Briana Marela

Crafting experimental soundscapes that bridged experimental rock, avant-garde chamber music, indie electronic, and arty folk, Briana Marela's early song compositions explored rhythm, dynamics, and form in addition to timbre and tone before she settled into an ethereal ambient pop. Seattle-born Marela began writing music in middle school, and took guitar lessons as a teen to give her music an outlet. After taking music technology classes while at college in Olympia, Washington, she began to experiment with delay, looping, and programming. She self-produced and self-released the...