Eskmo
Eskmo is the performing name of Brendan Angelides, a San Francisco and Los Angeles-based electronic artist who has built his live performance career around Ableton Live and MIDI controllers rather than traditional turntable DJing, a setup he has used since the late 1990s. His releases have come out through electronic labels including Ninja Tune, Warp, Planet Mu and Interscope, giving him a broad footprint across bass-oriented and experimental electronic scenes.
Angelides also records as Welder, a separate alias that reflects a different, more stripped-back side of his production work. His live sets, built from layered production software and hardware controllers, have taken him to festivals and clubs that book electronic live acts alongside traditional DJs, placing his performances at the intersection of live electronic music and club culture.
Eskmo's approach to performing, treating the live set as an evolving production rather than a fixed playlist, has distinguished his shows from more conventional DJ sets while keeping him active on festival and club line-ups internationally. Across more than two decades, Eskmo has maintained a touring career built on this hybrid live and production-based performance style.