Kyson creates music that feels like a memory you can't quite sharpen. It is a delicate balance of organic warmth and digital precision, where acoustic guitars and whispered vocals are often submerged in layers of tape hiss and modular synth swells. The sound is inherently nomadic, reflecting his own journey from Adelaide to Berlin, carrying a sense of displacement that is both lonely and beautiful.
What truly distinguishes Kyson is his use of texture as a narrative tool. He treats field recordings and obscure percussion not as background noise, but as the skeletal structure of his songs. There is a tactile, grainy quality to his production that mimics the look of 35mm film, making every track feel like a short, atmospheric vignette of a specific time and place.
Start with 'A Book Of Flying' to experience his most cohesive blend of indie-folk intimacy and electronic exploration. It is the perfect introduction to his ability to make a bedroom-produced record feel as vast as a winter landscape, offering a sanctuary for listeners who find comfort in the melancholic and the hushed.
Jian Liew, known professionally as Kyson, is an Australian-born record producer, composer, and multidisciplinary artist. He is known for his textured and atmospheric production style, combining electronic, acoustic, and experimental music. As Kyson, he has released several solo albums, and has worked as a producer and songwriter for artists such as Drake, Chlöe, and Alice Phoebe Lou, as well as contributing to interdisciplinary projects in sound and installation art. In 2023, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for his co-production work on “More M’s” from Drake and 21 Savage's album Her Loss.
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