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.
Shows
2019
10.18 - [LIVE] Redbull Music Festival w/ Ciel, Bambii, , Equiknoxx, Joel Eel, Korea Town Acid, Machine Woman, Madam X, and Raf Reza, Toronto, CAN
09.20 - [DJ] Long Winter Paris w/ Jessica93, Fucked Up, Phedre, Edna King, La Station, Paris, France
2018
12.22 - [LIVE] Toronto Overdose Prevention Centr w/ Fucked Up, Metz, Meg Remy (U.S. Girls), The Opera House, Toronto
12.21 - [LIVE] LP Release Party w/ Aquarian & Kehdo - Bambi’s, Toronto, CAN
11.13 - [LIVE] w/ Nova Materia - The Waiting Room. London, UK
11.09 - [DJ] w/ Darktraxx & Santos - Berlin D2 Dublin, Ireland
11.08 - [LIVE] w/ War Scenes & Darktraxx - Kaizen Bar at Yamamori Tengu Dublin, Ireland
11.16 - [DJ] Rinse France - Paris, France
06.05 - [LIVE] - w/ Salt and Michael Krochak @ Bambi’s, Toronto
05.24 - [DJ] - w/ Jodie Overland, khedo, R, and Waseem @ Bambis, Toronto
04.29 - [LIVE] w/ TWINS @ Baby G’s, Toronto.
04.14 - [LIVE] - w/ Daniel Avery & Essie Pas, City Dance Corporation - TBA, Toronto, CAN
03.25 - [DJ] - Forth Record release party w/ Ciel, Gingy, R, Kontravoid & Hadi - TBA, Toronto, CAN
03.08 - [DJ] - w/ Andi (Synthicide) & Sheepshead - Jupiter Disco, NYC
2017
12.08.17 - DJ B2B hadi w/ DJ Stingray & Orphix
10.22.17 - DJ for Theorie @ Bambis
09.09 [Live] w/ Jeff Mills, Measure Divide, & 'R' - Toronto, Undisclosed warehouse
10.06 [Live] w/ Isabella + Aisha Devi - Toronto, Cinecycle
10.13 - [Live] w/ Schwefelgelb & Anatomy
10.14 - [DJ] w/ Andi, The Lot Radio
7.27 - [DJ] Invisible City Records. Toronto
7.27 - [DJ] Bambi's - w/ Pop District, Waseerman & Mikey Apples. Toronto
06.23.17 - DJ - NTS Radio 2, London, UK
06.25.17 - Live - Radar Radio, London, UK
06.09.17 - Live - Nano Mutek, w/ Egyptrixx, CMD, M. Salaciak, Kaade, Edna King & Deenzi
04.21.17 - Live w/ Helena Hauff, Ebony & Ciel
03.17.17 - Live w/ Kangding Ray, khedo, Location TBA.
03.23.17 - DJ Set w/ Schwefelgelb & Kontravoid @ Bambis.
03.24.17 - Live @ Long Winter Closing Party @ Gladstone Hotel.
02.23.17 - Live - Platino Records Showcase for Sicario’s 10th Year Anniversary kickoff @ MonoDF, Mexico City.
02.24.17 - DJ - Waves of Resistance, Mexico City, MX
02.11.17 - Live - El Centro de Salud, Roma Norte, Mexico City, MX.
01.20.17 - Live - CHANNEL no.2 @ Katzman Contemporary Gallery.
2016
12.31.16 - Live - INUIM NYE - w/ Veronica Vasicka, Kontravoid, Andrew Ross & Ciel
11.05.16 - Live - Synthicide, w/ Andi & Sheepshead @ Bosa Nova.
10.30.16 - Live - Legowelt w/ Via App, Ebony and Andrew Ross, TBA Warehouse, Toronto
08.26.16 - Live - Diagonal Records 5th Anniversary w/ Powell & Not Waving @ soybomb
06.24.16 - DJ - Odonnis, Odonnis, Prince Innocence, Scott Hardware @ Velvet Underground.
06.09.16 - Live - INUIM Powerplant series w/ DJ Sting Ray, Volvox, Avalon Emerson, Claude Young, Ciel, and Gingy.
05.11.16 - Live - TRP Radio for Artificial Sounds
05.12.16 - Live - Casual Drones @ Smiling Buddha