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Nativalien – Coming Home (Single)

Manager — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:29:22 +0000

Recorded and Produced by Qais Khoury and Issa Shahin

Partly Recorded and Fully Mixed at Hot Soap Studios in Summer of 2025.
Mastered by Samuel Wills
Release: Single ”Coming Home”
Written by: Qais Khoury & Issa Shahin

Nativalien is the electronic music alias of Jordanian-Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer Qais Khoury. While widely recognized for his work in Indie Soul and Alternative Rock under the Pinwheel Valley name, Nativalien has quietly built a formidable presence in the electronic music scene. Since graduating from London’s Point Blank Music College in 2014, he has remained intentionally low-profile, honing his craft behind the scenes. Drawing inspiration from artists like Cubicolor, Durante, and Elderbrook, Nativalien is a passionate DJ and producer specializing in immersive Deep and Atmospheric House, as well as driving Electronica.

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Nabu Pera – Soundscapes of Nicosia (Album)

Manager — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 05:29:48 +0000

Recorded and mixed by Andreas Matheou – at Hot Soap Studios in Winter of 2025.
Mastered by Sweetspot Productions, Athens
Release: Album ”Soundscapes of Nicosia”

Album Artwork: Poise Design Studio

The Nābu Pēra music project is a Cypriot trio from Nicosia that fuses traditional and modern elements to create a unique sound. Formed by Savvas Thoma (bendir, vocals), Natasa Hadjiandreou (vibraphone, percussion), and Demetris Yiasemides (flute, sylphyo, electronics), their mission is to redefine how we perceive everyday soundscapes. Their debut album, Soundscapes of Nicosia, releases on October 10, 2025 through the Italian label Zero Nove Nove, with global digital distribution and physical copies available in several European countries.

The album transforms the auditory identity of Nicosia—Europe’s last divided capital—into music. Drawing inspiration from the city’s geopolitical complexity and cultural intersections, Nābu Pēra blends ambient flutes, polyrhythmic percussion, electronic textures, and evocative vocals. Urban sounds—footsteps, voices, electrical hums—are reimagined as musical material, encouraging listeners to slow down and reconnect with their environment.

This world music project integrates contemporary classical, improvisation, Mediterranean traditions, and electronic elements into a layered, immersive experience. Recorded at Hot Soap Studio in Larnaca, the album reflects deep research and collaboration. Rather than merely sampling the city, Nābu Pēra listens, deciphers, and reinvents its sound, offering a new way to experience both music and place.

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Nativalien (feat. Pinwheel Valley) – On & On (Single)

Manager — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:54:25 +0000

Recorded and Produced by Qais Khoury at Hot Soap Studios in Spring of 2025. Mixed by Issa Shahin.
Mastered by Samuel Wills
Release: Single ”On & On”
Written by: Nativalien & Pinwheel Valley

“Genre-blurring producer Nativalien, dropped his mesmersing new track ‘On & On’ on July 18 via Hot Soap Records. The track features vocals and production from his other acclaimed project, Pinwheel Valley, blending the emotional storytelling of one alias with the dancefloor precision of the another.

Rooted in deep and melodic house with a techno edge, Nativalien crafts immersive sonic journeys shaped by his rich, cross-continental background spanning Amman, London, Vancouver, and now Cyprus, where he leads Hot Soap Studios Ltd. With a foundation in classical music, a singer-songwriter’s sensitivity, and a DJ’s sense for momentum, his sound is unmistakably his own.

‘On & On’ is a lush, vocal-driven cut, combining bold piano hooks, sleek grooves, and bursts of urban texture. Designed for both movement and introspection, it pulses with sunset-soaked warmth and late-night depth. ‘On & On’ isn’t just a track, it’s a fusion of passion and precision set to resonate far beyond the dancefloor.”

– Your EDM

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Pinwheel Valley – Run Wild (EP)

Manager — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:53:57 +0000

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 28^th

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.

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Tea Dragon – Tea Dragon (EP)

Manager — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:52:04 +0000

Recorded by Andreas Matheou / Produced and Mixed by Qais Khoury – at Hot Soap Studios in Spring of 2024.
Mastered by Robb R
Release: EP ”Tea Dragon”
Written by Tea Dragon
Cover Art by @Artcohr

Tea Dragon Orchestrated a Symphonic Parable of Dualism with the Instrumental EP, Tea Dragon

Qais Khoury continues to be an incalculable entity in the music industry; the fluidity of their creativity refuses to be dammed, evidenced by their panoramic symphonic narrative of an instrumental 2-track EP, Tea Dragon.

The prelude piece, Void, eases you into the profoundly unexpected EP; the opening chapter of a story told in melody, set in the dusk of desolation arrests through the tenderly ruminative guitars filtered through ambient reverberations, intersected by classical strings and electronica aesthetics of cinematic serenity.

The title single contrasts the quiescence caged within Void; lush tonal transcendence precedes the art-rock crescendo which unflinchingly extends throughout the intricate rhythmic visceralism of the release, the contorting time signatures become emblems of fortitude as they meet resistance with resilience.

Side by side, Void and Tea Dragon become a manifestation of the dualism between introspection and action.

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Nativalien & Simple Machines – Starlight (Single)

Manager — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 21:19:03 +0000

Recorded, mixed and produced by Qais Khoury at Hot Soap Studios in Winter of 2023
Mastered by Samuel Wills
Release: Single ”Starlight”
Written by: Nativalien & Simple Machines

Canadian music artist and producer Nativalien’s debut release ‘Starlight’, releases in 2024. Having formerly graduated with a diploma in music production out of the electronic music driven Point Blank Music College in London, he has kept his work in electronic music under the radar since 2014. Naitvalien is better known for his work in the Indie and Alt Rock realm under the artist moniker Pinwheel Valley.

Simple Machines is the artist moniker of Algerian / Canadian music artist and multi-instrumentalist Amine Bouzaher. Amine has an excellent repertoire in both producing and performing acoustic and electronic music, having composed the music for wide ranging and diverse film content throughout Canada and the US.

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