As an artist Lavalu scratches the back of classical
music while poking the fires of pop.

She recently wrote and recorded a contemporary song cycle, 
inspired by composers such as: Schubert and Schumann. 
Piano. Voice. Honest and bare.
Lyrics that can be read as stories about blunt desire. 

'Solitary High' is her finest work to date. 
She has succeeded in developing a style
in which influences of Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor
can be heard combined with Debussy and Satie.

Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Jacob Pavek first visited modern classical music at age 21. After earning a degree in Music Composition, Pavek released his debut album ‘Bloom’ in 2012 -a collage of pieces written for piano and cello. ‘Bloom’ enjoyed an early success with select works performed by The San Jose Orchestra in 2013, and other tracks featured in the Emmy Award-winning documentary "Haiti Love" in 2014 (produced by Dana Johnson and filmed by Dan Huiting).

Since the release of Bloom, Pavek developed his craft further, honing in on the sounds that come from deep down in the subconscious from sitting down at a piano. These sounds formulated his 2015 sophomore release 'Illume'. 11 songs comprised of piano and violin, Illume feels less of a collage of works and more of a cohesive experience with each track blending into the next creating it's own world. The rich grand piano and Leah Ottman's soaring violin performance make it feel as it you were sitting in a dimly lit, empty cathedral. Illume is a clear evolution of Pavek's ability to write from the modern day romantic's psyche, allowing the listener the relation of their own past experiences.  

A shy boy once bullied by his music teachers, now sharing his music with the world. 
From fear to music.

CARLOS CIPA is a composer and pianist residing in Munich and Berlin. New album Ourselves, as we are is out 24th of February.

Tine Grgurevič (born in 1983 in Ljubljana), who goes by the name Bowrain, is a Slovenian composer, pianist, and music producer. Since 2014, when his debut album Far Out was released, Bowrain has been fascinating audiences with his unconventional music, which combines piano, composition, vocals, DJing and producing. This genre-bending music extends from classical and jazz to ambient, electronica, ethno and indie pop. This album was followed in 2017 by Distracted: a substantively engaging piece of music that responds to the challenges of that time’s political (Saudade, Asil, Refugee) and social issues (Time, Continuum, Home), with the piano at the heart of the album’s intimacy. In January 2020, Bowrain offered up a grandiose musical project entitled 2020 Seconds Alive, that envisioned as a journey through his life and musical outposts, with an emphasis on his collaboration with the South African band The Brother Moves On. This project was strongly influenced by Bowrain’s one-month residency in Johannesburg in December 2019. In 2022, Bowrain released two collaborative albums, Not Exactly Lost and BLOOM, which he created with musician and painter Luka Uršič - KALU and the multimedia artist JAŠA.
In April 2023, he released a solo album entitled Heal Me, which was recorded and mixed by Simon Goff in Berlin’s Vox – Ton studio. In addition to his full-length albums, he has also released several singles and EPs and composed music for works in the fields of visual arts, performing arts, and theater. He performs internationally, most often in Europe, but has also performed in the United States and South Africa. Bowrain’s live performances are delightfully unpredictable. Sometimes he appears with the accompaniment of a trio, a small orchestra or a choir, while in other cases he appears alone at the piano, with or without electronics.

“That’s why this wonderful album, is healing in nature and it’s no surprise that the trackHeal Me closes it. It’s as if you slowly enter the space opened by the piano pastoral, as a simple expression of strengthening the spirit and unwavering optimism when it comes to people, nature, vivid glowing colours, blue sky, hills and valleys, birdsong and joyful children’s chirping. All the way to love.”
- Miroslav Akrapović (Odzven) about the album Heal Me.

“Composer Tine Grgurevič drifts effortlessly between avantgarde jazz, pop and electronic music with a keen sense for minimalism and clarity that distinguishes his style across genres” - Eric Moses

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