Elu

CDBABY LINK for ELU: Beautiful Things -->

ELU: Beautiful ThingsThe latest from award winning recording artist Jeffrey Mettling. Featuring Billboard's Honorable Mention "Lose Control" and the Hit Single "Walking Through Time".



CDBABY LINK for ELU: Songs of Devotion -->

ELU: Songs of DevotionA unique blend of New Age/Progressive Electronica and Pop.



CDBABY LINK for ELU: Sensuality 2002 -->

ELU: Sensuality 2002A romantic synthesized journey accompanied by vocals and spoken word. “Sinuous, sultry and seductive”



CDBABY LINK for ELU: December -->

ELU: DecemberThe opening is dramatic. The sounds of bells and eerie choral tones set the stage before Carol of the Bells explodes with melodic syncopation.



CDBABY LINK for ELU: Love -->

ELU: LoveA rich tableau of symphonically inspired ambient grooves



Recent Work:



A new Elu album is currently in production and is yet untitled. It will feature the vocal work of Deanne Gonzales, Virginia Olivares, Meagan Chandler. Others to be announced.



Short Internship in Los Angeles with Musical writers for NCIS TV show



Musical score for short film "LMIRL", "Undying Love", "The Flytrap", "Water Torture", "Malice in Wonderland".



Awards and recognition:



Best musical production "Elu's Beautiful Things Release" 2008 NMMIA.



Best of 2007 - Mystic Soundscapes Radio



Honorable Mention – 2007 Billboard Magazine world music competition. Top 500 Entries worldwide for the song “Lose Control” off of the Beautiful Things Album.



Featured artist – Mystic Soundscapes Radio - USA. – 2006



Featured artist – Mystic Soundscapes Radio – USA – 2007



Featured artist – Radio Gets Wild Radio – UK - 2007, 2008, 2009



Featured artist – Radio Gets Wild Top 20 Compilation CD – featuring “Walking Through Time” from the Beautiful Things album. 2007.



Featured artist – Quantum Disc Records/Promotions – Beautiful Things album. 2007



“Best Musical Production for 2006 by the NMMIA for a new song “In the Wake of Desire” from the Beautiful Things album 2007.



Featured artist - November/December 2005 issue of Hyper Active Music Magazine.



Featured artist - September issue of GO Magazine. 2005.



Nominated for “Best Album of the Year 2004” for electronica by the Just Plain Folks Awards, sponsored by Virgin Records, TAXI and CD Baby. Élu took third place for their Sensuality 2002 release.



“Best Musical Production for 2004 by the NMMIA, New Mexico Music Industry Coalition for “Stay” from the “Songs of Devotion” release in 2005.



Featured Artist - Red Eye Express, radio program in Ft Lauderdale, FL. 2004.



Editor’s Choice on CNET’s Download.com 2005/2006



Top 20 artist, New Age Voice - "Dreams of a New Age" 88.1 FM, WMBR in Boston, MA - 2001



Top 20 artist – New Age Voice –"Deep Space", Stargate radio program in Italy. – 2001



Featured Artist – Visions Magazine.



Featured Artist – Kuelle Magazine.



The "LOVE" release reached the top 40 on MP3.com and 1 on "IUMA". 2000.



Musical Releases:



“Love” – 1999

“Sensuality 2002” – 2002

“December” – 2003

“Songs of Devotion” – 2005

“Beautiful Things” - 2008



Elu - Best of 2007 on Mystic Soundscapes.



Regular rotation on Pandora



Album Credits for Beautiful Things:



All Songs written and arranged by Jeffrey Mettling except "Walking Through Time" arranged by Jeffrey Mettling, written by Jeff Mettling and Julian Rivera. Bitter Thoughts - written and arranged by DeAnn Gonzales and Jeffrey Mettling. "Something More" arranged by Jeffrey Mettling, written by Jeffrey Mettling and DeAnn Gonzales.



Beautiful Things - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling - Vocalist: Virginia Olivas.



Something More - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling - Vocalist: DeAnn Gonzales



Walking Through Time - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling, Julian Rivera - Vocalist: Virginia Olivas



Bitter Thoughts - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling - Vocalist: DeAnn Gonzales



In the Wake of Desire - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling - Vocalist: Rebecca Moore



The Days of July - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling - Vocalist: Rena Maestas



Scarborough Fair - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling - Vocalist: Kate Benton



Wicked Lullaby - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling - Vocalist: DeAnn Gonzales



Lose Control - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling - Vocalist: DeAnn Gonzales



Sweet Possession - instrumentation Jeffrey Mettling - Vocalist: DeAnn Gonzales



Produced by Jeffrey Mettling, recorded at Trinity Studio, Albuquerque, NM, Mixed and Mastered by Jeff and Greg Burns, The Stokehole Studio, Los Angeles, CA



Latest:



Elu - Best of 2007 on Mystic Soundscapes.



Elu has been added to Mystic Soundscapes Internet Radio. This is an awesome station for New Age enthusiasts. Listen now at http://www.mysticsoundscapes.com. Additionally Elu has made the top 40 charts by Loudcity and is currently being played on many other internet stations.



Bio:



Elu has made the top 20 New Age/Ambient/Electronic play list in Italy and Boston, and is currently being featured on radio programming in Spain, Russia, Sweden and others throughout Europe. Elu continues to make the top 100 playlists on many popular radio stations in the US. Most recently on Audiorealm and loudcity.



Elu's releases have reached the top 40 on the internets top music sites such as MP3.com, and IUMA.com, download.com, and Artistlaunch to name a few. Also Featured artist at dmusic, Artistlaunch, download.com and others. Elu's music is available through most major on-line music venders such as Tower Records, Borders, Barnes and Nobel, Yahoo, CD-Baby, iTunes, Napster and others throughout the world. Jeff is a member of BMI and the Recording Academy.