Multidisciplinary artist John Elliott sitting in the Cleveland Arcade building in downtown Cleveland.

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. 1 2 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.


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