Nayla Savannah

A theatre sound designer, voracious music fan and musician in her own right. Nayla's spoken-word approach fosters a confessional tone, one that’s as candid as it is deliberate, each and every syllable hitting with a deceptively loose precision. “My sound is like spoken word with battle rap influences over ambient trap music,” she offers up, the sharp summary a testament to her introspection.

Nayla’s take on place and the psyche goes beyond the titular neighborhood, underpinning tape track “Garden,” an earthy illustration of wellness and self-preservation that renders the psyche growing, flowering arrangement. “Everyone has a garden,” she explains. “If your flowers are dying and you know and you don’t try to bring them back, you can’t expect a harvest or expect to relax.” The garden requires maintenance: sometimes watering, sometimes pruning, but always cultivation of some form. It’s impossible to unwind “if you’re not right within.”

I think the theatre has also influenced me to crest with an intro, an arc and a resolve, unlike my usual methods of just doing something... which isn’t always a bad thing,” she adds. It’s not hard to see how the craft would complement her art: furnishing moments with passionate embellishments, fashioning evocative cues and recurring motifs, and running the gamut of human emotions all fold into the musicians toolbox. (link hidden)