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Born and raised in NYC and Uptown DC, I am a student of black underground sound and intention. I reach deeply into my own lineage and use it as a reference my work in both music and multimedia art. I produce and design soundscapes, compositional and popular music works, in addition to mixing, mastering, and editing my own music and visuals. Recently, I sharpened my electrical engineering skills by building my own 10-inch studio monitors and programming a video art plug-in. To cradle these crafts, I look to their histories, completing courses and personal research studies centered around  DSP, Electroacoustics, and guitar pedal design.
At 19, I named myself after Cleophus, my great-great grandmother and a fellow Aquarius. I possess a deep commitment to women and non-binary people within the communities I inhabit. Whether underground or academic, experimental or popular, I express musicianship guided by my radiance, femininity and cyclical traumas. As a result, I have attracted and had the privilege of leaning on a myriad of talented women who possess niche instruments and fields of creativity. — Ella Moore or “Cleo” for Short.





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