Fragments, Bottles, and the Music Between
October 9, 2025
She emitted a low, melodious sound, a kind of mellifluous howl.
Mel·lif·lu·ous, also known as Lara, blends the traditions of classical music with ambient, pop, and electronic textures to create immersive, evocative sound worlds.
In May 2025, I traveled to Itoshima, a coastal town in southern Japan, for an artist residency. Each day, I walked past rice fields outside my door and carried fragments of my past—letters, home videos, remembered voices—into my studio (which was a little shrine up the street), layering them with field recordings and natural sounds gathered in Japan.
During my time there, I composed Wildroot & Amber—five songs that move between the intimate and the elemental that I am releasing one by one as they are mixed and mastered.
Mel·lif·lu·ous (AKA Lara) defies musical conventions, blending classical, pop, and electronic influences to create to craft a sound that’s uniquely hers.
In the frozen quiet of an old fish factory in a tiny Icelandic town, I composed and recorded Spákonufell—named for the mountain that greeted me each morning. That time, that place, and the extraordinary people I met shaped not only the music but the spirit of the album. It gave me the space to be fully myself. Completely.
