Drew Kellum (sometimes stylized as Drew d'Lakes) is a multi-instrumentalist who explores the nooks of both maximalist composed music and free form improvisation. In a composed setting, Drew has worked on cartoonish chamber music for a large scale puppet show (Action Sequence - 2017), art pieces for solo violin (The Wallower's Sail - 2018), and more recently, a collection of high energy bubblegum pop songs for his band, d'Lakes (late spring 2021 - Konstiga Records). In an improvised setting, Drew has performed in the past four Drone not Drones festivals at the Cedar Cultural Center (Six Families, Civic Radar, Balung Getih), wrote and directed an outdoor performance art piece that relied heavily on chance opportunistic soundscapes for a mixed chamber group (Driftwomen - 2019), all while performing regularly with Balung Getih around the Twin Cities. Though these two forms of music creation can seem at odds, Drew masterfully combines the two by using heightened emotions as the source of all sounds he puts forth. Drew is currently preparing for the release of his band's debut album Unforgettable Cheer later this spring!