Eloquent

Inspired by '80s synth pop, we create music with a modern approach. If you love The Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, OMD, Anything Box or any '80s synth pop, you'll love the sound of Eloquent.

Steven met Randall Erkelens at “A Different Drum’s 1st Annual Synthpop Music Festival” in 2004. Randall was performing with his darkwave/synthpop band Tristraum. Randall has also played live keys for Naked Eyes and When in Rome. The two began a friendship and eventually collaborated.

Becoming a duo, and being signed to Section 44 Records in 2005, the Los Angeles / Denver based eloquent opened for the electronic band Provision, and later in the year performed at “A Different Drum’s Second Annual Synthpop Music Festival”, which involved 12 bands performing over a 2 day period. Carousel of Life was Steven and Randall's first full-length album as Eloquent.

Eloquent currently enjoy great success with radio and club play around the world, having something to offer for every fan of electronic music, with an ever changing blend of sound, be it electro, new wave, darkwave, synthpop, ebm, industrial and several other flavours of the electronic genre. With the release of "Surrounded by Machines" in 2018, it makes five studio albums released. Three Maxi CDs with remixes from SBM were released in December, 2019 titled "Surrounded by Remixes."

Eloquent has played shows in USA & Costa Rica and is heard worldwide on various synthpop radio stations including Radio Sol in Israel. Eloquent has performed with Assemblage 23, Book of Love, Anything Box, Leiahdorus, The Dignity of Labour, The Echoing Green, B-Machine, Provision, Eminent Sol, Primitive Programme and more.

The most recent studio album is titled "reDISCovered" (2023) with 15 cover songs selected by Steven and Randall. It includes songs by The Carpenters, OMD, Depeche Mode, Alice Dee Jay, Mirrors, Freddy Fender, Blancmange, Human League, Lime, and more.

Eloquent has finished recording their 7th studio album due for release in early 2025.