ELLiS·D

“Imagine if David Byrne and David Bowie merged in a bizarre scene from a 1980s sci-fi bonanza. Then imagine if that new beast wandered into a goth club during that same era. Half glam rock, half neurotic punk but fully stylistic in its musical carnage. The result is ELLiS-D.” Far Out

“New Banger” NME

“consistently reinventing old rock into his own distinguishable tracks that sound unlike much you’ve heard before.“ So Young Magazine 

“a high-altitude jet stream of quivering post-punk, art-rock debauchery, rattling you out of your chair and under the heel of Dickson’s intoxicating, eldritch yowls.” Hard of Hearing

“Haunting. Spooky. Energetic…just have a listen” Rodeo

Following a 2 week support tour across Europe with Fat Dog, and in anticipation of a slot at Mutations Festival, Brighton’s ELLiS·D shares frantic goth-punk single ‘Shakedown’ - due 6th November via Crafting Room Recordings (Ideal Living, SoftTop).

Written and recorded entirely by ELLiS·D himself (aka Ellis Dickson) at Hackney Road studios with Shuta Shinoda (Hot Chip, Jenny Beth), ‘Shakedown’ thunders through a scorching, fuzzed-up blitzkrieg of rocket-fuelled, goth-tinged psych-punk, adding another layer of madness to Ellis’ brand of ‘on edge’ rock ‘n’ roll that’s infested with 21st century paranoia.

The single caps off a busy year for Ellis and his band that has also included two nationwide headline tours, appearances at Kendal Calling and Left of The Dial, shows with the likes of Sweeping Promises, Vinyl Williams and The Goa Express, as well as Press/Radio backing from BBC Radio 6Music (Tom Robinson, Emily Pilbeam), Radio X (John Kennedy), So Young Magazine, NME, Far Out and Hard of Hearing.

Discussing the single, Ellis says: “I channelled a lot of fear and frustration into this track when I was writing it. It was very cathartic. I wanted to try and create something from the point of view of someone on a total ego trip who exudes complete over-confidence as means of bottling up their true anxieties. It was nice - for an hour or so.”

The brainchild of drummer-turned-solo musician Ellis Dickson, ELLiS·D has garnered a growing reputation in the past 12 months for a tireless touring schedule and increasingly electric live shows, recently described as “one of the most exhilarating live sets I’ve seen in months.” by Far Out Magazine.

Backed by continuously shifting set of Brighton musicians - in addition to playing drums across the world with Fat Dog and Johnny Borrell’s Jealous Nostril project - his solo show has performed with the likes of Razorlight (at Brighton Dome and Eventim Apollo) The Goa Express, Flip Top Head, Melts, Plantoid, Vinyl Williams, Youth Sector and The DSM IV.

Across last autumns’ ‘Hullo, Reality’ EP, and a string of singles across 2024, all released via boutique Brighton label Crafting Room Recordings (Ideal Living, SoftTop) Dickson has won radio airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music (Emily Pilbeam, Tom Robinson) and John Kennedy (Radio X), as well as backing from across the UK indie press outlets: So Young Magazine, NME, Far Out, Hard of Hearing, Rodeo, Backseat Mafia, Louder Than War, and Post-Brexit Pop among them. ELLiS·D has also reached the longlists for Green Man Rising and Glastonbury Emerging Talent competitions, this year and last, respectively - performing his biggest festival slot to date at the Tim Burgess-curated stage at Kendal Calling this Summer.