some of our client projects
Pinwheel Valley – Can’t Hear A Sound (Single)
Recorded and Produced by Qais Khoury / Mixed by Andreas Matheou – at Hot Soap Studios in Summer of 2025.
Mastered by Robb R
Release: Single ”Can’t Hear A Sound”
Written by Pinwheel Valley
Cover Art by Sam R
“Can’t Hear A Sound, sure to ensnare fans of City and Colour, Alberta Cross, and Radiohead, was produced and written by frontman Qais Khoury.
Can’t Hear A Sound is a moving track of monumental proportions. Qais’ voice, vast and imbued with agony, echoes over an expansive instrumental arrangement of stirring strings, soulful guitar strums and cinematic drums. It is a song that contains multitudes; so evocative and timeless that it leaves the listener in a daze of emotion.“
– Playy (UK)
Frontman Qais Khoury shared: “‘Can’t Hear A Sound’ is a song of bloodlines and soil, of war and the restless pull of home. It is a cry carried on the wind, calling to kin who have wandered astray, drawn into circles that could never hold them. A plea for their return to the ground where their fathers lie sleeping. It is both invocation and vow — a promise to shield them, body and soul, whatever the cost, and to guard the earth that holds their roots. The song does not turn away from the truth that the land itself has been altered — that war has crept to our own shores, reshaping the very fields we swore to protect. The silence is no longer peace but the ringing echo of bombs, a quiet so loud it haunts the ear. Yet in the midst of this devastation, the song reaffirms its oath: that to remain bound to one’s roots is the only way to live honestly, to find a way through the world without becoming lost.”
BANESCAR – yourswords (EP)
Recording of vocals and guitars, Mixed and Mastered by Andreas Matheou at Hot Soap Studios in Summer of 2024.
Release: EP ”yourswords”
Written and Performed by Neil Fawkes
BANESCAR is a one-man band project created by Neil Fawkes, who has been making music for as long as he can remember. After forming several projects throughout his career, Neil moved to Cyprus in 2022, where he started BANESCAR as a new chapter in his musical path.
BANESCAR is a sonic journey that celebrates life’s experiences. The artist believes that every soul bears scars, and every scar tells a story, reflecting the diverse paths we’ve traveled. In BANESCAR’s music, these scars are embraced as part of who we are.
The debut single, “yourswords” was written in a single session in less than half an hour on a lonely winter evening in 2024. The composition was later polished, revised, and brought to life with the help of the artist’s good friend Alex Schmidt and the professionals at Hot Soap Studios, marking the first chapter of BANESCAR.
The Ladderman – Figures on Demand (Album)
Mixed by Andreas Matheou at Hot Soap Studios during Spring of 2023
Mastered by Bari Hadjikyriakou
Release: Album ”Figures on Demand”
The Ladderman is an alternative rock band from Larnaca, Cyprus formed in 2011. With references in the progressive hard rock era, The Ladderman’s heady and thunderous roar is crafted using quirky melodies, bluesy riffs, tight basslines and complex time signatures. Since releasing their debut in “Not a Six” in 2016 and their sophomore album ‘Anything Goes” in 2019 they have been building their reputation through notoriously flawless live shows.
The Ladderman are Stelios Mosfiliotis (bass), Rolandis Lazidis (electric guitar), Stefanos Eliopoulos (drums), Andreas Matheou electric guitar/vocals.
The smallest Creature – Magic Beans (EP)
Recorded, produced and mixed by Andreas Matheou at Hot Soap Studios during Spring of 2020
Mastered at Mercury Mastering
Release: EP ”Magic Beans”
Written by: The smallest Creature
With influences mainly from alternative rock, the band stands out for their distinctive melodies, raw lyrics and rich sound. Their first album, Million, released about 3 years ago, has received excellent reviews both from within and outside Cyprus.
The smallest Creature have performed in various events and festivals around Cyprus, such as the popular annual festival “Fengaros”.
