Songwriter and instrumentalist David Alvarez walks among the echelon of Austin musicians whose personal musical and production diversity has afforded them space in nearly every corner of the city’s music scene. Blackchyl, Sun June, and Dorio make up some of their repertoire, but now Alvarez has turned to focus on their own project, e. artifact.
e. artifact is a perfect brand of Alvarez’s style, a type of 90’s style IDM music refreshed for the old school lovers and newly presented for those yet uninitiated. While downtempo, the intricate layers play with your ear. You instantly know you like it, but it takes a few listens to pinpoint and articulate why.
“Rightly Timed” is the debut single from e. artifact, an apropos name for a song with shifting time signatures. The song has touches from other familiar Austin musicians, such as BLK ODYSSY flutist Paulo Santos and Dorio’s Chad Doriocourt. e. artifact celebrates the debut release tomorrow at Empire Control Room’s Razzfest with J. Soulja, Kassa Overall, Blackchyl, and more.
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