Establishing the mood with an acoustic soundscape featuring intricate choral vocals and an ethereal energy with cerebral percussion elements, Simonne Draper opens Finesca II with dimensionality and cinematic allure. The delicate vocalizations are sublime and expand into an organic folk-adjacent orchestral energy with trippy notions.
The experience feels psychedelic in nature with ebbs and flows, creating a dynamic tapestry of sound that is both cohesive and intriguing. The instrumental performances are organic and the human sentiment that manifests feels raw and authentic.
The airy and rhythmic percussion details feel akin to entering a portal to another dimension. The genre switch-up evokes jazz vibes with timeless melodies intertwined with the progressive notions. The finale is poetic and graceful where Simonne Draper‘s vocals come to life front and centre accompanied by her expertise on the guitar.
We learn that Simonne Draper collaborated with producer Jon Kennedy on Finesca II, which serves as a continuation of her original composition Finesca. The collaboration is designed to merge Draper’s classical background and guitar performance with Kennedy’s modern production experience. The result manifests with an ancient-futurist energy which feels divine on many levels.
Simonne Draper is an acoustic-classical composer and guitarist based in Prague and Kent. She is a member of the Czech Composers’ Society and a Voting Member of The Recording Academy™ for the GRAMMY Awards®.
Recent honors include Best Classical Musicians Awards 2025, Winner for Best Original Composition for Espanola, and World Classical Music Awards 2025, Silver Award for Composition for Canzonetta dell’Acqua.
Needless to say, we are in awe, and have added Finesca II to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS and TRIPPY playlists, whilst we continue to stream Finesca, and Simonne Draper‘s exquisite, growing discography, including Eclipse, and Fairytale – both remixed by Jon Kennedy!