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Shaped in the shadows and sounds of the legendary Topanga Canyon, the music of Biita Houdei is buoyed by a magic that feels beautifully untamed; wild-hearted sentiments shaped by the world around them, and by a fascination with the enchantment of it all. The debut single ‘Life Inside The Hourglass’ sees time stretch and recline, an animated sub-three-minute strum that Biita says dropped into her mind “from a ghost of sorts” and was written in just twenty minutes. A reflection on outgrowing old ways, and the humble nature of being witnessed. Vocals weave together in a beautiful harmonic dance, seasons shift, sunshine appears and bold psychedelic colours warm the horizon. “I wanted to capture the feeling of being in a void, without ties to space and time. In this shrouded space, I felt the gentle pull to be vulnerable– both in the joyful and sad moments of the performance.” Biita says about the music video for Life Inside the Hourglass. Life Inside the Hourglass, produced with the help of fellow songwriter and friend Haley Heynderickx in her first lead production role, is also the first music Biita (pronounced “bee-tah”) is releasing under her newly-taken moniker. One that was gifted to her by her auntie and means "unique" in the Farsi language.“I proudly take this name,” says Biita, who now calls the Catskills her home. “This name makes me feel closer to my Persian heritage.”

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