Stockholm-based composer Shida Shahabi released her critically acclaimed debut album Homes in 2018 and has since then continued releasing celebrated works like Shifts and Living Circle. She has toured all around Europe, including supporting artists like PJ Harvey, Colin Stetson and A Winged Victory for the Sullen, and performed at festivals and venues such as BRDCST, Semibreve, the Barbican, Elbphilharmonie and Hau1. Since 2014 she has been writing music for performing arts and film, and recently scored Afsaneh Salari’s documentary “Tehran, Under the Skin” (2026) and Thibault Emin’s feature film “Else” (2024), both premiering at TIFF; Teresa Sutherland’s feature film “Lovely, Dark and Deep” (2023); and Charlotte Le Bon’s renowned debut feature film “Falcon Lake” (2022), which premiered at Cannes Film Festival. In 2023, Shida also collaborated with Icelandic choreographer Halla Ólafsdóttir on her dance piece Sylph. The score for the piece was self-released on Shahabi’s own label Still Light. Her upcoming record First Light at Hand will be released on March 5, 2027, also on Still Light, and features tracks with PJ Harvey and Shards.