Theatre maker and music experimenter

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Violinist, Vocalist, Composer

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Verity Standen is a composer, director, performer and choir leader. Her work focuses on the human voice - gathering people together to sing, and exploring different ways that people can experience music.

Eli Carvajal's new album, Eyen Forever, is out now via Safe Suburban Home Records. Order the vinyl record now. Catch Eli on tour in the UK in October 2025.

Eyen means ‘forever’ in Japanese (永遠). Carvajal recorded Eyen Forever in his bedroom in Higashikitazawa, Tokyo, in his spare time between teaching work, during his last year living in Japan.

Eli lived in Tokyo for 2 years and 4 months, from April 2022 to August 2024. Eyen Forever is a final diary entry, a grateful farewell. Except on 35-degree days and snowy mornings, he opened the windows during recording. Can you hear Tokyo speak? The rainy season and June typhoons, the cicadas in summer.

'These songs came to me on my bike, on the metro, in my room. I never expect songs to come, but when they do I follow their steps with focus and care until their dance is through. This is what I like to do best. Through joy, loss and trouble, I have my songs.

Eyen Forever is dedicated to my twin, Shamaya.'

Connection songs that bare the light between us. Open-hearted, wide-eyed and playful, Eli Carvajal writes of lived experience in intimate, intense detail. 

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composer. performer. Artistic director of Waste Paper Opera

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