Our story began eleven years ago, when we first fell in love.
Among the long grasses of wild meadows, we spoke of dreams and desires — of living freely, following instinct, and surrendering to the open road and the spirit of exploration. Guided by intuition, we set out in an old Mercedes van, drawn towards the wild landscapes of Europe. We had no map and no timeline, only a shared vision of a life lived in harmony with freedom, in both philosophy and spirit. Beside a mountain lake, high in the Austrian Alps, an idea began to take shape. It was here that we conceived Samana, our collaborative, multidisciplinary project.
We imagined a creative imprint that would embody the spirit of our own work while opening its doors to kindred artists — those who share a belief in soulful honesty, a reverence for nature, and the freedom to create on their own terms.
From this vision, The Road Records was born.
Over the following five years, we brought the remains of a forgotten farm in the mystical valleys of West Wales back to life. There, we built our analogue production house: an intimate, considered space in which to live, work, and create. Rooted in the landscape, it has become both a sanctuary and a source of inspiration — a place where ideas are nurtured, collaborations take shape, and our work finds its way into the world.
OUR PRACTICE
As multidisciplinary artists working internationally across film, poetry, photography, fine art, music, curation, and production, we move fluidly between disciplines, allowing each to inform and enrich the others. We are drawn to the spaces where these forms meet, where ideas evolve beyond their original boundaries and become something more immersive, more layered, more felt.
Film holds a particular place in our practice. Its ability to bring image, sound, time, and narrative into a single, living experience offers a unique language for sensory storytelling. We approach it not simply as a medium, but as a space in which emotion, atmosphere, and meaning can unfold.
MUSIC FOR FILM
We work closely with directors from the earliest stages of a project, entering into the world of a film to discover its emotional core. Our process is intuitive and collaborative, shaped by the particular language of each work. Every composition is bespoke, created in response to the film’s inner rhythms, its unspoken tensions, and the subtleties that exist just beyond the frame.
For us, sound is never merely an accompaniment to the image. It is a force in its own right — a presence that can deepen a moment, alter our perception of a scene, or give voice to what remains unseen. It can become an atmosphere, a memory, a character; something that draws us further into the world of the film and stays with us long after the image has faded.
Across experimental, narrative, and documentary film, we create sonic landscapes that extend the meaning of an image, invite deeper immersion, and open space for feeling and transformation. We are interested in the threshold between sound and vision, and in the ways they can meet to resonate beyond the conscious, reaching something more instinctive and intangible.
At the heart of our work is a belief in the power of collaboration — in listening closely, working with trust, and following an idea wherever it leads. We seek to discover what becomes possible when sound is not simply placed alongside an image, but becomes an integral part of its storytelling.
Our artists compose original, bespoke music and sound for film, art installations, dance productions, and fashion. Each work is developed in close dialogue with the project, shaped around its singular vision, and created to find the most truthful expression of its world.
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