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Nikita Noebel records under the name Walilamdzi, a project rooted in Berlin but drawn to landscapes that stretch far beyond the city. The music sits in that space between instrumental songwriting and film score: guitar-driven, slow-burning, shaped as much by atmosphere as by melody. Noebel calls each set of songs a “chapter,” small arcs that…
Hilgrove Kenrick and Nick Norton-Smith both come to Sylph with long résumés in film, television, and stage music, but their collaboration moves in a different direction. Kenrick, a composer with credits ranging from 12 Monkeys to classical commissions, has also carved space for solo piano work and ambient explorations. Norton-Smith, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, has…
Jasmine Gardosi, Dan Whitehouse, and Ryan Pinson come from different corners of the UK music world. Gardosi is best known as a slam champion and former Birmingham Poet Laureate, a performer who merges spoken word, beatboxing, and movement into something closer to theater than page poetry. Whitehouse has built a reputation as a songwriter and…
After 15 years without a release, Michael Shouse has returned with Jaded, an instrumental rock record that shows he never stopped thinking about the guitar. The Jackson, Kentucky musician pulls together an unlikely cast of players: Michael Angelo Batio, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Tony MacAlpine, Charlie Zeleny on drums, and James Amhelio Pulli on bass. The…
AUNCE, the project of Anna Edith Daly Edgington, is a London-based artist with roots in Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent. After earning a PhD in Music Production in New Zealand, she returned to the UK to develop a sound that mixes electronics with voice in ways that blur song form and sound art. Her work has appeared…
Lussilia, the Venezuelan-Canadian singer-songwriter now based in Vancouver, has been steadily carving out her space by weaving Latin pop with Venezuelan folk and a mix of global textures. Her songs, often sung across three languages, push for connection across identities. Earlier this year she released her debut EP ten four sixty one, a nod to…
Swamp Music Players are a collective out of Victoria, Canada, who have spent the past few years carving a niche in swamp rock and cosmic Americana. Their music often leans on collaboration, and the new EP Hear It on CN2 continues that approach with contributions from Virginia songwriter Joseph Gearheart and Hollywood vocalist Sugar Parks….
Micheal Fordays has been part of Los Angeles’ rock underground for years, carrying experience from bands like Mind Over Four and OverBreaker into his solo work. His new album The Odds of Magic, produced with Dave Klein, takes that history and filters it into nine songs tracked with focus at Klein’s upgraded studio. Fordays handled…
Joseph “Josi” Costi has spent years as a pianist, composer, and collaborator moving between jazz, world music, and experimental projects. His resume is long and eclectic, but Joya is the first release where he steps forward simply as a songwriter with a guitar in hand. Recorded in Richmond, UK, while house-sitting for his sister in…
Dark City Kings have been shaping their sound in a weathered homestead outside Black Mountain, North Carolina. The six-piece: Colleen Rose, Merlin Armstrong, Kyrie Antoinette, Bayla Ostrich, Craig Rumney, and JP Kennedy, pull from bands like The Waterboys, Blondie, and The Cure, but the results don’t feel secondhand. They’ve built something that leans on new…