Patrick Benolkin

(b.1981) a multi-faceted production artist who was born in Berlin, raised in Tucson, Arizona then Boise, Idaho, and is currently living in Portland, Oregon - working as a freelance audio editor, music producer, and composer / sound designer for film.

Since 2005, he has been releasing electronic and ambient music (primarily as Electricwest and Eluder) on record labels around the world, including Boltfish Recordings, Infraction Records, Overlap, Install, Distance Recordings, Archaic Horizon, and made two compilation appearances on Ghostly International.

Electricwest | Bandcamp   Facebook   Discogs

Eluder | Bandcamp   Facebook   Discogs

He also releases music as Lamont Kohner, with an appearance on qp's Go Dum e.p. for Car Crash Set, and has a cd release on the way for Portland-based Wil-Ru Records.

Patrick has also been DJing for well over a decade. He started making a name for himself in 2003 with his choice selections and sets of forward-thinking downtempo and experimental, and was an avid "turntablist" for several years, competing in DJ battles of 2003 and 2004.

He quickly became one of Boise's most revered club DJs, consistently delivering some of the best underground music nights in all of Idaho, and helping pioneer the city's developing club and electronic music scene while playing numerous residencies and countless events and shows, including nearly eight years of at one of Boise's most respected venues, The Neurolux.

Along the way, he was privileged enough to perform alongside the likes of Battles, edIT, Martyparty, MGMT, The Sword, The Album Leaf, Helio Sequence, Built To Spill, Interpol, El Ten Eleven, Carlos D, Telephone Jim Jesus, and many more.  

Various DJ Mixes:

SubconsciousSounds01 (2003) triphop/idm/ambient

SubconsciousSounds02 (2003) triphop/idm/ambient  

Delusions/Conclusions (2004) idm/ambient

Four (2005) downtempo/midtempo

Newt's Funk (2005) funk/instrumental

LTTM #1 (2008) minimal techno, electro

LTTM #2 minimal techno, electro

LTTM #3 minimal, electro

LoveDrums01 (2010) tech house 

Lamont Kohner - Mix.1 (2011) techno

LoveDrums02 (2012) tech house, techno
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