Brooklyn, New York, based Celestial Trax has honed a beautiful and cryptic sound, where melodies wrap like blown glass around a skeleton of diamond-hard drums and sub-bass. His most recent 'Vaxxilate' EP [RINSE065, 2015] follows on from a series of EP's on the London, U.K. based iconic Rinse FM's label. 'Vaxxilate' nods towards the dancefloor while simultaneously inviting a retreat into the self-contained space of headphones. His sound can recalls a haunted spectral electronic beauty, charged with minimalist grime and the substantial sound system rattling bass. Both intricate and physically powerful, they reward close attention – tuned to reverberate powerfully on the dancefloor through a large sound system, but full of incidental details that reveal themselves through deep and focused listening.

Inspired by raw and gritty aesthetics in club music – whether grime and early jungle, or Chicago street sounds like juke, footwork and drill – Celestial Trax’s music is, he says, “all about capturing and harnessing an energy.” Celestial Trax feels like a self-contained universe in its own right, with each track evoking a conflicted range of emotions: isolation and harshness interlaced with moments of beauty and elation.

2016 will see Celestial Trax launching a live set, adding performers and improvisational elements and taking his mutant club experience to a new level.