Ece Era

From a young age growing up in Istanbul, Ece Era found herself inexplicably struck with great emotion at the most curious and commonplace of moments: sitting on a rooftop staring across Istanbul's ocean of concrete and minarets, listening to an overplayed pop song, watching passers-by out of the car window.

After completing her studies in New York, Ece relocated to Belgium to focus her studies on film. While attending the master’s film program at the Royal Academy of Arts in Ghent, she discovered the freedom of making electronic music through meeting musicians who grew up in the electronic music scene there. Now, she is releasing her first 3-track EP, War On Innocence, on the Brooklyn-based label 2MR. Using elements of Eurodance and Trance, Ece laid the foundation for each track, iterating on them until they reached a sense of timelessness. 

For Ece, music is a metaphysical mirror that stares back at us, communicating the incommunicable. The very act of making music serves as a conduit between Ece and what surrounds her: a grounding, connective activity. Her music often has minimal lyrics and is playful. Through music, she is finally able to freely explore her dionysian side.