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david elias
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Out of 17 votes - Similar Artists: Iron & Wine, Fleetwood Mac, Ellliot Smith, Todd Rundgren
Out of 17 votes
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Genre: Folk » Folk Singer-Songwriter
Editor's review
San Francisco's Elias may be a pioneer in sound technology, but you don't have to own multiple pairs of Sennheiser headphones to dig his lush folk tracks. Elias accurately aligns himself with the Iron & Wine sound, though he's not afraid to country-fy those whispery indie melodies.
Biography
Winning IOMA's 2005 'Best Songwriter' Award, David Elias is an original singer/songwriter that is hard to characterize but easy to listen to. Often compared to many powerful songwriters and lyricists he is not fixed on any single genre of music but incorporates bits of many styles into his presentations which range from stark to downright raucous.
His newest release 'Crossing' was a final nominee in 3 different categories in the 2005 Surround Music Awards, including Listener's Choice (winner was John Hiatt). STEREOPHILE magazine called this recording "exceptional". Listen to the title track here.
On a historical note, David Elias released the world's first indie (unsigned) hybrid multichannel SACD, recorded directly to DSD. "The Window" has been raved about by audiophiles and was a final nominee for a Surround Music Award in the Horizon category December, 2003 in Beverly Hills, CA. See www.surroundpro.com. Songs from this release went immediately to #1 and other Top 10 positions on the international MP3 site BeSonic.com, hosting over 40,000 musicians.
Elias songs have included on numerous "Best-Of" compilations for indie champions such as CD Baby, Oasis CD, M.U.S.E.?and earBuzz
