David Velez | uk

David Vélez (aka Lezrod, born in 1973 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a sound artist / composer.
David Vélez was born in Bogotá. He moved to NYC on 2002 and returned to Colombia on 2010.
He started to publish his work on 2005 under the name of Lezrod with the album 'Retorno a la nada' which was nominated for the Qwartz awards.
Since 2006 David has participated in a series of exhibitions and art festivals such as ‘Frequencias’ (2012 Plazarte Gallery, Medellín), ‘Cacería de Brujas’ (2011, Bogotá), ’Densidades’ (2011 Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá), Intermedios (2011 Universidad Nacional, Bogotá), Internacional Ruidística (2010 Valenzuela Klenner Gallery, Bogotá), Fine Diving (2008, NYC), Red Room (2008, Baltimore, Maryland), Rake Festival (2007, NYC) and Photophono (NYC, 2006).
David Vélez works as content manager, curator and publisher for Impulsive Habitat a label he cofounded on 2009 that focuses on the publication of phonographic and musique concrete works.
On 2011 David Vélez funded the journal The Field Reporter which is focused on the critic and review of phonographic and musique concrete based works. The Field Reporter gathers an editorial team composed by a series of artists, publishers and curators with high expertise on the line of work like Cheryl Tipp (Wildlife Sounds Curator at the British Library), Daniel Crokaert (label manager and curator at Mystery Sea and Unfathmoless), Ennio Mazzon (sound artist and manager - curator at Ripples) and Jay-Dea Lopez (sound artist and journalist at Sounds Like Noise). .