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Born and raised in Brooklyn, Leo Coltrane grew up immersed in the daily practice of art: his mother, a poet and painter; his father, a photographer and jazz pianist.
Named after Léo Ferré and John Coltrane, he inheritednot only their names but a discipline of listening. Rooted in hip-hop, he approaches music architecturally — layering dialogue fragments, live instrumentation, sound design, and fractured samples into compositions that unfold as continuous thoughts.
After a decade in the Los Angeles film industry, he returned to Brooklyn in 2011 with a sharpened visua sensibility that continues to inform both his recordings and live performances. In 2017, he released his debut album, That Third Thing, followed by Between Summers in 2025.
Leo Coltrane bridges narrative lyricism and experimental form. His lyrics have been published in the New York Times and he has performed in Berlin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, the Netherlands, New York, and Tokyo.
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photography | maksim axelrod, dante bowen, faith brewer, marcos durian, marcin kapron
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