Emil Beckford

I'm a Buffalo-based alt electronic soul singer/songwriter/producer strongly opposed to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's nearly $700 million investment in military AI startup Helsing. Using money generated from art to wage war and bring death is the antithesis of everything I stand for, so I've taken my music down from Spotify. If you like my music or are intrigued by the descriptions below, stream or buy my music elsewhere.

I love synths, fake jazz chords, and singing higher than my vocal chords want me to. I've been told that my music is too pop to be indie and too indie to be pop, but I'm not gonna let genre get me down! I draw inspiration from soul artists, masters of harmony, gospel icons, people who just make you feel some kind of way, and lyricists who just tell you the truth.

I have an anti-capitalist Christmas song called Focus on the Love (It's Christmas). My first EP, Songs About Pickles, explores navigating a relationship that you can't have. My album Songs About Isolation is a multi-angle exploration of love in the midst of quarantine. My upcoming EP, Songs About Climate, explores how we deal with various climates of the current moment including climate change, politics in the imperial core, being queer and religious, and finding our power to make different choices and live our best lives.