Clairaudience

clairaudience is the ambient guitar alias of Mike Sheffield (Isn’t Ours, Lightcyan, Heaven’s Gate, Alan Watts). Letters From Emptiness was recorded between 2022 and 2025 in Queens, NY (with additional recording in Barcelona, ES). This album was composed by Mike Sheffield, mixed by Mike Sheffield and Jeremy Krinsley in Bushwick, NY, and mastered by Stephan Mathieu in Bonn, Germany. It features vocals by Jessica Papitto (PC Worship, Heaven’s Gate) and Lani Combier-Kapel (Weeping Icon), as well as electronics by Kiran Aurora (Seepage, Shot Dog) Born from a place of grief, this collection of tracks—ranging in genre while being firmly planted in shoegaze, drone, downtempo, and ambient—was inspired by a random folder found on a computer hard drive when gathering remembrances after the sudden loss of a friend. Years in the making, the project found its own rhythm and life, with this record culminating in a full live band to perform the tracks. The live band consists of Mike Sheffield, Jessica Papitto, Healani Combier-Kapel, Alex Cvetovich, and Carly Salas. Some influences include My Bloody Valentine, A.R. Kane, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, and Suso Sáiz, as well as Stan Brakhage, Toshiko Takaezu, and Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (from whom the title of the record is borrowed).

Julian Rose

Julian Rose is a sculptor, installation artist and woodworker living and working in the Hudson Valley. Using wood and found objects, Rose creates a visual rhythm inspired by decay and regrowth. Their work has been shown at Governor’s Island Art Fair, Every Woman Biennial, 11 Jane Street and in a collaborative interactive performance at The Merce Cunningham Studio. Rose is currently working on a musical composition, transcribing the work into sculptural elements and large scale drawings, initially created on residency at the I-Park Foundation in East Haddam, CT.

Lena Hawkins

Lena Hawkins is a visual artist based in New York working in a variety of mediums. Through paintings - both intimate watercolors and large scale murals, and printed graphics– Hawkins explores the extramundane and the mysterious realms that exist on the edges of our rational understanding of the world. Hawkins imagery is situated in the liminal space between reality and a transcendental zone. Since 2014 Hawkins has made an annual Zodiac Moon Calendar, a Lunar chart for the year. Currently Hawkins art studio practice is focused on painting, print, archive work and studying astrology.

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