Stu is the host of THE PHOENIX FILE, a show about the people and programs making a positive impact on the quality of life in the Valley of the Sun.  Radio Phoenix streams live 24/7 on the Tunein Radio app or at www.radiophoenix.org.

Melanie Martinez's creative drive and talents have always distinguished her from other musicians. After releasing her platinum-certified 2015 debut album, Cry Baby—which reached No. 1 on Billboard's alternative albums chart and has amassed over two billion streams worldwide —she conceived and directed a video for each song on the album. These mini-movies traced the traumas and insecurities experienced by the album's character, Cry Baby.
 
Melanie’s sophomore album and film, K-12, is another ambitious triumph. K-12's music is a vibrant and singular melting pot of low-key hip-hop, soulful pop and indie-leaning electro. K-12's universe is an expansion of the one introduced in Cry Baby. Using lyrics rich with metaphor, songs address the struggle to find a place to belong—including within friendships, the physical world and romantically—even when fitting into society feels like an uphill battle.
 
To accompany the album, Martinez wrote and directed a 90-minute movie (also called K-12) that incorporates the album's music and mirrors the themes and characters introduced. Filmed on location in Budapest, Hungary, the movie focuses on Cry Baby (portrayed by Martinez) and a class of students who find themselves trapped in a horror house-like residential school. As they experience the usual grade school rites of passage—a lunch room food fight, the embarrassment of gym class, a romance with nefarious intentions, courses taught by checked-out teachers— they have to figure out a way to escape.

The Superions came to Earth to take over the planet with delirious dance music. They started by taking over the bodies of B-52 frontman Fred Schneider, keyboard and electric drum player Noah Brodie, and programmer Dan Marshall, and producing an album's worth of Christmas music called Destination… Christmas! But seriously, folks, The Superions are Schneider's latest side project and his first actual band since founding The B-52's in Athens, GA with his pals Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, and Cindy and Ricky Wilson. The band evolved out of Schneider's long friendship with Marshall and Brodie, residents of Orlando, FL. Although there is a Transformer character with the same name, The Superions are actually named after an obscure B-movie that Schneider recalled seeing in his misspent youth. Marshall and Brodie have been making music together for quite a while, but The Superions get-together marks their first step into the national limelight. In 2006, they played Schneider an instrumental track they'd been working on. It had a late-night tiki lounge feel; he recorded his spontaneous musings and they played it back. The references to low-hanging fruit and no tan lines made "Totally Nude Island" a hit on iTunes. The follow-up to their first single, put out by Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records of Athens, was a disco tune about shoplifting called "Who Threw That Ham At Me." That was an iTunes hit, too, so they kept going. According to their Twitter feed, Totally Nude Island was released on Halloween of 2008, so a Halloween album for 2009 became their next project. That album stalled out after two tunes, "Zombie Disco" and "Batbaby," but in keeping with the holiday theme, the trio began work on Destination… Christmas! Meanwhile, they released an eponymous digital EP, which also included "Those Sexy Saucer Gals." Destination… Christmas! came out in October of 2010 and is probably the most sexual Christmas record since Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby." The Superions lay down dance-happy beats and reference cannibalism, the erotic use of candy canes, and drunken relatives on Destination… Christmas!, making it a perfect Christmas album for people who hate Christmas. The band is currently at work on a more straightforward album of dance music, but with Schneider providing the lyrics, it's likely that The Superions will turn disco inside-out in same way Schneider and The B-52s undermined traditional rock with their campy humor and energetic hijinks.

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Weston Bouchér is a San Diego-based songwriter and voice over personality specializing in original production music for TV, Film, Advertising, Gaming & Recording Artists.

Weston Boucher is the former lead guitarist of Spero Lumina, which received a nomination for Best Alternative Album 2011 by the San Diego Music Awards. He went on to study Classical Guitar under Dr. Jude Weirmeir of UCSD and perform in the Villa Musica Guitar ensemble. 

With his eclectic musical background and love for film, TV, and gaming, Weston found his sweet spot by transitioning from stage to studio. He composes both songs and instrumental tracks in many genres, including Singer/Songwriter, Rock, EDM, Hip Hop, Classical, and Dramatic.

Weston Boucher handled sound design and underscore for the animated short "O Menino Mutante" by Brazilian Director Tiago Freitas, featured at the 2014 Curta Brasilia Film Festival. Additionally, his original song “We Who Dance In The Rain” was featured in a concept photo shoot by Tenley & Kiptyn from the ABC Show “The Bachelor."

“Melody is my drug…that moment when a certain combination of notes makes the hair stand on the back of your neck as it takes you somewhere you’ve never been. That’s what I’m always on the hunt for in my writing and listening explorations.”

Weston writes and records all his music, lyrics and arrangements at his home studio in the Sunny surf town of Encinitas, CA.

Bookings Worldwide: -Analog Agency- alex@analog-a.com

Amsterdam-born, Ibiza based producer and DJ Chelina Manuhutu is one of the most foremost, exciting names in the tech house and techno music scene. She is currently included on the ‘Alternative Top 100 DJs’ worldwide list — constructed by two of the biggest companies in the electronic dance music scene, DJ Mag and Beatport. Additionally, Tomorrowland included her as ‘one of the 20 artists not to miss on 2021 ’.

