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Eric Olivier Mario
I make electronic music rooted in African rhythmic tradition. My compositions are built for inner landscapes — not dance floors, not playlists, not background listening.
The album I have been building follows a single arc: from self-discovery to union. From C minor to D major. From the heaviness of not knowing who you are — to the stillness of no longer needing to.
I also work with artists who are in their own version of that arc. Not to teach them how to produce. To help them find out who they are when they create — and to build from that place.
I work slowly. I take very few private clients at a time. Everything I offer comes from a practice I am still inside of.
Lineage
My work is shaped by West African polyrhythm, the negative space of Japanese aesthetics, the emotional architecture of film scoring, and the contemplative traditions I practice daily.
I did not study music formally. I studied feeling formally — through years of sitting, moving, listening, and learning to stay with what is uncomfortable.
If any of this resonates — not with your mind, but with something underneath it —
Explore The Journey