Quetzatl
Esiris Kayab Lyons, also known as Quetzatl, is an American electronic musician and record producer. His music has charted extensively on College Radio Top Tens and is featured in Independent Films, Documentaries, and Television Programs. Relying heavily upon improvisation and taking an avant-garde approach, his music has been described as "an alien BLEND of disrupted electro and bleep led techno". His drum and bass recordings have been cited as "original and authentic" as well as "otherworldy". For Quetzatl releases such as "Meta Tek", visual counterparts have been produced.
Discography
Full Length Albums
Release Date |
Album Title |
Record Label |
Format |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 |
Where Eternities Meet |
Diskatopia Records |
CD |
Released under the name Quetzal |
2000 |
Chilam Balam |
Diskatopia Records |
CD |
First Release under the name Quetzatl |
2002 |
Movement and Measure |
Kayabtun Studios |
CD |
|
2004 |
Telepathy |
Kayabtun Studios |
CD |
|
2006 |
Meta Tek |
Waveform Modulations |
CD / MP3 |
|
2008 |
Chilam Balam |
Waveform Modulations |
CD / MP3 |
Re-issue |
2008 |
Reporting From Earth |
Waveform Modulations |
CD / MP3 |
EPs
Release Date |
Album Title |
Record Label |
Format |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 |
Stellar Mathematique |
Diskatopia Records |
12" Vinyl |
Released under the name Quetzal |
2006 |
Secret Knobs and Numbers |
Heterodox Records |
CD / MP3 |
Compilation Appearances
Release Date |
Compilation Title |
Track |
Record Label |
Format |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 |
Diskatopia's Intimate Gathering V.1 |
"Svamin", "Let's Awaken", "R2 Unit" |
Diskatopia Records |
CD |
Released under the name Quetzal |
2004 |
Tales from the Oxygen Den |
"Telepathy", "Nutational Helicity" |
Radical Turf |
CD / MP3 |
|
2005 |
First Disguised as Last |
"Lu(u)b Determinants" |
Radical Turf |
CD / MP3 |
|
2007 |
Hello Future? |
"Adapto Synchrono" |
Radical Turf |
CD / MP3 |
|
2007 |
Deeper in the Box |
"Vertical Portals (Hyperphysics Mix)" |
Waveform Modulations |
CD / MP3 |
Remixes
Release Date |
Remix Title |
Record Label |
Format |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 |
Synaptic Flow - Biotechnology (Sublimator Remix) |
Diskatopia Records |
CD |
|
2001 |
NFL TN Titans Theme Song (Breakbeat Remix) |
Screen Door Records |
CD |
Co-produced with Shad Marquitz |
2007 |
Mose Giganticus - My Machine (Elastic Remix) |
Valiant Death |
MP3 |
Live Performance
Quetzatl has performed live music electronic music since 1998, and has toured with and performed at events with artists such as Sound Tribe Sector 9, Burning Spear, Kimball Collins, , LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, DJ Spooky, Ming & FS, Richard Devine, Spacecraft, UFO!, Basic Operations, Living Legends, Black Rebels, Larry Keel, StRUT, Elemental Harmonics, Production Unit Xero, Garaj Mahal, Phantom 45, Granola Funk Express, Scorb, Matt B, Cyberjive amongst many others.