Photos: Minimalist Musicians
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GEMS, the Washington, D.C., duo composed of Lindsay Pitts, 28, and Clifford John Usher, 29, has a romantic-pop sound with plenty of ebb and flow.
Read more about this musical duo here.
Photograph by Holly Burnham.
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The 19-year-old London singer-songwriter Laurel Arnell-Cullen, who goes simply by Laurel, sets off her storytelling against a restrained backdrop of sharp drumming and hand-clapping.
Read more about the singer here.
Courtesy of Pip
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Twigs, or FKA Twigs, grew up in the English countryside, and her hypnotic, bare electro-pop is powerful in the way that a whisper, delivered confidently, can be louder than a shout.
Read more about the singer here.
Photograph by Jaime James Medina.
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Austria-based producer and electronic solo artist Sohn, whose new album drops this month, is mournful and moody, stripping down his raw heartbreak to a post-dubstep beat.
Read more about the singer here.
Photograph by Andreas Waldschuetz.
