Into The Blue

All The Light They Cannot See

Stork composer

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Nili Fossae is a group of large, concentric trenches on Mars, located at approximately 22°N, 75°E. It is also the collaboration between UK-based multi-instrumentalists and composers Pete Sené and Martin Roberts.

Sené and Roberts met while touring with different bands in 2017, sharing an inherent interest in each others live setup. With Sené's work for Everything Everything, and solo project Lessening; and Roberts' career with German electronic act Schiller, and band Aelius, it was clear they had similar styles in composition and sound design. When the world stood still in May 2020, the two decided to use the time to collaborate on an EP inspired by artists they loved; Jon Hopkins, Nils Frahm, and Olafur Arnalds to name a few.

‘Into The Blue’, Nili Fossae's first complete body of work, is an exploration of Ambient Electronica, Post-Classical, and everything in between; focussing on tone and texture over traditional musical structure. The EP was written remotely, with Sené and Roberts composing and drafting arrangements in their respective home studios, before building upon the bare-bone ideas with additional synths and production.

With their collective careers in live music spanning over two decades, it is only a matter of time before Nili Fossae make their debut live appearance; where their synth-heavy aesthetic will forge the landscape of their Martian namesake.