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A midnight ritual of noise-pop
confession and electronic pulse.
- Bandcamp Daily
Kid Fourteen is the moniker of Lebanese musician Khodor Ellaik. Emerging from Beirut’s Punk and No Wave scenes, his work has moved over the past decade through songwriting, electronic music, experimental saxophone and ambient recordings. His live performances have taken him through underground scenes across the Levant and Europe, including Belgium, Germany, Egypt, Turkey, Armenia, Switzerland, France and Poland. He has also performed on institutional stages such as the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, S.M.A.K. in Ghent, the Palais des Beaux-Arts, the Swedish Institute and the National Theatre of Catalonia.
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, Jamie Stewart introduced Khodor to the UK label Bad Paintings. The label released his second album Blood-thick Silence in 2018, a Noise Rock record driven by drum machines, sparse synths and guitars. Following several years of extensive touring, he recorded, arranged, mixed and mastered Love, a synth/electro/pop album released on his own label Kidsplay in 2020. After moving to Paris in 2022, he released his fourth album A Brief Emotional Dragon in 2023, drawing inspiration from Westerns and Japanese synth music. His instrumental album Heart is a Malady, released in 2024, is a sonic exploration of Arabic poetry. His sixth album Far Away and Well Adjusted, released in October 2026, finds him returning to songs after several years spent pushing his music towards longer compositions and instrumental work, carrying that journey back into something more intimate and unguarded.
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“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 take 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 … The brooding soundscape finds compelling accompaniment in lyrics reflecting the un-realness in society.”
No upcoming shows announced.
