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Gianfranco Malorgio comes from the Django school. Years of classical guitar study, Hot Club Roma, work with Dario Pinelli, film soundtrack sessions… he’s one of those Italian players who can move from Manouche swing to screen music without dropping tone. Lately he’s been writing pieces aimed straight at sync, especially ones inspired by 70s detective…
Junifer is an alt-pop/folktronica songwriter out of Chico who’s been threading together electronic feel and storytelling since A Little Late. Their thing is small scenes, not big gestures: domestic stuff, late-night thoughts, the way a house sounds when everyone else is asleep. “Thoughts For The Night” fits right into that lane. The song opens on…
Stevie Hawkins has spent decades inside American roots music — drumming for Albert King and John Lee Hooker, fronting his own bands, producing other people’s records, stacking awards. He’s one of those lifer musicians who can move between blues, soul, jazz, and country without sounding like he’s trying on costumes. So when he picks up…
Kat Koan writes like someone who’s spent years framing emotion for the camera. Before music, she worked in TV, building scenes and mood, and you can hear that in everything she does. Her projects jump between electroclash, rock, and pop, but the core stays the same: tension, release, intimacy, unease. She’s worked with Grammy-winning producer…
Gianfranco Malorgio has spent decades moving between jazz, film, and classical guitar. Based in Rome, he’s played with figures from the Gypsy Jazz world like Dorado Schmitt and Angelo Debarre, and his background shows in the precision of his writing. Lately, Malorgio has turned toward composition for film, creating pieces meant to live between sound…
Exzenya is a dark-pop artist and writer with a background in psychology. She builds her songs around emotion and observation, looking at how people lose and regain a sense of self. Everything she releases is performed and recorded by hand, without pitch correction or heavy processing: a choice that keeps the music close to her…
Los Angeles composer and producer Chris Wirsig has built a catalog defined by experimentation across electronic, orchestral, and cinematic styles. On his new single “Water Into Fire,” recorded entirely in his own studio, he pushes that approach further by combining world instruments with the scale of trailer music. The track is fully self-produced, performed, and…
For You Brother is the project of John, a musician from Aiken, South Carolina, who plays every instrument on his debut single “Fly Away.” It’s his first instrumental release, recorded at home with layers of piano, keyboards, guitar, bass, and drums, then sent to D. Oldham for mixing and mastering. The track started as a…
Joshua Ross, who records as <3peace., makes music that moves between spiritual reflection and modern pop production. Based in Columbia, South Carolina, he produces, performs, and engineers his own material, often drawing from nature and faith as guiding ideas. His single “ROSE PETAL,” recorded at his home studio, follows that path, shaped by a sense…
Frank Renfordt has built The Cumberland River Project around steady songwriting and collaboration. A native of Hagen, Germany, he began writing songs as a kid and later found his way back to music after raising a family and spending time working outside the industry. His interest in American roots music grew through trips to the…