DIY scene she grew up in and club culture. “I deeply identify with club culture, and want to make music to dance to,” she says. “I also want to make songs in the more traditional sense, with melodies, lyrics, and singing. I want to make songs that stay with people through the years.”

Using only hardware to perform, write and record, Ela creates electronic music that delivers a warm vibrancy, along with a darker, almost celebratory understanding that our breaths aren’t infinite. Her sharp, coiled words are cathartic—due in part to her approach to writing them. “I always start writing by improvising alone,” she says. “Once I have some instrumentals I’m happy with, I intuitively grab the mic and sing a phrase with a melody in it. I always keep that initial phrase.”

Ela is sharing DIY printable posters and projection art for fans to use and share as a means of embracing these tiny acts of revolution in our everyday lives. Visit the participate section of elaminus.com to download the art.