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Photo by Alex Page From making a PowerPoint to convince her parents to buy a drum kit to earning Grammy nominations and being named Writer-Producer of the Year at the Music Producers Guild Awards, Steph Marziano has carved out a path defined as much by instinct and connection as it is by technical skill. Originally from Philadelphia and now semi-based in East London, Marziano’s journey has taken her from studio intern to one of the most in-demand session-directing producers w

Photo by Austin Cieszko Emma Wellons makes music the way she’s always lived with it: curiously, instinctively, and without hierarchy. Performing under the name emory, the Los Angeles-based artist and producer has built a world where hyperpop, folk, indie and techno coexist – often within the same song. It’s a sound shaped by early beginnings playing drums in church at age ten, years of experimenting with whatever instruments and software were within reach, and a willingness