Lipsticism is the electronic dream pop/ ambient house solo project of musician and producer Alana Schachtel. Born and raised near Chicago, she spent the majority of her adult life in the Pacific Northwest, where she first started experimenting with sound. Because of her background in dance, she began writing music by imagining choreography and creating the rhythms and melodies to match. Her latest compositions blend her love of sound design and song, and integrate a broad spread of influences.
Devin Shaffer is a musician and artist based in New York. Interlacing hushed psychedelic folk with ambient drone, field recording, and found and archival audio, her music guides listeners on a winding traversal through different sonic realms. She released her debut record, “In My Dreams I’m There” on American Dreams Records in 2021. Since then, she has performed alongside artists like L’Rain, Rachika Nayar, Bing & Ruth, Steve Hauschildt, Nailah Hunter, and more.
Apollo Vermouth is the creative brainchild of Alisa Rodriguez, who some may know as a current and former member of Operations, Sundial
Mottos, and White Tropics. The music of Apollo Vermouth explores the sprawling and abstract, full of beautiful textures and layers. Her latest release, Forever Back There, was released in July of 2023.