Cyrus Shahrad has been recording as Hiatus since 2003, creating sparse, haunting electronica that makes you just want to slow down and absorb the world for a bit. He's now teamed up with singer-songwriter Shura on a new EP Fortune's Fool. BEAT: How would you describe your sound? HIATUS: Shura calls her stuff ‘night folk’, which I like – it hints at her traditional songwriter roots while evoking the more psychedelic elements of her sound. Personally I don’t put much stock in genre names – look at how desperately producers are fleeing the term ‘dubstep’, or how silly the tag… read more
Cyrus Shahrad has been recording as Hiatus since 2003, creating sparse, haunting electronica that makes you just want to slow down and absorb the world for a bit. He's now teamed up with singer-songwriter Shura on a new EP Fortune's Fool. BEAT: How would you describe your sound? HIA… read more
Cyrus Shahrad has been recording as Hiatus since 2003, creating sparse, haunting electronica that makes you just want to slow down and absorb the world for a bit. He's now teamed up with singer-songwriter Shura on a new EP Fortune's Fool. BEAT: How would you describe your sound? HIATUS: Shura calls her stuff ‘night folk’, which I like – it hints at her … read more