Jlin - Gary, Indiana's experimental composer gets real with us:

• Spirituality, trust, fear, and gratitude
• Collaborations with Third Coast Percussion, Philip Glass, William Basinski, and more
• Working with friends and growing alongside them - specifically her relationship with experimental artist Holly Herndon
• Intuition, versatility, and duality
• Mathematics as a first love, using emotion and logic to drive creation
• Doing shows as appreciation for listeners
• Learning to take pride in her own work - being comfortable in celebrating her Pulitzer Prize finalist nomination
• Composing Wayne McGregor's choreography
• Mentorship from Footwork pioneers
• Inspired and influenced by Sade, the words of Stephen King, Michael Jackson, and more
• Relinquishing control and thriving from the unknown

Essential Links:

Planet Mu Bio: https://planet.mu/artists/jlin/

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jlinnarlei

Socials: https://www.instagram.com/jlin_p/

Producer, artist, and fashion designer CΔT, a Dallas-bred electronic witch house trap creator, is the distinguishable moniker for Christian Trevino. Highly influenced by the local industrial scene where he grew up, CAT/ found a way to make his passion for expression a reality.

We dive into his past, including discussions on how he has grown as an artist over his long-spanned discography, performance career, and art/fashion project history.

Real talk on:

• Following a stronger vision into structure and positivity

• SIMU, his fashion and art including custom prints, shoes, tapes, and more

• Collaborations with IC3PEAK, Sidewalks and Skeletons, 4klij

• Ditching school to perform at live shows in high school

• Shoegaze and dubstep influences

• Moving from Dallas to Seattle and performing in Portland

• Witch House collectives and DIY scenes in Texas/Pacific Northwest

Check out the shortened "article" version on LNP's website with playlists of his music and visuals. For those who wish to take this experience in print, the full transcript is also available on LNP's official website.

https://www.letsnotpretendofficial.com

CATSLASH LINK:

https://lnk.bio/catslash

Three Sauf les Drones members Barbara (trombone), Christophe Rosset Balcer (drums), and Charlotte (violin) help form this 6-piece Montreal post-rock band.

These musicians create calm and delicate instrumental epics. Gentle, soft, but powerful in its essence, Sauf les drones' music incorporates a warmly piercing violin, an elaborate piano, an accordion, a beautiful harp, drums, bass, and a vibrating trombone. Their music is self-described as "experimental, dronistic and cinematic, while remaining uplifting, fragile and strong". Building landscapes, finding communities, using zines, immersing poetry, and performing with happiness, Sauf les drones explains the history of their work, past influences, and new directions.

Get real on:

• Rethinking scheduling, structure of practice, and recording sessions due to Covid-19

• Understanding the necessity for respect and communication to work as a healthy band.

• Montreal's music scene vs Toronto

• Playing in a church while its ceiling was falling

• Mixing spoken word, post-rock, and drill beats

• Making zines with other artists

• Redefining post-rock as a happy genre

• Details on their new album - which includes more detours, electronics, ambience, and experimental sounds. It will be longer than their previous albums: "Lieux anonymes" and "chercher le trouble",

• Their new album release show happening on May 25th

• Explication on previous albums that explore themes of community, how community is tied to landscapes, finding those communities in different places. and so much more!

All members of Sauf les drones:

Charlotte Sansfacon: violin

Cassandre Henry: piano, accordion

Coralie Gauthier: Harp

Christophe Rosset-Balcer: drum

Chlo Rivest: bass

Barbara : Trombone

past member: Étienne Dubé (bass)

Socials:

https://sauflesdrones.bandcamp.com/music/

https://www.instagram.com/sauflesdrones/

https://www.facebook.com/sauflesdrones

https://www.instagram.com/abele.kildir/

https://www.instagram.com/rosser_baker/

https://www.instagram.com/borb.bross/