spectRELM is a psychedelic artist of mixed mediums operating out of the Pacific Northwest.
Everything in the relms of music, 2D art, interactive art, street art, and apparel -- find it here!
>Art
They started drawing at the age of 3 years old in North Carolina, USA. That's just around the same time they could hold a controller and play the NES. Growing up near the town of Seagrove, NC they quickly gained a love of all mediums. Throwing pottery became more than just something Link would do in his first few moments of the Zelda games. Pottery, molding, painting, and more became a way of expressing their artistic visions.
Enjoying video games, cartoons, and movies was a huge part of their development into the artist they are today.
In the late 1990's, they found games that they could modify and craft their own worlds within. While finding that programming was not a strong suit, they did find that crafting digital worlds was a great method of exploring. After finding many engines to play with they crafted a few levels in games like Doom, Unreal, and Starcraft to further expand their thirst for creativity and interactive spaces, they branched out into game development for a small number of projects. Many did not pass the Alpha stage though were great exercises for them. In the late 2010's they participated in a couple of Global Game Jams where they found that sound design and background music was great fun for them.
>Music
In 2018 they began to explore local music scenes and became involved with Portland Hip-hop artists. Here they crafted visuals for live shows, augmenting the talent that graced the stage with their own brand of visual-jockeying that represented the artists and the showcases they were involved with.
In 2016, they released their first musical collection under the moniker "Zamzon Aeonite", debuting a live performance of the EP at Lightning Will in Portland, OR. Over the following years, they would continue to craft ambient electronic soundscapes, eventually starting a small label referred to as "DEDlounge". This would mix the electronic lounge approach with dark industrial aspects of their personal musical tastes.
In 2017 their kin, RuuXt would join in the mix and would help birth and heavily influence the brand of DEDlounge, eventually forming "dyarq", a duo that would encourage collaborations.
With RuuXt in the producing seat, dyarq released a few singles and finally put together a premiere EP called "discomfit" that explored many of their influences in a small package. Today the group continues to push their boundaries and explore their own brand of construct breaking sonics!
>Design
In 2016, spectRELM started a line of apparel and mixed-media art. This branched out and began a whirlwind of creative endeavors without boundaries! In 2019 the brand of spectRELM began to take shape. It consolidated the ideas of merchandise, music, art, and everything that is offered to you today!
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