Sonder City

An alternative rock project fused with elements of pop, EDM, and epic/orchestra, Sonder City speaks to an evolving cross-section of the human psyche. Its platform is a revolving landscape of alternative sub-genres, the core of its message threefold: raw, critical self-reflection, the bold championing of unity and transcendence, and the extraordinary power of belief in oneself.

With soaring melodies at its core, Sonder City drives striding pianos into shimmering, ambient spaces, lacing them with driving percussion and shiny synth anthems. An odyssey into the human spirit, the project's aim is to dissect, digest, hail, mock, and ultimately embrace the current state of humanity and its oscillating relationship with the Earth we all share.

Sonder City is based out of Los Angeles, California and is the brainchild of singer-songwriter-keytarist Marco Leon. Various resident artists make up the production and performance aspects of the project, to include vocalists Kainani and Alessa Rainbow, guitarists Lufarius and Rafa Picoli, bassist Cakeboy, and percussionists Mike Wolf and Keegan Hill.

Founder and lead vocalist Marco Leon’s winding path to music began at the age of 7 when he began learning piano. Growing up in Hawaii, his passion and dedication to music only grew, despite a multitude of career changes— from his time in the US military as a US Naval Academy Midshipman and Marine Captain, to entrepreneurial ventures as a mobile game developer and novelist. In the Fall of 2016 he dropped everything and moved to Los Angeles to begin building the Sonder City project full time.