Alev Lenz is helping this podcast into the next decade. She is an extremely talented composer, singer, songwriter, producer, a builder of worlds! Song and storytelling are at the heart of her work.

We start our conversation at Black Mirror, a good place to start i’d say. Alev was commissioned to write a track for the end titles of a Black Mirror season finale, this track was ‘Fall Into Me’ and it was somewhat of a turning point in her career. This track helped Alev connect with the pioneering vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth and therefore shaped her latest album ‘3’ where Roomful of Teeth were featured heavily and in many a cappella songs. It’s powerful album and you’ll be hearing all about it.

But there’s more! ‘3’ was released on SA Records the newly founded label arm of the innovative sample library company, Spitfire Audio (loved by composers and musicians all over the world for their composition tools}. As part of the albums release Alev worked with Spitfire to create a bespoke sample library that captures the essence of the album - it’s an innovative idea and it’s also the instrument we use to write our track together.

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If you’re a composer or musician I’d highly recommend getting yourself a copy of Alev’s sample library from Spitfire Audio. Even better get the album and sample library bundle.

It’s very affordable at £29, very little money for a lot of inspiration.

Check out this article of Alev talking to MusicTech Magazine in December 2019 about this industry leading idea.