Ice Choir

Ice Choir is the primary creative vehicle for Brooklyn-based musician and producer Kurt Feldman. Emerging from the dissolution of the chiptune-influenced shoegaze band The Depreciation Guild, Ice Choir represents a pivot toward a highly stylized, '80s-indebted synth-pop aesthetic.

Feldman's work is characterized by an obsessive devotion to the production techniques of the mid-1980s, specifically the use of FM synthesis and early digital sampling workstations like the Fairlight CMI. Unlike many of his contemporaries in the 'vaporwave' or 'retrowave' scenes, Feldman eschews lo-fi textures in favor of extreme hi-fi clarity and sophisticated harmonic structures derived from jazz and sophisti-pop. His career arc includes significant contributions to the indie-pop landscape as the drummer for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and as a sought-after producer for artists like Caroline Polachek and Anamanaguchi. Critical consensus highlights Ice Choir as a masterclass in 'pastiche as art,' where the recreation of a specific era's sound is handled with such technical proficiency and melodic grace that it transcends mere nostalgia to become a distinct modern statement.