O. Wake

Masterminded by visual artist and illustrative musician Ofer Shouval, O. Wake has been a Brooklyn mainstay since 2019. Shouval’s probing songwriting combines elements of art pop and indie rock to explore the anxieties and absurdities of today's world through witty vignettes and sweeping soundscapes. With intimacy wrought from vulnerability and a uniquely bashful confidence, O. Wake's emerging sounds inspire play and movement while evoking a rainbow of feelings.

O. Wake's music draws inspiration from the richness of identity, intersection, and technology. Debut single "Riper Than Ripe" (Feb. 8, 2022) explores elements of embarrassment and shame. In the opening line, Shouval boasts about being his therapist's favorite patient, an idea he finds ridiculous (but possibly true). Written with no one around except a mirror and a cat, the song looks at how he finds energy and creates laughter and dancing by pushing through the vulnerable aspects of himself in which he finds shame. On saxophone, the song features Etienne “Teeny” Stoufflet of Tank & the Bangas.

Shouval, who holds an MFA in Digital Media from Pratt Institute, is also the inventor of the Luminin, a motion controlled visual instrument which turns the movements of its performer into a dazzling light show. The Luminin is currently in beta stages, and will have its live show debut in 2022.