Angelo Outlaw

Angelo Outlaw is a mallet percussionist, recording artist, composer, and instructor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His elegantly funky sound weds contemporary groove-jazz and progressive R&B to glitch-hop beats and downtempo atmospherics. He's taught and performed with world champion percussion ensembles the Blue Coats (Canton, Ohio) and Music City Mystique (Nashville, Tennessee). In 2020 he met the Philly-based record label, rhythm section, and production duo Eraserhood Sound (Maxwell Perla and Vincent John). They assisted Outlaw (as Jello Vibes) on the digital-only Uneven Contact, weaving vibraphones, marimbas, and beats through minimalist loops, library music, circular melodies, house rhythms, and hip-hop beats. They also helped out on both volumes of 2021's The Outlaw Sessions and the 2022 club smash "Time Traveler"/"Silent Horizon." The team hired backing vocalists and select guest soloists to assist in the jazz-funk focus on Axis of Time, released on Eraserhood Sound in March 2024.