Tristan Eckerson

Tristan Eckerson is an American Pianist, Composer, and Producer, currently based in Kansas City, Missouri. In the past five years Tristan has released six full length albums and more than two album's worth of singles, both independently and with 1631 Recordings (Nils Frahm, Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka), A Remarkable Idea (Bloc Party, Benoît Pioulard, Robot Koch), Mellotron Records, 7K! Records, and Sonder House, among many others. He has toured through North America and Europe and has composed music for award winning commercials, short films, and web series. His music has received multiple sync placements in television and film, and has been streamed over forty million times worldwide. In 2022 Tristan contributed a track to the Piano Day Compilation, released by German label Leiter and featuring artists such as Olafur Arnalds, Chilly Gonzales, and Balmorhea. In January of 2023 Tristan also released his debut album under his ambient project Purple Decades. "Journey Test", released by Portland based label Beacon Sound (Colleen, Lucrecia Dalt, Jóhann Jóhannsson), was well received by fans and press, and was featured in the Best Ambient on Bandcamp: February, 2023. The follow up "Fraction of Centuries" was released by Beacon Sound on September 6th, 2024. Tristan also releases lofi hip hop via his Say Everything moniker. His past two singles were released by well known lofi labels Magic Calm (Mutombo Records) and Urban Waves.