Room 201 Podcast Su San

Martin Danchev is a sound designer, music producer and dubbing mixer from Skopje, North Macedonia. In the last 3 years he composed and produced 24 Lofi Hip hop albums, in total worked on over 60 TV Adverts and in 2022 he finished his master's degree in Music Engineering and Production at the University of South of Wales in Cardiff.

Currently, he works as a sound designer and VO Supervisor for Bored Panda and takes part in an acceleration programme HEMI, for developing his project MixFlow - The Ultimate Mixing Template Solution!

Apart from music he is a sport enthusiast, great friend and loves traveling.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martin_danchev/

Martin Danchev is a sound designer, music producer, and dubbing mixer from Skopje, North Macedonia. In the last 3 years, he composed and produced 24 Lofi Hip hop albums, in total worked on over 60 TV Adverts and in 2022 he finished his master's degree in Music Engineering and Production at the University of South of Wales in Cardiff.

Currently, he works as a sound designer and VO Supervisor for Bored Panda and takes part in an acceleration programme HEMI, for developing his project MixFlow - The Ultimate Mixing Template Solution!

Apart from music he is a sports enthusiast, a great friend, and loves traveling.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martin_danchev/

Paul Kotal lives and works in Vienna. He is a sound artist and mixing engineer whose works are based in theatre, both contemporary and popular music and live sound. He is currently involved in stage projects with Alix Eynaudi (FR), Ulduz Ahmadzadeh (IR/AT), Samuel Feldhandler (FR/AT) Christoph Schiele (GER) and Anne Juren (FR/AT) with whom he collaborates since 2016 on the ongoing project „Fantasmical Anatomy“. Kotal co- founded Zonkey Studios in Vienna, home of a collective of musicians and composers. Recently he started the duo TURF & SURF together with pianist Han-Gyeol Lie.

The 3 albums Paul Kotal recommended:


The Milk Carton Kids - The Ash and Clay
Theo Katzman - [in general]
doppelfinger - by design

Link:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulzonkey/

Zonkey Studios Website: www.zonkeystudios.com

Zonkey Studio Work: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3v14INmsyFSbFL5syMczxT?si=0b37e6f2d23e4c3c

Zonkey Studio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zonkeystudios/

Kuala Lumpur-based singer, songwriter and music producer Mardiana crafts lush pop music inspired by nostalgia, hope, heartbreak and healing. With a background in classical piano, Mardiana started composing music at a young age, and eventually transitioned to expand her musical repertoire as a fully independent artist.

Following the independent release of her 10-track debut album “DON’T CRY FOR ME”, the title track has garnered praise from international music publications such as Notion, C-Heads, Fame Magazine, Lock Magazine and more. Mardiana’s releases over the past year have been placed on numerous Spotify editorial playlists such as New Music Friday (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand), Women of Malaysia, and Fresh Finds SG & MY.

Carefully crafting densely-layered vocal harmonies, versatile lyricism and dreamy synthwave elements, Mardiana aims to create a sonic landscape that transports her listeners into her world of empowerment and endless optimism.

Holding honesty and authenticity close to heart, she hopes to share her stories on the big stage with her debut festival appearance this summer.

The 3 albums Mardiana recommended:


Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande
gg bb xx - Lany
ILLENIUM - ILLENIUM

Link:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mardiana.x/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mardiana.mp3

YouTube: https://youtu.be/m2IQvGuXEVk

On the pod today, we have Yo Zi! Yo Zi is a multilingual singer-songwriter who writes in English, Japanese, and Mandarin. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Melbourne. Yo Zi's music has been most prominently influenced by J-Pop & R&B.



Get a cuppa and tune in as we talk about songwriting as a multilingual individual, the importance of kindness in our songwriting community, and financial sustainability as an active member of the music industry.



p.s. The "crying episode in Venice" - it's called Stendhal syndrome.



The 3 albums Yozi recommended:


HELP EVER HURT NEVER - Fujii Kaze *highlighting the song "Kaerou"
STRAY SHEEP - Kenshi Yonezu
Traveller - OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM



Link:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yozimusic/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@YoZiMusic

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/08recJqvPj5MN3yIKP1y00?si=95EtirdBTqKx1SH13lxk0g

Today on our pod we have Stacey! She’s an established K-pop fanfiction writer for artists like NCT, EXO etc. Her works include titles on AO3 such as We Meet Again At The End, The Search for Everything, One of Us and her latest story Let Me Watch The Sunset in Your Eyes under the handle @sweetkpopfan. She also writes random blurbs on Twitter (@sweetkpopfanfic). Her biggest inspirations are books, Sufjan Steven songs, Wes Anderson movies, and classic 90s sitcoms.

Grab a cuppa and hang back as we talk about our high school experiences, our recent reads and writing experiences.

The 3 books that Stacey recommended:


The Creative Act - Rick Rubin
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood

Link:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sweetkpopfanfic

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/sweetkpopfan/pseuds/sweetkpopfan