Hana Vu composes pop music in her LA bedroom. Her full-length debut, Public Storage, was announced when she signed with Ghostly International. Vu first became interested in music when she learned how to play the guitar her dad had laying around. Every morning she would listen to ALT 98.7 in Los Angeles, which played alternative rock from the 1990s and 2000s. Later... read full bio
A timeless story about four young individuals who meet at school. Our Swedish characters in this story met at Stockholm's Royal College of Music, where they both studied. They performed together and learned jazz. Initially, two of our friends "formed a duo in an attempt to earn money, playing mostly evergreens and covering anything from the Beatles to Burt Bacharach at... read full bio
When hearing Sofa Valdés' music for the first time, the phrase "yearning" immediately comes to mind. The Panamanian singer-songwriter uses pop music as a kind of meditation and a way to make sense of the world. With emotional expressiveness, contemplation and an examination of her connection to her culture, Ventura, her first EP, examines the volatility of her emotions. With time, the... read full bio
Salute first relocated to Brighton before ultimately settling in Manchester, where he is now working. He first began going to club nights in the UK, where he quickly developed as an artist by learning what club culture actually meant there. He connected with a network of UK producers and began developing a sound. You may hear this process take place... read full bio
Rahill Jamalifard is a multidisciplinary artist and musician originally from Michigan who now resides in the picturesque Hudson Valley in upstate New York. Rahill gained a reputation for fusing a diverse range of influences into engrossing and heavy pop songs that made references to the modes and melodies of the Iranian/American household in which she was raised—a heritage she has continued to... read full bio
One of the most fascinating artists of her age is quickly emerging as Nina Cobham. Nina, who is originally from the UK, spent her early years in a little village on Spain's southeast coast where her father was a preacher. Nina's multilingual approach to songwriting is the result of a real fusion of her British heritage and a special relationship with... read full bio
Her mixtape "Perreando por Fuera, llorando por Fuera" had its first release. Reggaeton's dedication to the new generations of musicians who have access to simple digital tools is manifested globally in the perreo. Different styles, like romantic reggaeton, dembow and favela funk, are explored in this new mix. With the help of collaborators from this scene, like La Favi and Maria... read full bio
A singer, composer and model from Brazil is named Urias Martins da Silva. Urias was born and reared in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, where he first showed signs of his creative nature. He developed a love for fashion via dancing and theater and dreamed of a future in music. Even before his celebrity, while still living in his hometown, he grew close to Brazilian musician and... read full bio
Origin stories sometimes recreate well-known myths; this one starts with a little child inventing an epic tale that has never been heard before by themselves in their bedroom. After years of tinkering around with GarageBand, Devon Karpf realized that, if handled seriously enough, this whole "trying to be like Skrillex" thing may possibly work out. He began creating music as... read full bio
The Goa Express was founded on a shared love of alternative music, teen years and fraternity. Their teenage years can be seen as somewhat of a hedonistic pilgrimage into the underbelly of suburban rock and roll. Their first gig consisted of three songs blasted out of their friends' garages and their next performance was on top of a nearby vintage shop where the... read full bio
Hannah van Loon, a native of the Bay Area and a classically educated musician, founded Tanukichan as a solo endeavor after falling in love with what she lovingly refers to as "dad rock" in her teen years. Van Loon learned how to play the guitar by spending hours in front of the radio and copying the riffs and chords of... read full bio
Brookln Dekker is a creative person who doesn't seem to settle. He spent his childhood in Chicago and a career traveling the world while using Nottingham as his base in the UK. His personal life appears to be as full of soul-nourishing sound as his various musical endeavors and he is married to Ruth, a fellow member of the band Rue... read full bio
Crispy Crunchy Nothing's fast folk-rock tales of loneliness, desire and perplexity are overshadowed by the threat of death, but Madeline's sense of humor is still there. It is bone-dry and hidden behind the alternately sneering and twanging guitars that accompany her drawling voice. The album's beating heart can be heard in the title, which is a reference to Madeline's description of biting... read full bio
Producer Nicholas Barron is from Inverloch, Australia. Before settling on the recognizable 'wave' sound we hear in his music today, he began his musical career on Soundcloud by recording ambient trap and lo-fi beats. Wave music has reached a worldwide audience thanks to vowl., who has amassed over 100 million streams across all platforms. His music has been included in high-end... read full bio
The first album by NOIA, which is designed to unfold like a dream, blends a variety of languages—Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and English—and traditional sounds from her youth in southwest Europe to process her personal changes over the previous two years while dividing her time between NYC and Barcelona. Gisela Fullà-Silvestre created the stage name NOIA to distinguish her well-known work as a... read full bio
ANNA MORGAN is a curator of low-end frequencies with a worldwide perspective who focuses on the fusion of urban and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. A DJ, producer, promoter and label co-founder from New York with Jamaican and Japanese ancestry, her music reflects her varied experiences.She has put music out on labels including Martyn's 3024, Jubilee's Magic City, Justin Jay's Fantastic Voyage, L.A.'s Juke... read full bio
Dee Holt's life has been infused with creativity from the start, from accompanying her dad's guitar in VHS home recordings to performing at family gatherings to pursuing music and art in high school. She never considered turning her musical gift into a career, despite all the external validation of it. It's appropriate, therefore, that the performance that launched her career... read full bio
AWATE is a creative Eritrean rapper who was born and raised in Camden, London. His music is infused with Turkish Dcypha's legendary production. Trench Magazine praised AWATE's debut album, "Happiness," as a "British rap masterpiece," while Noisey, The Line of Best Fit, Complex, GUAP Mag, BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra also gave it their support. Complex praised and praised his debut EP,... read full bio
Over the past few years, Konichi and Decimal Bass have revolutionized the sound of dancefloor D&B. Now they have teamed together as Annix. They were personally chosen by DJ Hype and Pascal, and now they are regulars on the house label Playaz Recordings. With a whopping fifty plus joint releases to date, this alliance has swiftly developed into a winning... read full bio
Songs written by Annahstasia represent their unique universe. The self-taught singer-songwriter claims that fantasy and romanticism are ingrained in her artistic practice. Annahstasia's rose-tinted perspective is made clear by her entrancingly sumptuous and acrobatic voice, which she developed as a result of a steadfast admiration for complex vocalists like Bill Withers, Nina Simone and Janis Joplin. She says, "I believed that... read full bio
