Ian Eskelin

The music of Ian Eskelin fused the spiritual energy of CCM with the electronic rhythms of techno-pop. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, he earned his first success while still a teen, fronting a popular East Coast band called Business & Industry which opened for acts including <a href="spotify:artist:7krx6UBDKLwE0q3s3fesqF">C&C Music Factory</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6bJUzb3mLEYCkTAp7eNJgO">Information Society</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0ow8F3xGkmZWVulTtaiFQo">Book of Love</a>. After the group disbanded, Eskelin went off to attend Wheaton College in suburban Chicago, where his interest in the synth-pop of bands like <a href="spotify:artist:762310PdDnwsDxAQxzQkfX">Depeche Mode</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0z5DFXmhT4ZNzWElsM7V89">Erasure</a> prompted him to form the like-minded <a href="spotify:artist:43tlpuTAaFEd52k3A9Ncek">Code of Ethics</a>; at the same time he worked on <a href="spotify:artist:7i7EQonx0GrqoKiNQL4gFO">Zero</a>'s 1993 Ravenous album, and in his off-hours pursued his master's degree in communications. After touring with <a href="spotify:artist:43tlpuTAaFEd52k3A9Ncek">Code of Ethics</a>, Eskelin issued his solo debut, Brand New Language, in 1993; in 1997, he resurfaced to produce the group <a href="spotify:artist:220W5pIj3LHNWFHqYE5Wxl">All-Star United</a>. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi