Perhaps music’s best kept secret, Sam Beste – The Vernon Spring – has worked with a host of acclaimed artists including Amy Winehouse, Gabriels, Kendrick Lamar’s producer Sounwave, Beth Orton, Kano, Joy Crookes, Matthew Herbert, and MF DOOM.
Beste has been releasing solo music as The Vernon Spring since 2019, developing a distinctive voice at the intersection of jazz, soul, ambient, and contemporary electronic production.
New album Under a Familiar Sun perfectly showcases the breadth of Beste’s artistic evolution. Emerging from a long period of compositional and collaborative experimentation, the album represents a shift from his familiar and immediate production to a more involved and intricate approach, integrating hip-hop influences and sample-driven methods while sustaining his characteristic piano composition. Produced and mixed predominantly in Beste’s studio, the album features dynamic contributions from several collaborators.