cloudchord
Featuring Anima!
Taos Ski Valley, NM
Cloudchord is a producer, guitarist, educator, and Emmy-winning composer. His remarkable skills on the guitar give a refreshing take on atmospheric dance music and psychedelic beats. While known to many as a vibey downtempo & lofi artist (130M+ streams as of 2023), Cloudchord’s range expands beyond any particular genre ideology. This past year saw him dropping funky disco with Big Gigantic, boom bap anthems with Emancipator, feel good hip hop with ProbCause, and intergalactic house with the Disco Biscuits. Live performances incorporate looping, remix sing-alongs, energetic dance numbers, and memorable guitar hero moments. Past festival performances include Envision, Secret Dreams, Gem and Jam, Resonance, Camp Bisco, and Sonic Bloom. Additional collaborators include Braxton Cook, Dirtwire, Sunsquabi, Lettuce, Birocratic, East Forest, Shrimpnose, Random Rab and Ian Ewing. Check out the Cloudchord Essentials Playlist on Spotify for his 10+ hours of released music.
Bonus Cloudchord fun facts.
1. He streamed over 200 hours of live looping on Twitch in 2023.
2. He produced the 14 song Disco Biscuits album “Revolution in Motion.” (2024)
3. He scored the documentary “In Football We Trust,' which debuted at Sundance 2016, and won an Emmy in 2017.
4. He Is an Ableton Certified Trainer and runs a Youtube station called Open Channels.
5. He wrote a disco flavored theme song for a large international insurance company.
6. His first release was an Of Monsters and Men remix in 2016. It went viral and won the band-judged remix contest.
https://www.youtube.com/@cloudchordmusic
https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudchord
ANIMA!
ANIMA! are an alternative indie
electronic duo formed by Arielle Vakni
and Vicente Espi who originate from Santa
Cruz in California and Cape Town, South
Africa. Their enchantingly iconic vocal and
unique cerebral beat boutique has fast become
a favorite alongside their inspirations like
Sylvan Esso and Little Dragon; who first inspired
their formation.
ANIMA!’s colorful sound world is always
suitable for the dance floor; blending feels of
retro synth pop, lush instrumentals and deeply
lyrical songwriting. Since their first release in
2015, they have charted on Spotify's Global
50, All New Indie, Indie Pop, Fresh Finds, to
Apple Music’s All New Indie and Indie Pop
playlists. And it’s their unique sound world that
led them to write the sonic logo for Mercedes
Benz, feature in Teton Gravity Research Ski’
debut movies, to headlining at festivals like
Lighting in A Bottle, or touring with Macy Gray
in 2024.
Their lead singer Arielle Vakni is currently
touring ANIMA! as a solo show with live synths,
vocal looping, visuals and guitar. Featuring
songs from their latest EP ‘The Squeeze’ as well
as popular favorites from the discography that
stretches a decade, fans enjoy new renditions of
favorites ‘Blood’, ‘Breathe’, ‘Moving Mountains’,
‘Ear to Ear’ and new unreleased music to come!
