Kelan

Something of a household name in Bristol, Max Kelan has navigated the industrial underbelly of his hometown for a hot minute. Performing as part of Bad Tracking and Salac, his visual work also carries weight, providing music videos and live visuals too many including The Pop Group, Pinch, Fuck Punk, Giant Swan, Hodge and Tod Daraku to name a few. He also found time to run the exxxtra sweaty Industrial tinged party, Slack Alice and release a book of poetry and spoken word. He is now running record label and event series Bellyache and producing and writing music as Kelan. Kelan’s debut solo outing on the Bristol Normcore imprint, ‘Downtown’ comprised seven tales of sleazy noir, vice and earthly transgression - along the way taking a verbal match to the flag, spitting venom at vampiric landlords and erupting into lewd, schoolyard chants. His riotous live shows (frequently performed naked) are loud, raw, heated, unhinged and often end in total chaos. This has brought him to touring around the world and supporting a diverse range of acts including Xiu Xiu, John Maus, Scorn and Hide, to name a few. He followed up ‘Downtown’ with ‘The Strip’ on Dead Channel Records, a no-holes-barred, raw EP full of debauchery and bane stands fast as a praxis against the rotting establishment. This was quickly followed by ‘Further Downtown’ on Bristol Normcore featuring remixes from Pessimist, Yussh, Kinlaw and Franco Franco and more. Explicit and illicit, Kelan debuts on Bell