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Synth-Pop duo Ryal is the collaboration between singer, keyboardist Jacque Ryal and multi-instrumentalist & producer Aaron Nevezie. 

Blending the moody synth landscape of artists like Little Dragon and the cinematic pulse of CHVRCHES, Ryal crafts a sound that is both nostalgic and innovative.

Their music has earned recognition from PopDust, The Line of Best Fit, LadyGunn, WFNM, and more. With over 100K streams on Spotify, their single "Pressure" and EP "The End is Near Here" have resonated with fans of shimmering synths and emotive vocals. Additionally, Ryal’s music has been featured more than 30 times on ABC/Disney morning shows, solidifying their presence in the indie-electronic space.

The duo is actively writing and releasing music monthly, coupling releases with visuals, videos, photo stories and more.

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"The Last Days of Dark" featuring "Unpatrotic" 

The Last Days Of Dark is a 12-song album brimming with rugged beats, sensual hooks, organic touches of piano and guitar, barbed rhymes, bold sentimentality, and irresistible melodies. Each track will be paired with a video unpacking the song’s message with poetic cinematography and captivating narratives. Select album highlights include “The Future,” “They Gon’ Call Me (Unpatriotic),” and the deeply personal “E.L.S.I.E.”  

“The Future” is classic banger conjuring the militancy of Public Enemy, where ominous guitars and moody soundscapes are the backdrop for Timothy's sinister flow. The song’s accompanying video is a harrowing mini epic, written by Timothy and shot by Sean Tracy that shows our country’s future as a Trump-ian dystopia with severe martial law overtones.  “They Gon’ Call Me (Unpatriotic)” is a fist-in-the-air urban anthem that stirs ups emotions with a message of galvanizing unity. The track fuses a fiery verse with majestic hooks. “E.L.S.I.E. (feat. Stephanie Linn)” is a powerful tribute to Timothy’s mom and their time together. The track hits heavy with stately strings, organ, a gorgeous alt-rock melodic guitar hook, and potent, unguarded sentimentality.  

Dark views his music as part of a highly curated artistic experience for his audience, and, therefore, is very thoughtful about his all facets of his imaging and videos. Surrounding him is a close artistic family of musicians, filmmakers, producers, and clothing designers. Longtime collaborator Dan "The Band' Policar (Sean Paul, Raekwon The Chef) produced The Last Days Of Dark.  He is also joined in the studio and onstage by his musical posse—which includes "Guitar Goddess" Lisa Bianco (Hunter Valentine, Kiyomi Valentine)—under the moniker The Indestructible Characters, (his musical version of a comic book super team) to showcase his players’ ace talents and add extra fuel to his high energy stage show. 
In the future, Timothy hopes to explore other avenues of his creativity through Darkseed Entertainment.  

Timothy recently sat down and listened to his latest album. When he did, the weight of the last few years hit him. He recalls: “Hearing the music, I could feel everything that I’ve survived coming through the speakers: the deaths, the triumphs, losing my job, losing my home and everything in between. This album is me—it’s my soul on wax. I hope it brings people light and strength for their own journeys.”

With soulful vocals over gritty, electro-pop beats, Shay Leonia calls her sound, "Industrial R&B".  The Jersey-born and bred recording artist hails from a family of musicians with an upbringing that provided a rather bizarre, yet full scope mixture of sonic influences. After a decade-long hiatus, Leonia released “Crumbs” in May of 2021 which garnered a video premiere in Notion Magazine as well as her first published article on Roland.com, recognizing that she taught herself how to record for the first time with the single. 

Among her career highlights so far, Leonia has had the honor of performing with Janelle Monáe on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' as well as singing in the Vh1 commercial for Season 12 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”.  These opportunities arrived years after Leonia first began honing her vocal and songwriting skills, albeit right on time.  Shortly after graduating from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Leonia was collaborating with legends like DJ Marley Marl, Treach (Naughty by Nature), The Pharcyde and more, and eventually became a songwriting instructor for elementary schools and universities in New York.  She graced the stages of B.B. King’s (Times Square) and the Blue Note, and headlined at SOB’s in lower Manhattan, using her performance as an opportunity to take a public stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

In the summer of 2021, Leonia received her certificate in Music Industry Essentials from NYU | Tisch, which helped her take her company, 44th Minute Media LLC, to a new level.  The business, which is devoted to helping other independent musicians navigate their careers, as well as all of Leonia’s musical achievements, are in dedication to her mother’s memory.  Leonia looks forward to one day traveling around the world, meeting the people who’ve felt connected to her music and to also working with some of her musical heroes like Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder.

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Bio
The New York City born duo, BLAKTAI, made up of Blak Emoji & Whitney Tai met in the spring of 2017, realizing the potential of their musical collaborations. Their plan was to see how much music they could compose and record within the span of a month. Through this experiment, their hypnotic, downtempo sound was born. Impose Magazine calls their 2018 debut single 'Skin' "enveloping", "enticing"; that the duo's "dynamic creates harmony- both musical and human." Alan Sparhawk of Low writes that BLAKTAI’s version of his song “All Night“ soars to new heights and horizons.” After years of contributing to each other's solo projects, Tai and Emoji reunited in 2023 via live shows at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC and sold out shows at LA's Hotel Cafe. BLAKTAI flirts with trip-hop, electro-funk, indie rock, pop and jazz. Consider BLAKTAI your goth Eurythmics.

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