Philippine-born Paolo Ombao's woozy, languid alt-R&B project Apollo Hill incorporated elements of rap and psych rock, hitting his stride in the late 2010s while he studied in Fullerton, Orange County, California.
Born in 1995, Ombao made attempts at learning the violin and saxophone during his early years. However, those instruments didn't make as big an impression on him as his first guitar, which he received age 11. Once his family moved to the U.S. it took a while for them to settle in one place. As a result, within the space of a decade Ombao had gained experience on the...