wandering through existential soundscapes, this work provides a display of sonic expressions in the form of minimal electronic designs and generative compositions.

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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.

Jesse Thomas was raised in Kentucky, and now resides in Los Angeles, California, where she is quickly making a name for herself. Her latest album War Dancer charted top 25 on three different Billboard categories. Her single, "You I Want," was featured as the Starbucks Pick Of The Week. She has been busy touring and playing festivals all over the country. She sounds like the love child of Tom Waits and Janis Joplin, while blending old school americana with new school rock. She is releasing her follow up full length, Burn The Boats, May 13th.

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