Miedjia emerges not only as a star but more as a supernova in the expansive musical universe. Miedjia is one of those rare individuals who not only writes, composes, and performs, but also dabbles in sound engineering. Other people may wear one or more of these hats. Because he is the creative director behind his trade, each note and phrase is infused with a purposeful goal,...

Land Mass, the London-based solo endeavor of Greg Zucker, maps the strange geography of human retreat on the new EP, "Fading". He wrote, recorded, and mixed this entire project himself in an East London flat, and you can almost feel the physical boundaries of that room pressing against the sound. Zucker leans heavily into the bruised, atmospheric territories charted by bands like Slowdive and...