Luke Armstrong is a container of opposites. The bilingual, 25-year-old artist is the son of two Northeastern American academics, born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. Having been immersed in the rich history of classical, jazz and Arabic music, Armstrong blends these worlds with American influences from hip hop, pop, post-punk and shoegaze to create an infectious genre all his own.

Night Party is Katrina Urton and Daniel James (Efterklang, Hayley Williams, Canon Blue). Their debut record, All That Fades, features spellbinding contributions from friends like DIIV, Deafheaven, Hayley Williams and Carlos de la Garza (M83, Paramore, Wolf Alice). Night Party is at once intimate and distant, overwhelming and subtle, shapeshifting and stagnate. Urton and James recall dreams and faraway memories, old sounds misinterpreted into something eerily familiar yet strangely new.

Commentaries on music, art, spirituality, politics, tech, sociology, et al. by Soft Chaos founder Daniel James.

Regular mixtape series curated by Daniel James.