As the singer and songwriter for the mighty Brooklyn based Nervous Cabaret, Elyas Khan’s reputation precedes him. His live performances are bloodily moving: by turns Ellington, Post punk, Led Zeppelin and vaudeville orchestra. The song writing of Elyas Khan, described by fans as “royalty in dirty disguise", crashes from violent to fragile in a seemingly endless variety of arrangements and orchestrations. Nervous Cabaret play around NYC and the European festival circuits alongside Sonic Youth, Tarif de Haidouks, Alain Bashung, Jamie Lidell, among others, and Elyas solo shares stages with the likes of French sensations Mademoiselle K, Nouvelle Vague and Sebastien Tellier. Elyas is now in Berlin preparing to record a new album for Winter 2009.