About
Eve Essex is a composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. She performs with woodwinds and voice, accompanied by instrumental ensembles, and by electronic arrangements that use synthesizers, drum machines, live processing, and other sounds. Her work slides easily from structured electronic pop to open-ended melodic explorations and big-band arrangements. She has scored short film soundtracks, written music for installation and performance art, and explored prog, jazz, and electroacoustic ideas with groups including The Fabulous Truth, Das Audit, and a host of other collaborations. Essex’s second solo album, The Fabulous Truth, was released by Soap Library (cassette/LP) in 2024. Her debut solo album, Here Appear, was jointly released by Soap Library (cassette) and Sky Walking (LP) in 2018. As a featured instrumentalist, she has contributed to music by The God In Hackney, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, James K, Kevin Kenkel, Liturgy, Colin Self, Mike Shiflet, UCC Harlo, and Peter Zummo, among others.
Contact: eve.essex.bookings @ gmail.com
Press Links
Eve has quietly developed into one of New York’s most original songwriters.
— Eve Essex interviewed by Dan Fox in Bomb Magazine, Aug 2024The Brooklyn singer writes tunes that question the nature of human exploration and dislocation.
— Critic's Pick: Eve Essex w. Eve Maret & Body Electric by Edd Hurt in Nashville Scene, Jul 2024Eve Essex gives a masterclass in extended cybernetic songwriting.
— Wild Flesh Productions: Various Artists reviewed by Nick Scavo in Tiny Mix Tapes, Jun 2019A genuinely startling record that locks you into her world and imagination with the immediacy of an intimate performance... You’d be best advised to follow wherever she goes next.
— Eve Essex: Here Appear reviewed by Neil Kulkarni in The Wire, Jun 2018Music that continually surprises.
— Hi Bias: Notable Cassette Releases by Marc Masters in Bandcamp Daily, Mar 2018Eve Essex is making some powerful new minimalism, right at the crossroads of improv and meditative songwriting.
— Eve Essex: Here Appear reviewed by Tristan Bath in The Quietus, Mar 2018Vividly tactile electroacoustic instrumentals and heady, literate songs.
— Eve Essex interviewed by Steve Smith in National Sawdust Log, Mar 2018
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Related Links
- Eve Essex live set on Downtown Saturday Night— East Village Radio, Jan 2025
- Eve Essex in Bomb Music Artists Recommend— Bomb Magazine, Dec 2024
- Peter Zummo and Eve Essex Talk The Fabulous Truth— Talkhouse, Jul 2024
- Eve Essex interviewed by Selwa Abd— Pick Up The Flow, Mar 2024
- Satellite music series: Peter Zummo and Eve Essex— e-flux Podcast, Jul 2019
