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Salah Kamel and the Art of Getting Everyone in Tune
He helped build software to bring scattered data together. Away from Semarchy, Salah Kamel found another kind of ensemble: guitarists, unfamiliar sounds and the patient work of making something together.
Niraj Ranjan Rout and the trouble with a perfect number
The Hiver co-founder has spent years untangling the work hidden inside email. Between failed ideas, a Greek naming crisis and an AI joke taken seriously, he keeps returning to a practical question: does this actually help?
Ken Begasse Sr. and the people who carried his work forward
He built a career in advertising, helped build an agency with his son, and kept a guitar close. Years after his death, colleagues still describe the doors he opened for them.
Mk.gee
Mk.gee (Michael Todd Gordon) is a New Jersey-born musician, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose debut album Two Star & the Dream Police (2024) became a critical phenomenon - ranking #1 album of 2024 by The New York Times, Dazed, and Clash, and earning a Metacritic score of 83. A reclusive guitar savant with an ear for lo-fi distortion and cassette warmth, he has co-produced for Omar Apollo and Dijon, co-written for Bon Iver, and collaborated with Justin Bieber, all while maintaining a fiercely independent artistic identity.
Ty Myers
Ty Myers is an 18-year-old country-soul singer-songwriter from Dripping Springs, Texas, who turned a catastrophic football injury into a music career that has amassed over 1.1 billion global streams. Signed to Columbia Records at 17, his debut album The Select went Gold, spawning the Platinum-certified singles 'Ends of the Earth' and 'Thought It Was Love.' With a sound critics call 'John Mayer's Texas country cousin' — bluesy guitars, soulful vocals, and classic country storytelling — Myers released his second album Heavy on the Soul in March 2026 and is opening for Luke Combs on a 2026 arena tour.