Eezu live soundtrack for Buster Keaton’s The General

Eezu is an electroacoustic project combining electronics and drums.
The duo moves through hypnotic rhythmic structures, imaginary soundscapes and abrasive synthesizers, drawing from the more noise-oriented side of contemporary jazz.

The music unfolds as a journey that closely follows the cinematic images, transporting the listener elsewhere and reshaping the emotional landscape of the film. Rather than merely accompanying the action, the score explores the inner dimension of Keaton’s character while simultaneously moving beyond it, opening dreamlike trajectories toward barely imaginable worlds.

This work offers a new interpretative key to a silent cinema masterpiece from the 1920s. Keaton’s exuberant and larger-than-life persona becomes a symbol of an America at the height of its industrial and creative ferment. Placed within a new sonic context, the past acquires renewed meaning, revealing its original features under a different light — like a Greek temple emerging within the chaos of a modern city.

The Spanish nickname once given to Buster Keaton, “Pamplinas” (“a bit of nothing”), initially offended the artist but later revealed itself as a profound compliment. The oscillation between the indispensable and the superfluous becomes central to the perception of artistic acts. Like cinema, music is not a primary necessity, yet it is precisely in difficult times that its quiet, inevitable strength emerges — remaining, at its core, a bit of nothing.