How did I get here?
Music is art. And art needs time to progress and settle. Methods have to be learned. The artist never stops learning and progressing. And so did and do I since my childhood.
I started with early musical education and continued with piano lessons for many years. It was when I turned 14 that I wanted to play an instrument reflecting my youth rebellion. A piano wasn't made for this, I feared. So I started with electric guitar lessons and forming my first bands. But all the efforts to create something valuable led to nothing, because of the democratic part of a band. And guitar music formations usually have more than three or four members. Everything turned grey in a way. Every song was meaningless in the end. The conclusion was to start producing electronic music, because you don't need a partner for that. Though I always had a partner in my projects, but never too many of them.
How wrong was my thought that a piano couldn't be used to revolt? In 2010 I began to study communication design - the category of designers that learn to design just everything. I finally found out that the method or the instrument has to fit for the wanted purpose. A piano can be useful to live out a youth rebellion. But you have to make use of it in a proper way. Since my studies I am working as a freelance designer and as a musician in part time.
My solo work and some recent featurings / remixes:
I produce Techno & Ambient in general under my artist name Eli van Vegas. (2018 - today)
Wesenberg feat. Eli van Vegas - Salz (2021)
TC75 - Rooms - Eli van Vegas Remix (2021)
Villa Borghese - Extractor - Eli van Vegas Remix (2020)
Eli van Vegas feat. Liss Eulenherz - This Time (2019)
Bands in which I play or have played:
Front Line Assembly (2023 - today)
Function: live drummer
Genre: EBM, Industrial, Electro, Electronica
Limitations: Europe only (electronic line-up)
Orange Sector (2023 - today)
Function: live drummer
Genre: EBM
Zweite Jugend (2013, 2015 - today)
Function: singer, songwriter, producer
Genre: Elektronische Körpermusik
Subgod (2024 - today)
Function: songwriter, producer
Genre: Cinelectro
Tension Control (2017 - 2019, 2022 - today)
Function: live musician (synths, backing vocals), mastering engineer
Genre: EBM
Combat Company (2004 - 2005, 2006 - 2015, 2017-2019, 2021 - today)
Function: singer, songwriter, producer
Gerne: EBM, Electro
Other projects and side projects:
Kollektiv Klee (2020 - today)
Function: producer, singer, instrumentalist
Genre: Dada, Avantgarde
Jugend 78 (2019 - today)
Function: singer, songwriter, producer
Genre: Dada
Former projects (not active / dissolved):
Medien.Krebs.Therapie. (2003 - 2010)
Function: producer, guitar player
Genre: Noise Avantgarde, Electro Punk, Punk
Conselho Paìs (2003 - 2005)
Function: guitar player, background singer
Genre: Alternative, Progressive
Drumskin (1999 - 2003)
Function: singer, guitar player
Gerne: Punk, Crossover
Eli van Vegas | Picture by Daniela Vorndran (Reflections of Darkness / Black Cat Net)
