Eddie Merced

Electronic music has long been used as a medium for escapism, whether that’s the mindful release of the dancefloor or the imagined vistas of outer space. Eddie Merced distils both these qualities into his craft, using the foundational structures of deep techno and house as a carrier for his expansive, star-gazing productions. An early intake of his father’s freestyle records while growing up in Hartford, Connecticut, was the gateway into electronic music for Merced, but his own journey went deeper and further out into all kinds of subgenres. He took time to reflect on all these stimuli before entering into production himself, and now you can hear the melodic splendour of ambient and trance colliding with the committed experimentation of techno in his tracks. The groove is still a vital ingredient though