An Italian, an American now living in Edinburgh and a Ukrainian now living in Canada have been gathered to collaborate on a new piece of music. Brought together by a Dutch sound engineer and a Scottish creative.

Californian singer-songwriter Alas de Liona from Edinburgh, pianist Sasha Lattuca from Palermo and violinist Viktoria Grynenko from Canada spent 4 days collaborating at Studio Faire in Nérac, France, situated between Bordeaux and Toulouse.

They were brought together by Wesley Kennis and Colin Usher, the creators of Faire Play… a new YouTube channel and record label. Faire Play is based at Studio Faire, a creative residency that normally welcomes writers, artists and musicians for 2 week and 4 week residencies.

To launch their new Faire Play concept, Wesley & Colin came up with the concept of getting musicians together who don’t know each other for a 4 day residency to collaborate on a new piece of music. They promoted the concept on social media and were flooded with applications from all over the globe. The results are impressive.

The trio wrote intensely for 2 days in the studio, relaxed in the surrounding warmth and beauty of Nérac, were fed & watered by the hosts at Studio Faire and on the final day, filmed and recorded the results in the garden studio.

Singer/songwriter Emily Keating, a New Yorker, and a Dutch producer/songwriter, Youp Van Der Graaf (Cloud Fortuna), have been gathered to collaborate on a brand new piece of music. Brought together by a Dutch sound engineer and a Scottish creative.

Emily & Youp spent 4 days collaborating at Studio Faire in Nérac, France, situated between Bordeaux and Toulouse.

They were brought together by Wesley Kennis and Colin Usher, the creators of Faire Play… a new YouTube channel and record label. Faire Play is based at Studio Faire, a creative residency that normally welcomes writers, artists and musicians for 2 week and 4 week residencies.

To launch their new Faire Play concept, Wesley & Colin came up with the concept of getting musicians together who don’t know each other for a 4 day residency to collaborate on a new piece of music. They promoted the concept on social media and were flooded with applications from all over the globe.

This second collaboration residency in Nérac took place over 4 days in early December 2025.

The results are exceptional. The duo wrote intensely for 2 days in the studio, relaxed in the surrounding charm and beauty of Nérac, were fed & watered by the hosts at Studio Faire and on the final day, filmed and recorded the results in the workshop studio.

The final piece titled ‘Green Eyes’ will be released on Faire Play Records to all streaming platforms on Jan 1st 2026 and the channel episode created from the collaboration, including interviews with the musicians, will be premiered on YouTube alongside the video for the track.

The 5 minute single performed by both Emily and Youp (featuring host Colin on drums) weaves dreamy electronica tones topped with Emily’s lush vocals which results in an emotionally charged slice of ponderous indie-pop.

Triptych – Written and performed by Milan-born performer, singer, sound explorer, and electronic music producer : LYRE, Turkish architect, musician, and sound artist based in Berlin : TUCE ALBA and composer, music director, and piri player based in the UK and Korea : SEAYOOL.

They were brought together by Colin Usher & Wesley Kennis who run Studio Faire Play music collaboration residencies in Nérac, SW France. The 4 day collaboration saw the musicians discover each others styles and practices to compose together and create this new piece.

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