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Orlando-born, Devin Morrison is a classically-trained composer, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Much of his catalog is best described as ‘Dreamsoul’ -- a musical mélange taking inspiration from dreams, surrealism and nostalgia. His career started in Tokyo where he collaborated with several artists like Fitz Ambro$e & Budamunk. The surreal experience of living in Tokyo inspired the birth of the genre. In April of 2019, Morrison released his debut album, ‘Bussin’, an album critically acclaimed and deemed as a ‘classic’.

Morrison's style echoes the harmonies of Commissioned and Take 6 and his songwriting style tributes various pens from the likes of Stevie Wonder to Ryuichi Sakamoto. He has also worked with artists such as Masego, VanJess, We Are KING, Crush, Phonte, Mndsgn & Joyce Wrice, just to name a few. Morrison currently resides in Los Angeles, CA where he is working on his next album.

Written and recorded in a series of bedroom studios in England UK and France, London-based Gareth Donkin’s extraordinary debut, Welcome Home, showcases the 23-year-old’s stunning mix of instrumental virtuosity and emotional intuition, blending highly sophisticated melodic and harmonic craftsmanship with deeply moving lyrical explorations of longing, desire, and determination.

The songs here draw on soul, funk, pop, yacht rock, hip-hop, jazz, and even bossa nova, hinting at times to everything from Michael Jackson and Bill Evans to George Benson and Jamiroquai, and Donkin’s performances are nothing short of mesmerizing, layering up instrument after instrument in the best one-man-band tradition of Prince or Stevie Wonder. The result is a moving work that’s equal parts brain and brawn, a masterful coming-of-age self-portrait from a young artist discovering himself—and his sound—one song at a time.