The voice track was taken from a reading of Danil Kharm's poem, "44," read by Sergei Kokovkin. In addition to liking the poem itself, I liked the percussiveness of this reading. It fit the music perfectly.

With catchy guitar lines and tasty tenor hooks that float above intricate rhythms and chord changes, Stahl's music blurs the boundaries between rock and jazz. Bands like MuteMath, Radiohead, Mehliana, the Foo Fighters, and Civil Twilight inspire him to keep pushing his music into new territory. His first album, titled, "These Secrets We Keep," will be out this summer!

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04 Far Away

03 Stay

02 The Lotus Eater

01 Façades

This score accompanied Wendy Woodson's choreographed piece "Memory Mapping" for two dancers. It features electronics, spoken word, viola, electric guitar, and percussion. It premiered in 2014 for the Amherst College Fringe Festival.

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