Drawing from soul, R&B, hip-hop, electronica, and jazz, musician/producer duo Columbia Nights has developed a fresh take on a timeless tradition. Hayling Price and John E Daise made their rounds in Philadelphia as bandmates in college, and since reconnecting in Washington D.C. they’ve joined forces to start a new chapter of their journey. After years of sustained creative dialogue, the pair has developed a sound rooted in balance; their work represents a synthesis of the analog and the digital, the bright and the dark, the warm and the wintry.

For their first EP Dawn | Dusk (available this spring on Record Breakin’ Music), they have partnered with vocalist Sarai Abdul-Malik, who met the pair midway through her studies at Howard University’s Jazz Department. This offering serves as an introduction to a new creative force poised to add to the conversation.