Angel Marcloid
Angel Marcloid performing at The Hideout Inn in 2017
Background information
Also known asFire-Toolz, Human Excuse,[1] Shadow Government,[1] Water Bullet[1]
Born (1984-09-24) September 24, 1984
Prince Frederick, Maryland, US
OriginChicago, Illinois, US
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • keyboards
  • drums
  • bass guitar
Years active2015–present
Labels
Websitefire-toolz.com

Angel Marcloid[2] (born September 24, 1984), best known by her main pseudonym and project Fire-Toolz, is an American experimental multi-instrumentalist and record producer who creates music, which blends different genres such as vaporwave, IDM, jazz fusion, ambient, extreme metal, prog, industrial, new-age, screamo, and noise, among others.[3][4][5][6][7]

Biography

Angel Marcloid was born on September 24,[8] 1984[1] at a hospital in Prince Frederick, Maryland.[9] Her parents were music enthusiasts who played records of the Beatles, Rush, and various hair metal bands. She made her first drum sets with pots and pans when she was very little. She performed live for the first time as a drummer when she was seven years old, and formed her first band at 8 years old.[10] Marcloid later taught herself to play guitar and bass. Her music taste began to expand as she started listening to metal, jazz, and electronica. She has performed under more than a dozen pseudonyms since the 1990s, and has played in multiple bands including Age Sixteen, New Years, and A Perfect Kiss.[11][1][3][12]

Marcloid created her project Fire-Toolz in 2015 and released Even the Files Won't Touch You and Further Down the File on the same year. She went on to release further albums such as Drip Mental (2017), Interbeing (2017), and Skinless X-1 (2018), which received widespread critical acclaim.[3] The following year Fire-Toolz released Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace) (2019), followed by Rainbow Bridge (2020), Eternal Home (2021), I will not use the body's eyes today (2022), and I Am Upset Because I See Something That Is Not There (2023).[3][13]

From 2008 to 2017, Marcloid ran a cassette label called Rainbow Bridge.[9] She also ran a net label called Swamp Circle from 2012 until 2018.[10][14] As of 2022, she runs a mixing, mastering, and music production service called Angel Hair Audio.

Besides Fire-Toolz, Marcloid has released music under a wide array of other pseudonyms including Angelia Marcloid, Angelwings Marmalade, Dementia And Hope Trails, DJ Eyebrow Ring, False Flag, Inappropriate King Live, MindSpring Memories, Nonlocal Forecast and Pregnant Spore, among others.[2]

Personal life

Angel Marcloid is transgender and uses she/they pronouns.[9]

Discography

Fire-Toolz

  • Even The Files Won't Touch You (2015)
  • Drip Mental (2017)
  • Interbeing (2017)
  • Skinless X-1 (2018)
  • Field Whispers (Into The Crystal Palace) (2019)
  • Rainbow Bridge (2020)
  • Eternal Home (2021)
  • I will not use the body's eyes today (EP) (2022)
  • I Am Upset Because I See Something That Is Not There (2023)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Berlatsky, Noah (2020-05-05). "Fire-Toolz captures the many colors of the rainbow bridge". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. 1 2 "Angel Marcloid | Discography". Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Discogs.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Simpson, Paul. "Fire-Toolz Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  4. ↑ Julious, Britt (2018-10-18). "Fire-Toolz is making face-melting noise on the Chicago experimental scene". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  5. ↑ Goldner, Sam (2021-10-20). "Eternal Home". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  6. ↑ O'Connell, Chris (2022-10-12). "I will not use the body's eyes today. EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  7. ↑ "Fire-Toolz". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  8. ↑ Angel Marcloid [@angelbbgrrl420] (June 18, 2020). "my birthday is september 24th" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-04-11 – via Twitter.
  9. 1 2 3 Marcloid, Angel. "Bio". Angel Marcloid official website.
  10. 1 2 Ryce, Andrew (13 March 2019). "Nonlocal Forecast - Bubble Universe!". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  11. ↑ Galil, Leor (9 November 2017). "As Fire-Toolz, Chicagoan Angel Marcloid makes music that evokes and challenges our streaming era". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  12. ↑ Joyce, Colin (2018-08-22). "Fire-Toolz's New Album Finds Beauty and Chaos in the Old Internet". Vice. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  13. ↑ Deville, Chris (2023-04-07). "Stream Fire-Toolz's Wild New Album I am upset because I see something that is not there". Stereogum. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  14. ↑ Bowe, Miles (18 January 2017). "Hausu Mountain announce new albums by Fire-Toolz, Pulse Emitter and Brett Naucke". Fact. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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