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Leah grew up in rural New Zealand playing classical piano and wanting to be a doctor. At 15 she heard Nirvana’s Bleach album and everything changed. She began teaching herself guitar and decided to study music instead of medicine. At university she formed avant-metal band El Schlong, then spent the next 10 years shredding and screaming around Australasia and Europe. Leah eventually settled in Berlin, Germany, where she became fascinated by the possibilities of the recording, producing and mixing process as an extension of the creative songwriting process. She built herself a home studio and started making music. She also makes her own music videos and imagery. “I’m absolutely fascinated with the progress of creative technology over the last few years,” she says. It’s amazing just how much you can do yourself these days. I used to play in bands but I got sick of being on the road, so now my goal is to become a “full stack musician” - to take music from concept through to finished,