LUISA is a Scotland-based composer, pianist and producer who builds electronic pieces out of piano, beats, folk instruments and field recordings taken while living across Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine and Albania as a military spouse. Wanderlust pulls those years into one record, 11 short tracks that feel very tied to real places and events rather than some abstract concept album.
“Heart” opens on washed-out noise and distant keys, then a slow beat and soft string accents slide in. Little environmental sounds and details keep poking through the mix, so it feels like movement through different rooms and streets. It’s gentle but not sleepy, and it’s easy to picture it under travel or personal-essay style visuals, opening credits, or reflective montage.
“Spring” starts with a clean, echoing guitar line before the straight 4×4 kick arrives. Light woodwinds float above it, which gives it a hopeful tone without going cheesy. It’s easy to hear it on footage of city streets, countryside in motion, or anything that wants a lift without going full pop.
“Enchant” leans into vocal atmospheres and hand drum–style rhythms, with bold piano chords and a steady kick. It feels like material for fantasy, folklore, or culture-led documentary work: ritual, procession, or introspective scenes that still have a clear pulse.
The title track “Wanderlust” is one of the most immediately syncable cuts: looping piano arpeggios, steady downtempo groove, minimal extra decoration. It keeps a clear emotional line and leaves a lot of space for picture and voiceover. Editors looking for something in the Uppermost / melodic electronica lane will know what to do with it.
The rest of the album keeps the same idea and changes the scenery.
For sync, Wanderlust is a strong fit for travel and culture docs, human-rights and conflict stories, character-led drama, indie film, slow games with exploration focus, and brand work around movement, borders, migration or identity. LUISA has already done the fieldwork; the record gives you ready slices of that experience to drop straight to picture.
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