Biography
Chris d'Eon, born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, produces work that draws parallels to classic new age and avant-garde electronic creators, mainstream pop from the 1980s, retro house, classical traditions, and unconventional R&B. His immersion in Arabic, Iranian, and Turkish musical forms further shaped these recordings. Among his initial projects were a split EP alongside Grimes, a conceptual full-length album, and multiple Music for Keyboards mixtapes. The 2015 album Foxconn: Trios reshaped elements of footwork, jungle, and trap. Later releases, such as 2024's Leviathan, incorporated Baroque and contemporary classical compositional approaches.
Operating as a producer and vocalist from his base in Montreal, Quebec, d'Eon issued cassettes such as the hour-long Wa Al-'Asr and a four-track collection of Swans covers before issuing his first Hippos in Tanks project, Palinopsia, in 2010. He and Grimes subsequently collaborated on the 2011 split Darkbloom, issued jointly by Hippos in Tanks and Arbutus. The expansive 2012 album LP allowed d'Eon to pursue every impulse in a contemporary "What if?" concept record centered on the angel Gabriel. Additional Music for Keyboards mixtapes followed, with the second installment offering reinterpretations of Blink-182's "What's My Age Again?" His jungle-oriented side project Kallisti launched in 2013 via Arc of Fire. Foxconn: Trios maintained a glitchy, fragmented dance aesthetic in 2015. The hardvapour album Patriot, credited to Eva Weishaupt, surfaced the next year.
After a period of inactivity, d'Eon reemerged in 2019 with Six Trios and Music for Keyboards Vol. VI, alongside output from the side projects D. Jung and Kallisti. The Christianity-inspired From the Root of Jesse Sprouts a Splendid Flower arrived in 2020. Four Trios, Bijoux, and Rhododendron all appeared in 2021, with the final title emerging on Hausu Mountain and reflecting Baroque classical influences. Leviathan in 2024 extended this direction.
Operating as a producer and vocalist from his base in Montreal, Quebec, d'Eon issued cassettes such as the hour-long Wa Al-'Asr and a four-track collection of Swans covers before issuing his first Hippos in Tanks project, Palinopsia, in 2010. He and Grimes subsequently collaborated on the 2011 split Darkbloom, issued jointly by Hippos in Tanks and Arbutus. The expansive 2012 album LP allowed d'Eon to pursue every impulse in a contemporary "What if?" concept record centered on the angel Gabriel. Additional Music for Keyboards mixtapes followed, with the second installment offering reinterpretations of Blink-182's "What's My Age Again?" His jungle-oriented side project Kallisti launched in 2013 via Arc of Fire. Foxconn: Trios maintained a glitchy, fragmented dance aesthetic in 2015. The hardvapour album Patriot, credited to Eva Weishaupt, surfaced the next year.
After a period of inactivity, d'Eon reemerged in 2019 with Six Trios and Music for Keyboards Vol. VI, alongside output from the side projects D. Jung and Kallisti. The Christianity-inspired From the Root of Jesse Sprouts a Splendid Flower arrived in 2020. Four Trios, Bijoux, and Rhododendron all appeared in 2021, with the final title emerging on Hausu Mountain and reflecting Baroque classical influences. Leviathan in 2024 extended this direction.
Singles
