(Photo by Tyler Holmes)
TYLER HOLMES (They/Them) is a music producer, singer-songwriter, and performance artist who uses music as a therapeutic device. Holmes creates a manic digital-age take on soul singing by blending a variety of vocal genres including R&B, Folk,Goth and Gospel. Autobiographical and absurd, their writing is alluring and uncomfortable. Both brutal and beautiful, bringing the audience into a shared space of healing and catharsis. They perform with constantly changing electro-acoustic arrangement, always finding new ways to showcase an intimate horror.
This summer Holmes released 'Devil' on Ratskin Records, as well creating a music video for the single "Two Tylers' with Berkeley auteur Chani Bockwinkel. The video tackles themes of cults, domestic violence and control and how these themes interact with and effect queer black and brown people. 'Devil' also features 'Everything [Will Be Destroyed]' which was recorded as the theme for 'CAMP CHAOS' starring Matthew Camp for Men.com. This summer Holmes also released a drag gaymer music video with L.F.C., their post-VR girl-group with vainhein [Daddies Plastik] entitled 'How Did I Get Into This Bikini.'
Tyler Holmes: Bandcamp / Soundcloud
Playlist
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(Show Intro) / Malika In Ghost Town (edit) by Tyler Holmes on Hipsterisms (Self-Released) -
Apeirophobia by Tyler Holmes on Apeirophobia (Self-Released) -
Kevin Holmes by Tyler Holmes on Unreleased (Self-Released) -
Unicorn Horn by Tyler Holmes on Ignominy (Self-Released) -
White Nectarine I by Tyler Holmes on Ignominy (Self-Released) -
Meghan by Tyler Holmes on Ignominy (Self-Released) -
Getting Better by Black Jews on [black jews] (Self-Released) -
Your Hands Around My Throat II (Inst.) by Tyler Holmes on Unreleased (Self-Released) -
Gilded Shells by Tyler Holmes on Hipsterisms (Self-Released) -
Cartoonized by Tyler Holmes on Hipsterisms (Self-Released) -
Exorcism by Tyler Holmes on Daddies (Self-Released) -
Inside a Clam by Tyler Holmes on Daddies (Self-Released) -
Syncope by Tyler Holmes on Drones for Dance Pieces (Self-Released) -
LIFETRAP [yoshi luigi mixup] by Tyler Holmes on B-Side (Self-Released) -
Medusa by Tyler Holmes on Marriage (Cool World) -
Cum Cavern by Tyler Holmes on Marriage (Cool World) -
Anhedonia by Tyler Holmes on Marriage (Cool World) -
Your Eyes Are Bigger Than Your Stomach by Tyler Holmes on Daddies (Self-Released) -
Babyland by Tyler Holmes on Daddies (Self-Released) -
Meathook by Tyler Holmes on Daddies (Self-Released) -
Devotion (KNOXIN Remix) by Tyler Holmes on Daddies (Self-Released) -
Looking At You Backward by Tyler Holmes on Daddies (Self-Released) -
In Pastel by Tyler Holmes on Marriage (Cool World) -
I Just Wanna Get Fucked ( Ingenue I ) by Tyler Holmes on Small Victories, Vol. 1 (Crown Colony) -
Baby Luke by Tyler Holmes on For a Swedish Dance Piece (Self-Released) -
Miracle (feat. Tyler Holmes) by I.VII.I.IX. on Voices - EP (Self-Released) -
Daughters (Demo) by Tyler Holmes on Basic Beach Demos (Unreleased) (Self-Released) -
Sport by Tyler Holmes on S P O R T (Ratskin Records) -
Selfie by Tyler Holmes on S P O R T (Ratskin Records) -
DEMO _ EDIT by Tyler Holmes on DEMO (Ratskin Records) -
Dream Cum True ( Live ) by Tyler Holmes on Invisible Island (Ratskin Records) -
This Dress... by Lady Fair Cigarettes on Lady Fair Cigarettes (Self-Released) -
Two Tylers by Tyler Holmes on Devil (Ratskin Records) -
Keep It To Yourself by Tyler Holmes and Wizard Apprentice on Unreleased (Self-Released) -
Mr. Rogers' Wild Ride by Tyler Holmes on Unreleased (Self-Released) -
TAMMY II by Tyler Holmes on Unreleased (Self-Released)