The smallest Creature are, Stephanos Marnerides on guitar and vocals, Andreas Matheou on guitar and backing vocals, Pavlos Papadopoulos on bass and Iacovos Stylianides on the drums.
Pinwheel Valley – Dark Side of the Light (Single)
Recorded, mixed and produced by Andreas Matheou & Kais Khoury at Hot Soap Studios in April 2020
Release: Single ”Dark Side of the Light”
Written by: Pinwheel Valley (formerly ‘KAIS’)
Kais Khoury, professionally known as KAIS, is a Canadian, Jordanian born singer-songwriter and producer.
Blending a fresh fusion of Indie, Alternative, and Soul-infused Blues & Folk Rock, he’s creatively addressed a wide array of topics. Recognizing music as a tool that could move and influence people, he first wrote about world issues like war and global warming. Today, his poetic complexities have grown to express the plain difficulties of being human. Always a lover for mysticism, he’s woven a fine balance between natural inclinations and the demands of the social world. For the most part, he certainly is no stranger to wanderlust and has expanded the boundaries of his spiritual development with an avid love for traveling and open expanse sports like kitesurfing and even skydiving.
Gradually having made ripples in the music industry as an independent and self-funded artist, he’s performed quite a number of gigs since the early 2000s. In 2014, he took part in the Mayor of London Big Busk. That year, he put a stamp on his music career after graduating with a diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering out of Point Blank Music College. It’s safe to say that he’s dabbled with electronic sound design and other far-reaching aspects of the music industry, and has prolonged the rewards of that entrepreneurial musicianship with a broader vocabulary and a hands-on approach. In alliance with a full band, he continued to perform throughout Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON and Seattle, WA in 2016 and 2017, and was set to perform at SXSW in Austin, TX in 2018. Recent achievements include an ‘Honorary Mention’ in the 2016 International Songwriting Competition, a ‘Best Out of Province’ Nomination at the 13th Annual Toronto Independent Music Awards and a ‘Lyrics Finalist’ in the 2017 USA Songwriting Competition.
Although he has retired from live performing in the last couple of years since moving back to his hometown, he gradually continues to write and record music now with greater maturity and a stronger approach, all to be released in due time. One thing seems certain for this artist… His intense passion and an insatiable thirst for self-betterment are taking things up a notch for both him and the steadfast comrades by his side.
The Ladderman – Crooked Sides (Single)
Recorded, produced and mixed at Hot Soap Studios during Spring of 2020
Mastered by Bari Hadjikyriakou
Release: Single ”Crooked Sides”
The Ladderman is an alternative rock band from Larnaca, Cyprus formed in 2011. With references in the progressive hard rock era, The Ladderman’s heady and thunderous roar is crafted using quirky melodies, bluesy riffs, tight basslines and complex time signatures. Since releasing their debut in “Not a Six” in 2016 and their sophomore album ‘Anything Goes” in 2019 they have been building their reputation through notoriously flawless live shows.
The Ladderman are Stelios Mosfiliotis (bass), Rolandis Lazidis (electric guitar), Stefanos Eliopoulos (drums), Andreas Matheou electric guitar/vocals.
The Ladderman – Anything Goes (LP)
Recorded, produced and mixed at Hot Soap Studios during the Summer of 2019
Mastered by Bari Hadjikyriakou
Release: LP ”Anything Goes”
The Ladderman is an alternative rock band from Larnaca, Cyprus formed in 2011. With references in the progressive hard rock era, The Ladderman’s heady and thunderous roar is crafted using quirky melodies, bluesy riffs, tight basslines and complex time signatures. Since releasing their debut in “Not a Six” in 2016 and their sophomore album ‘Anything Goes” in 2019 they have been building their reputation through notoriously flawless live shows.
The Ladderman are Stelios Mosfiliotis (bass), Rolandis Lazidis (electric guitar), Stefanos Eliopoulos (drums), Andreas Matheou electric guitar/vocals.