STANLAEY is an independent producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Bristol. Recent collaborations include with Ishmael Ensemble on their BBC 6Music Album of the Year as harpist and vocalist, and as guest vocalist with Snazzback for Giles Peterson’s We Out Here.
Creating subtle and ever-evolving textures throughout, STANLAEY’s latest release is a wonderfully weird slice of experimental electronica. Entrancing electronics are met with spellbinding strings as STANLAEY’s alluringly distinctive vocal style soars effortlessly above.
Talking about the single, STANLAEY explains,
“I was meditating during lockdown and saw one of my friends – who was struggling mentally – in front of me, like a monument, frozen in time and made of some kind of stone. I saw many other tall monuments sat around me and suddenly I saw a glow from inside of the rock figure that was representative of my friend. It was what I will call a ‘spirit’, and the spaces between the gaps allowed this light to leave his body, and continue glowing from within him. It became a way of me describing the interconnectedness of everything inside of us, and the way I believe we can begin to integrate the dark and lighter memories/traumas into a human that feels whole and connected”.
