Meet The Artists Behind Abrasive Monologues
Explore the exceptional talents represented by Abrasive Monologues, each artist bringing unique creativity and vision.
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Jonathan (Jon) Hadley
Jonathan Hadley, Meaning Vault
Jonathan Hadley is a musician and producer whose work explores atmosphere, texture, and emotionally direct songwriting. He is the founder of Abrasive Monologues, an independent artist collective and label, and releases music both under his own name and through collaborative projects within the roster.
Mario Marino
Mario Marino
Multi-instrumentalist and producer known for textural layers, ambient tones, and emotionally-driven experimental compositions.
Kian Dray
Kian Dray
Kian Dray is a sonic architect and multi-instrumentalist whose raw, introspective energy defines much of the experimental output under the Abrasive Monologues label. Working entirely behind the scenes, Kian crafts immersive soundscapes from layers of distortion, ambient decay, and fragmented melody…
Tim Woodruff
Tim Woodruff
Tim Woodruff is a genre-blending guitarist, vocalist, and producer who crafts emotionally rich, atmospheric music that fuses alternative rock, ambient soundscapes, and synthwave. His sound balances instinctive emotion with deliberate arrangement—always aiming to move the listener.
David Von Beahm
David Von Beahm
Drawing inspiration from the likes of Duran Duran, Bauhaus, and The Cure, Von Beahm crafts lush, layered soundscapes built for headphones and midnight drives.
Only the host
Only the Host, The Wrong Week
Solo project pushing experimental alt-rock. Stark, melodic, and cinematic. Each track is a mirror with teeth.
James Stellar
Clysmic
Post-metal meets post-apocalyptic poetry. Clysmic delivers weighty riffs, spoken confessionals, and emotional collapse with clarity and force.
Christian Cuddy
Truck Dog and the Go People, The Wrong Week
Genre-fluid blend of folky rock and synthwave. Warm acoustics meet analog pulse, with storytelling that bends timelines and genre lines.
Pixie Post
Pixie Post
Whimsical and strange, The Pixie Post blends dream pop, spoken word, and oddball textures into playful, lullabies for grown-ups.
Kanilrós
Kanilrós
Experimental guitarist and genre-shifter. Known for strange, boundary-pushing work that blends ambient, noise, folk, and the completely unclassifiable.
Teddy Head
Teddy Head
Distorted lullabies and fuzzy breakdowns. Teddy Head plays with innocence and noise, creating glitchy, melancholic indie pop/punk with bite.