Fringe Frontier: “We'd prefer to be underproduced than overproduced, lean into imperfections, and draw from several different genres”

Pablo Parada: “I don’t want my music to make people sad, but rather allow them to identify with their sadness, so that they feel less alone in it”

Eternal Tone: “Artists like Dizzy Wright, Brother Ali, and Satsang truly changed the trajectory of my music from hip-hop to genre-bending, purpose-driven music meant to heal, guide, and assist”

Tom Radar of Hellkern Warriors: “Our priority is creating music that resonates with us first — everything else follows from that”

Jessi Robertson: “I want to make music that is true to me and expresses how I feel about the world, so I don’t bother following trends. They always pass”

Mercy Kelly: “The music is flowing more naturally than ever before”

Clare Easdown: “Our lives would be utterly devoid of meaning without music. It is our one outlet for expression, creativity, anger and every emotion in between”

Antoin Gibson: “Music should be dangerous, emotional, and unfiltered — not just another product on the conveyor belt”

Cupid Spell: “We have always enjoyed Angelo Daniel Badalamenti and Julee Cruise's work, especially in David Lynch's world”

Exzenya: “Society often pushes people into silence about the things they’re ashamed of or afraid to admit, but music breaks that barrier”