some of our client projects
Oliver Deriviere – Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (Original Soundtrack)
Recorded at Hot Soap Studios in collaboration with the Amalgamation Choir in the Winter of 2025
Written, Composed & Produced by Oliver Deriviere
Recorded by Andreas Matheou
Mixed by Jerome Devoise
Mastered by Shawn Hatfield
Release: Original Soundtrack for the PS5, XBox and PC video game ”Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy”
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is a prequel spin-off that shifts the series’ focus toward ancient mythology and a heavy Mediterranean influence.
For Resonance, renowned composer Olivier Derivière developed a distinctive score rooted in the sounds and language of Cyprus, blending cinematic composition with traditional instrumentation and Greek-Cypriot vocal performance.
As part of the soundtrack, Derivière collaborated with The Amalgamation Choir, an all-female ensemble of 20 Greek-Cypriot vocalists led by Vasiliki Anastasiou. His lyrical themes, originally written in French, were translated into Cypriot Greek, giving the vocal performances a strong connection to the game’s setting and emotional world.
Hot Soap Studios recorded The Amalgamation Choir for part of the soundtrack, capturing the ensemble’s vocal performances as part of Derivière’s score.
The wider soundtrack combines these voices with traditional instruments including the yaylı tambur, rebab, carnyx and bouzouki, creating a musical identity that draws deeply from the cultural landscape surrounding the story.
Pinwheel Valley – Run Wild (EP)
Recorded by Andreas Matheou / Co. Produced and Mixed by Qais Khoury & Andreas Matheou – at Hot Soap Studios in Winter of 2024.
Mastered by Robb R
Release: Single ”Run Wild”
Written by Pinwheel Valley
Cover Art by Alex Pap
Pinwheel Valley unveiled a cascade of neo-classic electronica consonance in their Go Your Way EP
Pinwheel Valley exhibited their most cinematic sound to date in their two-track EP, Go Your Way, which launched on November 28th
In the opening title single, the frantically paced neo-classical piano keys cascade within the arcanely diaphanous atmosphere. Hymnally timbered vocals sporadically weave in, leaving introspective mantras to linger within the sublimity-soaked score, marking a new wave of alchemy in the signature Pinwheel Valley sound. At the mid-way mark, the composition echoes nuances of orchestral art rock with ambiently off-kilter time signatures that amplify the thematic sense of confliction within the viscerally affecting piece.
Track two, Run Wild, is a confessional counterpart to the opener, which juxtaposes the neo-classical elements with undercurrents of trip-hop-leaning leftfield indietronica, ushering the invitation to get swept up in the momentum of the artfully arranged instrumentals as they veer ever closer to an intense crescendo of filmically industrial-esque discordance.
Each note in the EP is poised to ensure the listener’s surrender to the flow of the evocatively arranged installations of unfeigned expression, emboldening them to explore the depth of their own emotions, guided by abstract lyrical imagery.
Pinwheel Valley – Her Majesty’s Window (EP)
Recorded, mixed and produced by Andreas Matheou & Qais Khoury at Hot Soap Studios in Summer of 2021
– Spell – Mixed by – Andreas Matheou & Qais Khoury
– Abduction – Mixed by – Andreas Matheou & Qais Khoury
– Healing – Mixed by – Matthew N
– Her Majesty’s Window – Mixed by – Andreas Matheou
– How We Die – Mixed by – Jim Mc
Mastered at CPS Mastering
Release: EP ”Her Majesty’s Window”
Written by: Pinwheel Valley (formerly known as KAIS)
Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Pinwheel Valley (Qais Khoury) takes the complexities of the human condition as inspiration for his fusionist sound that sonically melds indie, psych, soul-infused blues, rock and folk. At the outset of his music career, he addressed global topics before turning his attention to the drab difficulties and profound beauty of being human and lyrically dipped into meta poetry.
As a lover of the metaphysical, Pinwheel Valley’s work consists of finding the balance between natural inclinations and the demands in an ego-driven late-stage capitalist world. His wanderlust tendencies have seen him gracing global stages since the early 2000s as an independent touring artist. In 2014, he took part in the Mayor of London Big Busk and graduated with a diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering from Point Blank Music College.
He toured Vancouver, Toronto and Seattle with a full band in 2016 and 2017, received an honorary mention in the 2016 International Songwriting Competition, a Canadian Best Out of Province nomination at the 13th Annual Toronto Independent Music Awards and a Lyrics Finalist position in the 2017 USA Songwriting Competition.
In 2021 he was interviewed by BBC Radio London host Robert Elms for his seminal 2018 single, Take Me Home.
Currently, Qais works from his personal and commercial recording studio, Hot Soap Studios, in Cyprus, where he continues to work on his profoundly explorative music that challenges society’s constricting constructs that inhibit actualization.
“In a time when it is impossible to hear anything but aggravated polarized opinions, Pinwheel Valley’s intellectually humanistic approach to music is the breath of fresh air that our souls are crying out for.” Amelia Vandergast – A&R Factory.