Produced by The Vernon Spring (Sam Beste), Hard Down Low is a hymn to resilience and self-compassion. Written in the wake of the pandemic, it formed the first seed of Loa and has shaped their sound from its inception. A steady warmth emerges from the blend of Rick and Genevieve’s voices, while big-horizon production expands around them.


Loa pairs the intricate piano playing of Rick Leigh with the distinctive warmth of vocalist Genevieve Dawson and marks a new beginning in their musical partnership. As independent artists, they have worked alongside Denai Moore, Orlando Weeks, William Doyle and Anna B Savage.

Loa’s approach is both soulful and contemporary; bridging the space between Nils Frahm and Adrianne Lenker whilst calling upon a songwriting inheritance from Joni Mitchell to James Blake.

Hard Down Low

Max Bianco’s latest release ‘Sometimes’ superbly showcases his songwriting abilities in his own storytelling manner all set against a background of a haunting yet beautiful melody. The brilliance of the track is allowed to shine, through its sheer simplicity really allowing the vocals to take centre stage. Max’s voice is clear yet emotive and thought provoking and the strumming acoustic guitar is literally like the plucking of your heart strings.    


Max has said of the track:
“‘Sometimes’ is about life really and when the cards dealt don’t match up to anything, but how it's maybe worth taking that risk of going all in again and hoping for a better hand to be dealt next time.” 


‘Sometimes’ was written by Max Bianco and was recorded at The Albion Rooms in Margate with renowned, award winning, music engineer and technician Jason Stafford. Produced by Mark Pickering, head of ARU music department in Cambridge, the arrangements were worked on with musicians Fabian Bonner (double bass) and Sean O’Hanrahan (piano). Mark mixed ‘to the track’ and you can sense this with the space in the final master which allows the vulnerability of the lyrics to truly resonate with the listener.

Max Bianco  - Sometimes

Waltz Of The Damned

Insert love to play (feat. Alcopath)

My lover is my gardener...he keeps
my flowers in bloom
and he can graze in my garden
which is open to few
got some simple ol rules
for a garden with pools
O OO
honeysuckle 'n diamonds
make a sweet vine jewel
a scent of warm and sunny
that's my promise to U, honey
yea we'll eat warm berries
as we stroll among the pools
and this gardener in my garden
has all the right tools
O come to me my lover,
we'll be pickin' honeysuckle diamonds
'neath the arbor and the shade trees
yea
drippin honey like a sweet vine jewel
my lover
my darlin
and in ur sweet scent
I am a fool

Sweet Vine Jewel

about a love so profound that it's felt in every moment and discovered in every place <3

Everywhere

L-Sweet Honeycomb

A beautiful and reflective song on what might have been, but still affirms the resilience and eternality of love.  In the context of love, time stands still.
Perhaps it is in the smallest things that we see the greatest and perhaps also the most beautiful.
Beautiful Poem & Narration - Peter; soundcloud.com/user-264930040/tracks
Lovely Right Guitar - David; @david-dunhamuser589535203
Music, Guitars, Mix & Production - Seagull; @farout-music-studio

Silent Drops

I wonder, peering through the slipping drops - are you still there?
Do you still feel? Do you still care? Do you still, live?

And are your eyes still that mystic crystal sallowed pastel green?
How much of one lifetime would it ever take to just forgive,
lift the screen that crashed between us, seemly forty thousand years ago?

Ah, what might have been?
A parallel universe could hold our children, old by now, of course.
Kids of their own. And probably divorced.
Ah what the hell, there’s next to no chance that it would have worked out anyday.

You and I.
Separate ways.
You with your fabulous soft green eyes.
Me with nothing healing left to say, empty vespers, hollow, echo.
Wistful whispers, hushed and hint of tints of wettest blue.
But dear God I loved you so...... Still do.

Silent Drops (Seagull, Peter, David)

This is my very simple take on the old familiar Christmas carol as my offering to the holy and joyful season. Stripped down and a bit different from the standard delivery. My wishes to all for a Happy Christmas!

O’ Little Town of Bethlehem

O Little Town Of Bethlehem

this song is inspired by my love for fantasy genres about vampires and faeryland and everything else.

beautiful fan-made video of my song by https://soundcloud.com/scott-w-slayton  on YT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFWt_frqMC0

"you didn't tell me
it would be so hard
see the one thing i love
taken away, arms outstretched
you didn't say that i would lose
everything i crave
that i would choose
to live in here
where i'm lost
broken shadows. an echo of dust

i can see in the dark
i have no heartbeat
but i can sense with my soul
when you are close
but i can hold on to
if it still exists
and i've been waiting
and i've been longing
for a glimpse
just a spark
just a taste
of your heart

don't leave me here
forever is a long time
don't leave me here
i'm still alive"

Lyrics by Indii Wild Moon (Wildsilences)

No Superhero

Echo to Echo, Dust to Dust

Sometimes I just want to go to an old-school jazz or blues bar and watch a beautiful lady sing her heart out.

Clouded Blues

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🤟🏼Working on new patterns and techniques in composition, production, and performance of both instrumental(classical/acoustic guitar) and voice- pieces are built (loops and beats)..on BandLab @nyla_k00  and Soundtrap (new)

I have removed the (amp) tag for consistency in distribution- acoustic pieces I perform will be tagged as ‘acoustic’ (apologies for page reorganization)

TBH, I aspire to be a guitar 🎸 but I’ll settle for being able to play competently what I hear when I write...(one day, Alice...to the moon)

I study under Duncan L. Wood and am grateful for his guidance and patience. Most of my influences are Folk/Blues/Indie, but inspiration arrives in many forms so HT to Hip Hop, Rap, Classical, especially Chamber trios. Current tracks are first cuts and I may update them in the future with cleaner versions, thank you for listening as I learn.

Sweet Vine Jewel

Nyla K

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