Blevin Blectum is an electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

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Blectum comes from a musical family, and she studied the violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

 during her youth. At Mills College

Mills College

Mills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers bachelor's degrees to women and graduate degrees and certificates to women and men. Located in Oakland, California, Mills was the first women's college west of the Rockies. The institution was initially founded...

, she partnered with Kevin Blechdom

Kevin Blechdom

Kevin Blechdom, born Kristin Erickson, is an American experimental electronic musician/performance artist from San Francisco, California.-Life and career:...

 to form Blectum From Blechdom

Blectum from Blechdom

Blectum from Blechdom was an experimental electronic music duo, formed in 1998 by Kristin Erickson and Bevin Kelley and disbanded in 2001. Erickson and Kelley met at the Mills College in Oakland, California...

, a performance art electronica duo. In 2001, Blectum From Blechdom won an Award of Distinction for digital music at the Prix Ars Electronica

Prix Ars Electronica

The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music...

. Shortly thereafter, the duo split up. They began working together again in 2007.

Blectum continued her music work, releasing solo records and also performing as part of Sagan with ex-husband J Lesser

J Lesser

J Lesser is the stage name for Jason Doerck , a musician known for his unrepentant approach to sound creation. Doerck was a member of the defunct laptop group Sagan, alongside Blevin Blectum, Wobbly, and video artist Ryan Junell....

 and Wobbly. An avid bird

Bird

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 enthusiast, Blectum is a registered veterinary technician (veterinary nurse).

Her brother is Kelley Polar

Kelley Polar

Kelley Polar, born Michael Kelley, is an alternative dance vocalist and producer.Originally a classical violist from Providence, R.I., he studied at the Oberlin Conservatory and then at Juilliard, where he collaborated with Metro Area's Darshan Jesrani and Morgan Geist on tracks like "Miura",...

 on Environ Records, and her cousin is Gavin of Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom

Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom

Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom are two performance artists, musicians, and sculptors from Miami, Florida and Providence, Rhode Island respectively.The two met at a party in New York City and afterwards began working with each other...

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She began work on a PhD in Computer Music and Multimedia in Brown University's Multimedia and Electronic Music Experiments (MEME) department in the Fall of 2009.

Discography

• Pirate Planets (1998) Phthalo
• Talon Slalom (2002) Deluxe Records
• Magic Maple (2004) Praemedia
• Gular Flutter (2008) Aagoo
• Preserving Machine Music (2009)

External links

• Official website
• Golden, Barbara. “Conversation with Blevin Blectum.” eContact! 12.2 — Interviews (2) (April 2010). Montréal: CEC
  Canadian Electroacoustic Community
  Founded in 1986, La Communauté électroacoustique canadienne / The Canadian Electroacoustic Community is Canada’s national electroacoustic / computer music / sonic arts organization and as such is dedicated to promoting this progressive art form in its broadest definition: from “pure” acousmatic...
  
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