I spent a solid hour this morning watching dust motes suspended in a single shaft of sunlight, my entire nervous system held absolutely captive by Magdi Aboul-Kheir and his devastatingly immersive new album, "Slow Heat". The Germany-based journalist and classically trained pianist usually writes across a massive spectrum of genres, pivoting wildly from trance to late romanticism. Today, he has dropped an ambient, contemporary...

Danil's confidence blossomed as he discovered the rhythm of his heart while residing in Wittlich. Danil is a singer, songwriter and brilliant queer composer currently living in a small town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. By the time he was ten years old, he already had a guitar cradled in his little hands and was producing raw tunes while strumming the instrument's strings. At 12, he performed in front...