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Eloi El
While it was essentially inevitable that Eloi El would become a musician, the type of music he’s made his name on is something of a surprise. Born Eloi Muhoranimana, the pop/electronic producer was born and raised in the Rwandan capital of Kigali as part of a musical family lead by El’s father, a renowned guitar player who worked across genres including rumba and Afro-Jazz. Together with his siblings, El tinkered in the family’s small recording studio and by age 13 was performing live — playing guitar and singing in the Rwandan language of Ikinyarwanda. But El’s musical output and life path changed suddenly in 2018 via an unlikely influence: Kygo. Upon first hearing the superstar producer, El redirected his efforts from hip-hop and afrobeat productions to a style of dance music parallel to the Norwegian powerhouse’s. El honed his skills via YouTube tutorials on tropical house, deep house and chill house production. But with these genres having not yet caught on in Rwanda, El knew he had to go global. He dropped his debut song, the darkly bumping “Frozen,” in 2020 and after hustling to get 25 of his tracks released via an array of worldwide imprints, soon became the biggest dance artist in his country. In 2021, destiny stepped in when an A&R from Kygo’s Palm Tree Records got in touch, asking if El had unreleased music. He sent it over a few tracks and a week later was signed to the label founded by his idol. “It was just so insane,” El says. “It was unreal. I was speechless.”

Songs

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Anymore
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Stick Together
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Sleepless
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Voices
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Ecstasy
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Albums

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Above Ground

2024

Singles & EPs

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For You

Single • 2023
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Dance With You Tonight

Single • 2023
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All the Way

Single • 2023
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Love You More

Single • 2023
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Anymore

Single • 2023
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Stick Together

Single • 2022
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Somebody

Single • 2023
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Too Far Gone

Single • 2023
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Sleepless

Single • 2023
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Rest of My Life

Single • 2023

Videos

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Stick Together (Official Video)

Eloi El • 96K views
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Wherever You Go (Official video)

Eloi El • 54K views
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Above Ground (Official Visualizer)

Eloi El • 74K views
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Is It You (feat. Natasha Shayenne)

Eloi El • 21K views

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Tropical House

Playlist • YouTube Music

Artist-made playlists

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Eloi El Originals

Playlist • Eloi El • 11K views
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Behind The Scenes

Playlist • Eloi El • 16 views
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Eloi El | Above Ground

Playlist • Eloi El • 1.2K views
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Eloi El - Africa to the World (EP)

Playlist • Eloi El • 166 views
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Eloi El - Stick Together (EP)

Playlist • Eloi El • 93 views

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