The music of Montreal electronica duo Isla Den is as much about mythology as melody, constructing surreal realms to house their rave-refracted pop and exploratory multimedia. Founders Ellie Manning and Michael Reale met while students at Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), bonding over a shared fascination with 3D environments and hybrid-tech designs. At the crossroads of blissful and wistful, Isla Den's music serves as both siren song and beautiful illusion, uncanny but untouchable, a feedback loop of holographic longing.
The music of Montreal electronica duo Isla Den is as much about mythology as melody, constructing surreal realms to house their rave-refracted pop and exploratory multimedia. Founders Ellie Manning and Michael Reale met while students at Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), bonding over a shared fascination with 3D environments and hybrid-tech designs. At the crossroads of blissful and wistful, Isla Den's music serves as both siren song and beautiful illusion, uncanny but untouchable, a feedback loop of holographic longing.
"ethereal and introspective... despite its languidness draws from the underground club and rave cultures."
"a magical and dreamy project awash with naturalistic and nostalgic images"
"Dreamy pop melodies bubble up through Isla Den’s electronic stream of consciousness."
