Recorded and produced by Qais Khoury & Andreas Matheou at Hot Soap Studios in the Winter of 2022
– Hot Air Balloon – Mixed by Jim McRae
– Horizon – Mixed by Matthew N
– Turning to Gold – Mixed by Qais Khoury
Mastered at CPS Mastering
Release: EP ”Hot Air Balloon”
Written by: Pinwheel Valley
Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Pinwheel Valley (Qais Khoury) draws on the complexities of the human condition to create a fusionist sound spanning indie, psych, soul-infused blues, rock and folk. After initially exploring global themes, his songwriting turned inward, examining the difficulties and profound beauty of being human through a metaphysical lens and lyrical meta-poetry.
An independent touring artist since the early 2000s, Qais participated in the Mayor of London Big Busk in 2014 and earned a diploma in Music Production and Sound Engineering from Point Blank Music College. He toured Vancouver, Toronto and Seattle with a full band in 2016–17, earning recognition from the International Songwriting Competition, Toronto Independent Music Awards and USA Songwriting Competition. In 2021, BBC Radio London’s Robert Elms interviewed him about his 2018 single “Take Me Home.”
Qais now works from Hot Soap Studios in Cyprus, where he continues creating exploratory music that questions society’s constricting structures while searching for a balance between human nature, self-actualization and the demands of an ego-driven world.