One To Watch February 2014: East India Youth

Electronic music man, East India Youth, was snapped up by The Quietus’ John Doran at a Factory Floor gig. Why? Because, the 22-year-old Wiliam Doyle was wearing a really nice floral shirt, which struck up a conversation between the pair.

Doran took such an interest in the unique and creative Electronic act, he created his own label to put out East India Youth’s early recordings. January 2014 saw the release of his debut album, which ticks all the boxes, from Pop and Indie to Techno and Dance.

‘Total Strife Forever’ (a clever pun on Foals album title ‘Total Life Forever’) is easily the first significant album release of the year. It’s filled with experimentation with technology as impressive as Brian Eno’s creations, such as David Bowie’s ‘Low’. His work is as vibrant as his patterned clothing.

The debut release features tunes from colorful Indie Dance meets Pop, ‘Dripping Down’, to ‘Heaven How Long’, which has Doyle with a meaningful and moody tone utter, ‘There’s something clinical about me,’ as his poetic lyrics float above a tinkering and tantalising fast beat.

Live, East India Youth adopts a modest confidence, as his crescendo of sounds bewitch you. Early February sees the Electronic wonders hit Liverpool, Bristol, London and Brighton.

William Doyle is not just a producer, skilled at playing with sounds on his Mac, but also an expressive lyricist, talented guitarist and fast-fingered pianist. The Bournemouth boy turned East Londoner left behind work with Indie band Doyle & The Fourfathers to focus on his own bedroom-made music. And it is amazing to think one lone man is behind such sonic sounds. He is a multi-talented genius, a musician and an artist in a digital age of recording.