Near Death Experience's single, "Shake," arrived not so much as music, but as a sudden, urgent insistence. It’s London psych-rock-soul alright, but brewed with something fiercely immediate, demanding attention like a ringing telephone in an empty room. The core quartet – Ian Whiteling guiding the trip with vocals and guitar fuzz, Joshua Van Ness laying down a heartbeat that feels both frantic and locked-in,...

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...