Nicolas Godin founded the AIR duo in 1995. Having become a major figure in French electronic music (or "French touch") alongside Daft Punk, the band has made a name for itself with catchy, dreamy and richly arranged music. In solo, the musician released his first album in 2015 inspired by jazz and JS Bach. In 2020, he will present Concrete & Glass, which marks a return to carnal and pop sounds, supported on two tracks by the voices of Californian Cola Boyy and Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip.

Tom of England is the project of Thomas Bullock, historical collaborator of DJ Harvey (within the Tonka Hi Fi collective in particular). This year, he released his first solo album on the LIES label, edited by techno producer Ron Morelli. His music navigates between songwriting, club music and the raw sounds of punk and recalls the golden age of New York's avant-garde in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Maria Somerville draws on folk forms alongside traditional Irish motifs, starry eyed pop, and hypnotic drones to create wholly original music that is borne of her roots in the West of Ireland.

Her self-released 2019 album All My People channeled the wilderness of the Irish landscape through dense, ethereal soundscapes, bare boned percussion, and a heady electronic undertow, interspersed with ghostly vocals that are ever present and all encompassing, like crystalline glints of sunshine peeking through dark stormy clouds.

Since joining 4AD, she has released two covers as part of the label’s 40th anniversary Bills & Aches & Blues compilation, in addition to supporting label-mates Dry Cleaning on their EU tour.

Her enigmatic and enthralling live show comes in both solo and band shape, born of her ties with the dynamic DIY scene that has emerged in Ireland over the past few years. As well as her work as a solo musician, Maria is the host of the much-acclaimed Early Bird Show on NTS Radio.

Projections is Maria’s first official release on 4AD, with more music is expected in 2025.

Maria Teriaeva first played in several prominent indie pop and shoegaze bands in Russia. She attended the Red Bull Music Academy in 2015 and then started writing songs on her own after discovering Music Easel, a modular synthesizer created by Don Buchla in 1972. Her music oscillates between dream pop, ambient and electronica and is steeped in her research work on new instruments and innovative modules in Russia.