Gueorgui Linev, the Bulgaria-born, US-raised songwriter creates inviting, soulful worlds by weaving together analog and orchestral textures. Every Kan Wakan track is an immersive surrender that brings rapture to the weary and finesse to the wild. A phenomenon in the fast-paced and algorithmic makeover of contemporary music.

Linev’s expertise has been employed by the likes of Thundercat, Moses Sumney and new Linkin Park vocalist Emily Armstrong, among others, and most recently caught the attention of rapper Baby Keem. A re-imagining of Linev's ‘Unlucky’ sits as the third track on Baby Keem’s Grammy-nominated, Billboard-charting album The Melodic Blue. The same track also features as the opening number on the short documentary by the same, currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

Linev was named one of Yahoo! Music’s 11 Best New Artists, signed to Verve at Universal Music Group, and listed as one of LA Weekly’s 10 Best Young LA Songwriters along with artists such as Frank Ocean.

From his elegantly ethereal debut album, 'Moving On' (which hit #37 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart), to the sublimely angular, 'Phantasmagoria Vol. I' (which spread like wildfire in the world of TV placements), Kan Wakan explores “the borders of trip-hop, acoustic balladry, and psychedelia" (The Fader), tempting the listener to abandon the bottomless scroll for a charming slow burn.

‘Phantasmagoria Vol. I’ went on to make headlines at Nylon, KCRW, Hype Machine, and features his hometown heroes, The Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, on string arrangements. ‘Phantasmagoria Vol. II’ followed in 2021 to acclaim.

In 2023, while working on the next Kan Wakan phase, Linev also debuted Woomb, a duo with young singer-songwriter Hristo Yordanov, which quickly gained attention for their intensive live performances and poignant songs like ‘Last Rays’. Sirius XM’s David Frick promptly called the duo, now finishing an EP, “so young, so new, already so good live”.

Next single 'Shape Yourself Around Me' is out on October 1st. The band is poised for a debut at the prestigious ESNS showcase festival in Groningen in mid January, 2025.