EC Underground is a multidisciplinary collective, record label, and talent agency based in South Florida. Since 2018, it has worked to bridge European and UK electronic music with audiences in the United States. Its musical language moves freely across electro, electronica, IDM, glitch, techno, and drum & bass. Through live events and its ambient sub-label EQ, the collective continues to support creative voices from around the world.
Born in England and currently based in Belgium, Jordan Paul Rousseau has spent the past five years immersed in cinema, fashion, art, and theatre, collaborating with an extensive network of creatives while gradually developing his own artistic language. His work explores the intersections of experimental music, ambient, and new age, with a particular fascination for electroacoustic composition and the construction of instruments.
His creative universe draws from both his English heritage and a deep connection to Chinese culture. Raised within a Chinese community, he has absorbed its traditions, sounds, and musical practices, allowing them to shape his artistic sensibility. Influenced by Taoist and Buddhist philosophies, Rousseau approaches sound as an exercise in contemplation, constantly exploring the possibilities of collaboration and experimentation. His artistic vision brings together Eastern and Western perspectives, alongside the influences of David Lynch, Jacob Kirkegaard, Francis Bacon, Wong Kar Wai, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Jóhann Jóhannsson, among others. The result is a sound world that feels dreamlike, ethereal, minimal, and quietly otherworldly.
A two-time Cannes Film Awards winner, Rousseau received Best Composer for the drama Burn the Time (2022) and Best Composer of the Future (2023). His work as a sound designer has also reached some of the world’s most prestigious fashion houses, including Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Tom Ford, and Moschino. His soundscapes have accompanied major publications such as Vogue’s September issue, Harper’s Bazaar, and L’Officiel.
Jordan Paul Rousseau approaches music as an architecture of the intangible: compositions built from silence, atmosphere, and subtle sonic movements. His work occupies an intriguing territory between cinematic language, sound art, and electronic music that invites a more intimate kind of listening.
With Music for Exhibitions – Collection 1, Rousseau moves beyond the cinematic frame and into the exhibition space. The EP brings together three compositions originally commissioned for exhibitions scheduled for 2026 in London, Edinburgh, and Berlin: «Kaiho» (London / National Gallery), «Ritual» (Edinburgh), and «You» (Berlin).
«Kaiho» introduces a more rhythmic and restless dimension to this sonic universe. Its slow-moving pulse unfolds through electronic and ambient structures, with subtle incursions into darksynth, drone, and IDM. Yet its real strength lies in the relationship between sound and silence. From these seemingly opposing forces emerge deep sonic landscapes, where atmospheres dissolve almost as soon as they appear, making impermanence an essential part of the composition.
There is something quietly unsettling about this process, but also profoundly beautiful. Its gradual development reveals a warm, ethereal intensity that embraces multiple emotional states without ever surrendering its contemplative nature. A remarkable exercise in sonic balance.
The EP ultimately becomes a silent framework for thought, where sound transforms the perception of space itself. Whether experienced inside a gallery, within the intimacy of a room, or through a pair of headphones, these compositions invite us to inhabit their atmospheres rather than simply listen to them.
Label: EC Underground
Title: Music & Sound for Exhibitions – Collection 1
Artist: Jordan Paul Rousseau
Catalogue: ECU187
Genre: Electronic and Ambient structures with elements of Darksynth, Drone and IDM
Digital Release date: November 12, 2026
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Tracklist
1. Kaiho
2. Ritual
3. You
Credits
Written, produced, and mastered by Jordan Paul Rousseau
Artwork by Jordan Paul Rousseau
Cat n°: ECU187
© Jordan Paul Rousseau ℗ EC Underground 2026
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