AEli and The Pulphead's

AEli (Pronounced A-E-LIE) is a talented young producer, singer/songwriter and rapper hailing from Los Angeles, California. Entirely a self-made artist, AEli began his musical journey in 1995 at the tender age of 2 by playing the Star Wars theme song, which is uncanny due to his previous profession of choice, to become an astronaut. Real name Elijah Sortino had a promising yet unwanted career in boxing that eventually stopped whilst training for the 2012 Olympic games to pursue his music career.

AEli started writing and producing his own music from the limitations of his home set-up, developing a home-grown signature ''pulphead'' sound like no other. Pulphead is his brand: his genre, his alter ego/character and the name of his three band members [The Pulphead’s]. Regarding pulphead, you are unable to identify the person/genre but you can identify it with the emotion and message the person is portraying, which is arguably the most important thing AEli is conveying as he understands that music can be felt in the same way it can be heard. AEli invented it out of self-preservation. He realised if anyone asked what kind of artist he is, he wouldn't know what to say. His ethos is "Don't box yourself in, Music is an art and you should treat it as such by experimenting and pushing boundaries." He doesn't want to be referred to as a rapper or just a singer or producer. His music is personified.

‘’Can’t Let Go’’ Ft. Al-D was the first song AEli ever recorded and produced himself that generated a lot of local buzz and set the premise for his first project entitled Reminiscing With Wine in 2012. Receiving over 17,000 views and 1,619 downloads on datpiff.com, Reminiscing With Wine was the birth of AEli’s character ‘’pulphead’’ and the main concept of the songs that are best described by the front artwork cover and also, pulphead’s emotional roller-coaster. The mix-tape sonically consists of happy, nervous, sad and intoxicated/drunk thoughts that starts from the protagonist being rejected by his love interest. Love Soul Mirrors was his second project but in retrospect to his prior mix-tape, it had a more intimate idea behind it as AEli expresses his own life in a more soulful and reflecting way as he analyses his job, past relationships and scratches the surface on his own personal views. Even though it was a short EP by AEli, it showed clear direction of what was next to come by eventually being the bridge between Reminiscing With Wine and his most recent project, The Void.

The Void is a very personal and self-inspired concept album, released December the 1st 2014. The Void came from a place of introspection; it's incredibly honest, with several ways to interpret the message. In his own words it's "The story of my life in perspective of the path I didn't take when I reached the cross road." There were many reasons AEli chose the path he did, main one being he realised he would end up dead so he made the decision to follow his passion and pursue music. The Void is his alternate reality that’s explored in the four "episodes" where no song stands alone, as they are all part of one consecutive story.

With his musicality and storytelling ability, AEli creates an emotional connection through his art, taking musical inspiration from his own life experiences and key influences from the likes of Andre 3000, Lisa Left Eye Lopez, Thome Yorke, Kanye West, Phil Collins and Sting/The Police to name just over a handful, define his unconventional creative process that is additionally altered by embracing different cultures around the world. AEli's potential is limitless, he can do it all and his music appeal’s too literally any demographic. With his cool, calm vibes and vivid imagination with a incredible live band by his side, AEli will continue to push the restrictions of music and become a household name in the coming future.