About the artist: Jimmy LaValle’s The Album Leaf has spun from solo outlet to full band and back in its nearly 25 years. Along with his acclaimed catalog, he has composed music for film and television, scoring over 20 projects, including award-winning films, Netflix shows, and commercials for companies like Nike and Google. Dustin is the winner of a 2015 Emmy Award for his main title theme to Amazon’s comedy drama Transparent (2014–2017), and was nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Critics Choice Award for his score to Lion (2016), written in collaboration with Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka). His most recent album, Future Falling, was released in 2023. About the song: Genre-expansive track "Near", which was done in collaboration with vocalist Bat for Lashes, was released nearly a year ago. While we're still enjoying the lush and ethereal elements of the original version, Bryan Senti provides an expansive remix to the downtempo electronic track, turning things more cinematic, more neo-classical, more ambient. Vocals coming and going like an angel or a ghost. Listen to both versions back-to-back for a life-changing twelve minutes.