Joel Eel is a Korean-Canadian producer, performer, DJ, mix engineer, designer, and label manager working at the intersection of underground dance music and experimental sound. His latest album Love Infinity is out now via Perpetual Care and available on all streaming platforms.
Known for sculpting his own unique voice that spans techno, industrial, and emotive electronics, Eel’s work has been featured in Vogue, Vice, Visla Magazine (KR), DJ Mag, Resident Advisor, Paper Magazine, Netflix, Dummy Mag, and Exclaim!.
Known for sculpting his own unique voice that spans techno, industrial, and emotive electronics, Eel’s work has been featured in Vogue, Vice, Visla Magazine (KR), DJ Mag, Resident Advisor, Paper Magazine, Netflix, Dummy Mag, and Exclaim!.
Eel has performed at Red Bull Music Festival, SXSW, MUTEKTo, Long Winter x INUIM at the Power Plant, and was invited as a panelist for Long Winter Paris. His DJ mixes have appeared on platforms including NTS Radio, Red Bull Radio, Refraction, Balamii, Rinse France, Seoul Community Radio, Invisible City, and BORSCH Magazine.
In 2023, he collaborated with producer Leevisa to score the South Korean psychological horror/thriller 미혹 (Mi-hok / The Other Child) — starring Hyo Ju Park, Minjae Kim, and Sunwoo Cha (B1A4) — which premiered at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
In 2023, he collaborated with producer Leevisa to score the South Korean psychological horror/thriller 미혹 (Mi-hok / The Other Child) — starring Hyo Ju Park, Minjae Kim, and Sunwoo Cha (B1A4) — which premiered at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Client / Thisisneverthat x Dr. Martens
Director / Mintae Kim
Composed by / Leevisa & Joel Eel
Mixing & Mastering / Joel Eel
Director / Mintae Kim
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Original techno music composed for the South Korean streetwear brand Thisisneverthat in collaboration with Dr.Martens to reimagine the 1460 boot and 1461 shoe.
Client / Yeongdengpo Cultural Foundation
Director / Meltmirror
Dop / MELTMIRROR, Hwang HyunjinComposed by / Leevisa & Joel Eel
Mixing & Mastering / Joel Eel
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Last summer, the "Daerim - 安 and 安" project (the An-Gwa-An Project), part of the Cultural City Yeongdeungpo, held a movement workshop titled "They Are Ready to Dance with You." Funded by the government of South Korea.
Organized by Kwonryeong-eun, under the leadership of choreographer Kwon Ye-jin, participants of the movement workshop conducted the final performance held at Garosu-gil Park, Daerim 3-dong, Seoul, KR.
For more information: An-Gwa-An Project and Cultural City Yeongdeungpo
Organized by Kwonryeong-eun, under the leadership of choreographer Kwon Ye-jin, participants of the movement workshop conducted the final performance held at Garosu-gil Park, Daerim 3-dong, Seoul, KR.
For more information: An-Gwa-An Project and Cultural City Yeongdeungpo
Client / Thisisneverthat x Converse
Director / Jin Young Kim
Art Director / Mintae Kim
Composed by / Leevisa & Joel Eel
Vocals / Leevisa & Joel Eel
Mixing & Mastering / Joel Eel
Director / Jin Young Kim
Art Director / Mintae Kim
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For their second collaboration, South Korean streetwear brand Thisisneverthat partnered with Converse to reimagine the classic Pro Star shoe in a fresh green colorway, accompanied by a globally released capsule collection.
To bring the campaign’s 1-minute video to life, We composed original dance music that captured the brand’s edgy, streetwear aesthetic, recorded vocals to ensure relevance with global appeal of a polished sound.
The project successfully amplified the product’s story and demonstrated the power of bespoke sound in elevating brand narratives.
To bring the campaign’s 1-minute video to life, We composed original dance music that captured the brand’s edgy, streetwear aesthetic, recorded vocals to ensure relevance with global appeal of a polished sound.
The project successfully amplified the product’s story and demonstrated the power of bespoke sound in elevating brand narratives.
Client / Dahsar x Commercial Type
Director / Christian Schwartz Paul Barne
Film / Rashad Rastam
Design /Vance Wellenstein
Composer / Joel Eel
Mixing & Mastering / Joel Eel
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Composed music for @dahsar x @commercialtype "Everything is New is New Again" campaign, celebrating their typeface launch. Premiered at @typographicsnyc 2024
Film / The Other Child - “ 미혹” (“Mi-hok”)
Director / Kim Jin-young
Starring / Hyo Ju Park, Minjae Kim, & Sunwoo Cha
Producer / Gozip Studio
Music Composers/ Leevisa & Joel Eel
Stream / Bandcamp
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: First Feature Competition Programme
Composed 1hr, 54 mins of original music for the South Korean feature film.
“A chilling mystery thriller, blessed by stirring imagination and striking acting performances, especially by child actors. Among witty scares invented by the director herself, we get closer to untreatable true sins of the Catholic religion. Skilfully raised fantasies about exorcism, possession and resurrection slowly transform into breath-taking horror, which may not leave your thoughts for a long time after the screening.“
“A chilling mystery thriller, blessed by stirring imagination and striking acting performances, especially by child actors. Among witty scares invented by the director herself, we get closer to untreatable true sins of the Catholic religion. Skilfully raised fantasies about exorcism, possession and resurrection slowly transform into breath-taking horror, which may not leave your thoughts for a long time after the screening.“