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Crossroads

Award-winning electro-acoustic duo ARKAI releases their highly-anticipated debut album Crossroads this on August 9, bringing their spellbinding virtuosity and limitless imagination to an all-electric selection of original songs that will almost certainly be a defining moment for the future of progressive string music.

Created in collaboration with GRAMMY-award winning producer Jonas W. Karlsson, Crossroads showcases ARKAI’s signature sound, a novel synthesis of their virtuosic western classical Juilliard training and love for the progressive mainstream. Drawing inspiration from neoclassical, electronic, and prog rock worlds, their style innovatively integrates instrumental mastery with heavily-processed string leads, sequential layering, dynamic bass grooves, and atmospheric sampling – all coming together to create a cinematic and genre-defying sound that has the aura of an other-worldly jam session between 2Cellos, Philip Glass, and John Williams.

Rising stars in the classical crossover world, ARKAI has performed hundreds of shows around the globe including esteemed engagements at GRAMMYs on the Hill, Abu Dhabi Culture Summit, Carnegie Hall, US Air Force Academy, and TED Talks. They have opened for GRAMMY and Oscar-winning musician Jon Batiste, collaborated with esteemed photographer David LaChapelle for Milan Design Week, and released music with viral pianist sensation Tony Ann and Decca Records.

Crossroads illustrates ARKAI’s journey of chasing dreams and discovering one’s place in the world — the pressure of expectations, predeterminations, realism and practicalities, and the search for a new path forward.