David Payne is an independent composer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He specializes in writing custom music to moving images and also maintains a library of unique instrumental compositions which are available for licensing. He’s worked on projects/campaigns for Cadillac, Chevrolet, IBM, National Geographic Channel, Washington Post, Herman Miller, Delta Airlines and many others. He has also traveled the world extensivley as guitarist for the band Snowden. His favorite musicians are Radiohead & Elliott Smith. He is a a genuinely nice guy.

Spotify - http://bit.ly/onyxmoon 

Watch the official music video for "Valentine In My Headphones": youtu.be/dDBD2qc-eGM

It is often said that the greatest inspiration comes to you when you’re not looking for it. Almost meditative, in the space between the quiet subconscious and creative ambition, it waits for us. Thoughts buried deep within come to the surface and enact their own scenes, giving shape to your untold story. 

Portland Maine's Port of Est is a soundtrack and score born out of this place. This experimental/electronic pop duo is ideal for channeling your next scene, and a worthy accomplice as you trek through the depths of your own subconscious. 

Formed in 2013, PoE is the creative alliance of vocalist Hannah Tarkinson and producer Todd Kitchens, one that speaks fluently in the dialects of multiple influences such as IDM, drum and bass, shoegaze, hip hop, electronic pop, ambient, folk, and indie rock. “It took us about a year to figure out how to work together in a way that respected each other's tastes,” explains Kitchens, “and most importantly respected the music and where it wanted to go.” The project emerged out of Kitchens’ frequent collaborations with a pair of Atlanta-based musicians whom he had worked with on and off for over a decade. Tarkinson then added her fairytale-esque vocal approach to Kitchens' electro idiosyncrasies. "We want people to feel like they stumbled upon a sonic landscape that is both subtle and blindingly intense," the duo explains. Moody and luminous, Port of Est transposes their cinematic nature in their debut track,  "Valentine In My Headphones", a precursors to the duo’s forthcoming full-length release. 

Port of Est delivers with a synth-layered and rhythmically complex machine giving way to a melodically lush vocal humanity. “Our music is electronic at its core, but has an unmistakable analog vibe,” Kitchens says. “This allows us to maintain a hands-on creative approach that provides room for spontaneity and fresh ideas.” This collision of nature and nurture creates a unique tension and synthesis that resolves in the listener becoming part of the narrative. The very essence of compelling cinema.

K Michelle DuBois (KMD) is a writer, producer and studio artist making music in Cabbagetown ATL, GA

PRESS:

"Jeffares voice soars above the hauntingly icy bass lines and chilly atmospherics. Bombs and death rays, corporate decay, and failed or failing love are just some of the bleak themes the band explore, and their album's title track might offer the best solution to the hopelessness of it all."
-- SPIN

"The charm of Snowden's debut is its understated authenticity: Underneath all the accoutrements, these are Jeffares's bedroom songs, and it's not hard to extrapolate to their simpler days as anguished acoustic ballads."
-- Village Voice

"The original Snowden taught Yossarian that man is matter-- kill us and we're dead. It's OK for stylish post-punk to matter, too, and Anti-Anti does so without forgetting to be fun."
-- Pitchfork

"[Anti Anti's] balance of gloom and grandeur is brilliantly executed, ultimately leaving the listener with an insatiable thirst for more of the same."
-- Drowned In Sound

"For all the discussion of concept, geography, and songcraft, it's the heart pulsing through the reverb that makes Anti-Anti a must-listen."
-- Stereogum

"It's clear [Snowden] aren't willing to just turn on the cruise control through [their] show; the performance is more like a constant pulse between implosion and explosion with each member able to flail or pull back seamlessly."
-- CMJ

"Such tracks as 'Black Eyes' prove that Snowden can play uneasy funk as well as its peers, but the music is most interesting when the band goes its own way."
-- Washington Post

"Snowden's music sounds like Interpol's dark momentum getting tripped up on the Arcade Fire's treacherous terrain - lacquered bolts of guitar judder over off-kilter percussion, and anomic vocals blear through the densely layered mix."
-- Paste Magazine

"On 'Anti-Anti' Snowden creates plenty more to admire than angry words. To find it, all you have to do is ignore the urge to dance long enough to sit down and listen."
-- MSNBC

"Snowden lace their upbeat, catchy guitar stomps with thoughtful lyrics diametrically opposed to mindless hipsterism."
-- Entertainment Weekly

"Anti-Anti is a cyclonic swirl of guitars approximating jet-engine drones, brackish cascades of water emanating from the bottom of a dank cave and shards of tuned barbed-wire."
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"The Cure never delivered gloom so buzzy."
-- URB

echohead11 is following