Hanssen is the alias of human person Brit Hansen. She started making music in high school with another human person called Dave Pezzner in a beloved collaborative project known as Jacob London, together blazing a trail on funky underground dancefloors worldwide with a steady string of hotly-tipped 12” tech-house releases throughout the 2000s. Over the past five years, Brit has shifted focus to her evolving solo works, steering away from club-centric creations in favor of an unpredictable foray into cinematic leftfield soundscapes soaked in dreamy nostalgic synths, spacious off-kilter rhythms, and celestial visions. Following a string of EPs and remix contributions on labels such as Ghostly International, Om Records, Innerflight, Pleasure Boat, Viva Recordings, and KnightRiders, Hanssen unveiled her solo debut full-length album Seven Years Week in 2014, her first release on Hush Hush Records. Two years later, the more personal and intimate sophomore album Transit emerged on Hush Hush, adding another enveloping entry into Hanssen’s growing catalog. 

Trevor Ransom is one of the most recent local additions to the Hush Hush family, the Seattle native joining the label this past February with the release of his 6-track Spring EP. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Trevor’s first serious venture into music production began during his college years in Los Angeles, before more fully blossoming during an extended period of time split between the rural landscapes of England as well as his ancestral country of Sweden. These quiet and pastoral environments helped inspire Trevor’s passion for immersive, cinematic, and meditative music, as he fused his classical piano and guitar background with his budding electronic production skills. Following two instrumental-heavy EPs — 2015’s Glimpses and 2016’s Filaments — that were released while living abroad, Trevor’s return to the Seattle area helped inspire Spring, a stunning collection of warm and deceptively dynamic songs that find him adding sublime wordless vocals atop his gorgeous arrangements.