Alex Kelman makes synth-post-punk-noise-wave music that pops the most when it’s loud and live. The Siberian musician previously played in bands such as Punk TV, Hot Zex, Dsh! Dsh! and Tony Soprano. Since going solo in 2015, he’s continued eating up kilometers on tour and racking up hours in the studio. On top of more than 300 concerts throughout Europe and beyond, the Bratislava-based Kelman can look back on a handful of singles and two LPs. If he would actually look back instead of ahead. In the powerful tracks of his latest album »U17«, there’s an audible longing for what’s yet to come – precisely because it’s dedicated to the present, to the strange and uncomfortable interpersonal readjustments in a time of being constantly networked, and to the by-product so rarely mentioned: loneliness. So Kelman’s music is best enjoyed loud and live – which means together.
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