“A midnight ritual of noise-pop confession and electronic pulse.”
— Bandcamp Daily
Kid Fourteen AKA Khodor Ellaik has been jumping trains and switching Genres ever since he was fronting the Lebanese cult punk band Beirut Scum Society, all the way back in 2010. Since starting his solo career in 2015, he has released 5 studio albums with musical genres that range from Synth Pop and Dark Wave to Ambient and Experimental Saxophone Soundscapes - all bound by his distinct sonic identity.
His debut album Dream Kids Never Sleep was an Experimental Pop record released in 2016 on the Lebanese label Ruptured. Two years later after inviting Xiu Xiu to play in Beirut, a collaboration with Jamie Stewart directed Kid Fourteen to the UK label Bad Paintings, where he released his second Noise Rock album Blood-thick Silence in 2018. Khodor toured extensively between 2016 and 2019, and by 2020 he had recorded, arranged, mixed, and mastered his Synth/Electro/Pop album Love which was released on his own label Kidsplay. He moved to Paris in 2022, where he released his cathartic 4th studio album A Brief Emotional Dragon in 2023, drawing inspiration from Westerns and Japanese Synth music. His latest instrumental album Heart is a Malady, released in 2024, is a sonic exploration of Arabic poetry.
“Khodor Ellaik got his start as the snarling frontman of a Cramps-style boogie-punk band … but he broke out on his own and took the plunge into industrial, post-punk, and noise-pop … Kid Fourteen’s music is a midnight ritual of drum machine beats, pulsing synth arpeggiators, and metallic guitar squall.”
“It’s obvious that, at the end of a long night — the corpses of burnt-out revelers lying on mats, pillows, and blankets on the floor — Kid Fourteen is the last man dancing to an illusory tune in his head.”
“The Lebanese singer and producer is arguably one of the region’s most forward-thinking musicians at the moment.”
“The result is a sonic rabbit hole of ethereal, synth-drenched landscapes and minimalist electronic beats that provide a fitting aural backdrop for this innovative musician’s refreshingly honest musings on one of life’s most powerful, mystifying emotions.”
“Now this is one of the most curious artists of the genre, who makes it so that simple, individual pieces together become many times stronger.”
“The eerily enveloping Learning How to Die comes via Paris-based artist Kid Fourteen… aesthetically resembling King Krule’s atmospheric allure. The brooding soundscape finds compelling accompaniment in lyrics reflecting the unfairness in society, particularly among the homeless and displaced.”
No upcoming shows announced.
