The worsening war on Gaza in 2021 inspired Laurence DaNova’s new single, “This Island,” which finds the artist creating a sonic place of refuge from the chaos of the world. 

Heavily influenced by 80s and 90s pop, along with soul and trip hop, “This Island” is a dreamy, chaotic and dynamic search for a sense of peace.

It’s a reminder that we are all human and want the same thing at the end of the day. 

“This Island” is an enthralling yet intimate song which creates a space for listeners to reflect.

Naomi Tessler’s music is a dance of vibrant vocals, earthy folk, jazz, R&B and Kirtan with soulful and poetic lyrics. She collaborated with international bassist and producer Chris Gartner of Redwood Studios for her debut recording, “Till The Shadow,” under the tutelage of her vocal mentor/coach Aviva Chernick and The Holy Gasp’s Benjamin Hackman.

Tessler describes the song as a map.. narrating her journey through the paradigm shift we’re collectively navigating at this time.. guiding her to embody trust & courage in sharing her gifts with the world. It’s a reminder of the divine dichotomy: to be a light in this world, we must embrace our darkness.

Sika Valmé is a contemporary Creole-Canadian musician, performer and illustrator. Her music and graphic universe give rise to an immersive synergie of sonic and visual stories. She was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and currently resides between Montréal, New York, and Mexico. As a reflection of Sika’s many migrations, her creations craft timeless narratives that find inspiration in geometry, the natural world, and in the human experience.

Her new EP and title track, “Erosion Eksperyans” is about a dark personal period in Sika’s life, a hard time with her health, consciousness about her story and how much she has to offer to the world. It follows a period of deep change in her life and lifestyle. Changes to improve her health took time, consistency, and patience. She drew parallels between this and erosion in the natural world. 

“Resilience creates capacity” – this lyric was Sika’s mantra during the writing process of this EP. It took time, patience, research, and lived experience, to come up with a concept and a new body of work around this record, which is finally ready 13 years after the first EP. Most important to her was that her music helps to tell a story from her community and other similar groups that experience displacement.

Listen to the full EP here: https://lnk.to/SikaEE

“I create for something bigger than myself,” says Sika. “My music considers other art forms for the future, my lyrics and songwriting tell a story, and support visual narratives such as film. I value exchange, conversation, connection, synch more than performing on a stage. I create with a social conscience so I think bigger rather than only focusing on my personal emotions or story.  I say less with words, let the music say more, but I pick my words.”

APACALDA is the name of singer/songwriter Cassandra Angheluta, a Montreal based artist. APACALDA, meaning “warm water” in her mother tongue, Romanian, is a reflection of Cassandra’s means of movement through her art and life – a reminder to reconnect to the warm water that can calm and ground you, despite the chaos and unpredictability of outside circumstances. 

From its inception, the song “Male Gaze” was fueled by a passionate resentment. As women, a great majority of our existence has been to accommodate or be appealing, appeasing, and submissive to men. APACALDA’s intention with this single is to evoke a deliberate introspection into our own accountability of how we propagate the current “gaze” imposed on femme/women and the emerging ramifications.

APACALDA is creating her own immersive world with a refreshed approach to indie rock, electronic pop meets dream wave sounds.  Her debut self-titled four track EP released on Oct 14.

The EP was written and inspired by true events in APACALDA’s life. It is meant to simulate an inner downward spiral, enchanting the listener to descend into a hauntingly beautiful immersive world that has been meticulously yet authentically curated.