Elysia Crampton
| Elysia Paula Crampton | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Elijah Paul Crampton |
| Also known as | E+E, DJ Ocelote |
| Genres | Electronic music, Latin music, experimental music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Blueberry Recordings, Break World Records |
| Associated acts | Money Allah, Why Be, Rabit, Chino Amobi, Lexxi, Total Freedom, Dedekind Cut |
Elysia Paula Chuquimia Crampton is an American experimental electronic musician. Her work is known for taking heavy detail in bringing light to Aymara survival and Latinx culture, queerness and its historic roots in aforementioned Aymara history, naturalist themes, and frequent utilization of samples and arrangements from varying sources.
Elysia Crampton began making music under the moniker E+E in 2008. Crampton's work as E+E mostly consisted of edits and remixes made with a keyboard, acapellas, and a sampler. Crampton self-released two albums, three extended plays, and one compilation of remixes and edits under the E+E alias.
In 2015 Crampton ceased using the E+E alias and released her first studio album, American Drift, under her real name. The album took three years to make and was made as a way to describe her unique experience of finding a home in Virginia in the aforementioned years. The album was released on August 7, 2015, and was met with critical success. The music review website Pitchfork gave the album an 8.1 out of 10 and said, in praise:
"The Virginia producer Elysia Crampton's debut album is only four songs long, but it represents a monumental undertaking. She has described it as an exploration of Virginia's history as well as a meditation on brownness, on being Latina, and as a kind of geology. Her epiphanies feel hard-won, and they shine all the more brightly for it."
Crampton released her second album, Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City, on July 22, 2016. It was a collaboration with friends/peers including Houston producer Rabit, Danish producer Why Be, London producer Lexxi, and Alabama producer Chino Amobi. Music review Web site Tiny Mix Tapes gave the album a 4.5 out of 5, while Pitchfork said: "Demon City, Virginia producer Elysia Crampton's follow-up to her sumptuous debut American Drift, is a wonder of concision and represents another massive leap forward in her growth," of the album.
Crampton's music is notable for drawing from an eclectic and wide variety of influences, both musical and conceptual but with provocative modern context. In an Instagram post, she specifically noted that:
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