Being surrounded by a family of musicians and artists, Chelina’s up-bringing was continually centered around music. She has been living and breathing music since her childhood, but it wasn’t until 2011 when Chelina and her career in music kick started and became professionally bound to each other.

From that moment, she started to attain important residencies at Blue Marlin Ibiza and Pacha Ibiza, which helped her establish and carve out her own space in the world of tech-house music as a top-notch DJ with an active tour schedule. Since her start, her talent has secured her spot in some of the world’s biggest lineups for festivals such as Electric Daisy Carnival, Elrow, and Ultra — but also performing in world renowned clubs such as The Warehouse Project, Fabrik, Space Miami, Zouk Las Vegas, and more.
When she’s not touring globally, she spends her summers in Ibiza performing at some of the most distin- guished clubs and parties such as ANTS at UshuaTa Ibiza, elrow, HT Ibiza, Paradise & more.

Over the past few years, Chelina has evolved into a distinctive, badass producer within the tech-house scene, who’s taken over the Beatport charts by storm. Her productions have been released on many of the top-tier labels in the tech-house scene. Her music is acclaimed for carrying a specific swagger of cut-throat basslines combined with a trademark high level of grooviness.

She is a talented, strong and exotic feminine force and one of the most exciting artists in the underground music global scene. Top fashion brands such as Armani and KARL LAGERFELD have picked up on that and have recently worked with her on successful worldwide DJ campaigns and collaborations. Chelina is purely self-made and is unstoppable when it comes to reaching the next level.

Mark Bryan is the lead guitarist and founding member of Grammy winning Hootie & the Blowfish. He remains focused on writing and producing timeless music.

‘Just the Night’, that was the title of an interview with Cristian Varela by the British outlet 15 Questions. There are very good reasons, of course, the history of electronic and techno music holds a special place for this  pivotal ‘Madrileño’ artist who has played a crucial role in building the Spanish industry as we know it today. One where the new generations have entered too. 
	
Master and servant for the cause. Cristian Varela has a very busy schedule that takes him all over the world. For those who are patient, you should be able to catch this awarded artist in your home city or country. For those who need a more regular dose of his music selections, you can catch his weekly radio show at Bloop London Radio and all his shows that’s syndicated in Europe, USA, South America and Asia via more than 100 specialised techno stations in more than 50 countries.

Pioneering techno producer with his own weapons. Cristian Varela has run since 2003 one of his most esteemed projects: Black Codes Experiments imprint. As it could not be otherwise, the label forged itself a firm reputation as one of the most prestigious, forward-thinking brands on the international electronic music circuit. Futuristic, enthusiastic and with a constant target of forming a strong alliance by keeping people dancing in unity to the electronic sounds and beats.

Well as an entrenched and highly respected producer, or as an immensely reliable DJ (his 6-Six Vinyl shows are just stunning as unique and the best way to join wires between past-present-future), Cristian Varela continues bouncily his expansion.

NIN3S (aka UNER) is the new alias of one of the most important talents of the last 10 years in the international electronic music scene, UNER. With a classical background including an undergraduate degree in Music Theory & Piano (which he began at the early age of 4), and a Summa Cum Laude graduation in the Art of Mixing from the Berklee College of Music, together with his passion for film scoring and orchestral composition and his love for the art in general led him to focus on this new project and make a big change in his career in September of 2019, after making his first complete soundtrack for an a Polish dramatic film, obtaining since then several international jobs in this new facet.

He is immersed in this and other main musical projects, which combine electronic and classical composition between analog, acoustic instruments and live musicians as well as other artistic projects in the movies industry, arts and live shows.

As a UNER, from debuting in 2009 on Diynamic (Solomun's label), to remixing one of the world's electronic music icons, Laurent Garnier, in 2015, he has had very exciting moments with a brilliant career.
After a life dedicated to music, the rewards came in the form of excellent reviews and audience success, performances around the world and musical releases on the best electronic labels such as Cadenza, Cocoon, Visionquest, or Diynamic, in which he released his debut album “Tune 432", showing his more personal side. In addition, this album showed the continued musical maturity as an artist.
Looking back, we can see that he was one of the top artists on Resident Advisor's annual charts in 2012, in 2013 he was named best newcomer at the Ibiza DJ Awards, and in 2014 the sophistication came with his album, as well as being awarded with more than 10 awards in his career as an international producer and artist throughout all these years. Every milestone reached is celebrated and appreciated, but Manu's ambition made him a stepping stone to the next level. The results are clear: 25 years of career, awards, tours around the world and respect from the music industry. 

Currently, we find Manu completely involved in bringing his knowledge and transferring all his love and passion in all his productions, making a fusion from neo classical composition to electronic music, connecting music with other arts giving that personal and unique point of view that characterizes him. This is how NIN3S was born in the world of arts and comes to position itself in the right place, as he did previously with its other aliases.

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