Sound and color are both waves that physically alter our environment, each capable of evoking the full spectrum of human emotion.
The phenomenon of synesthesia is literally the interpretation of sound as color. Synesthetes and non-synesthetes alike experience music-color association — on dancefloors, in dreams, through psychedelia, or in moments of surprise and inspiration.

Hearing Color asks the question: What does it mean to view sound through color instead of genre, and to explore every color in a contemporary sonic palette? What does colorful music sound like?

James Axon looks to the most cosmic, emotive, and lush varieties of dance music past and present for answers, drawing from the sounds of deep house, dreamy techno, italo, balearic, psychedelic disco, ambient, IDM and the in-between. Sometimes it’s a solo mission, and other times like minded guests join in the musical inquiry.

LAALLS joins James on this episode of Hearing Color.

From London to LA, LAALLS has always been drawn to the dance floor. Fully immersing herself in both cities, the underground music scenes have shaped her as a person, whether it’s the friends she made along the way, the clubs and festivals she experienced, or the new sounds she was exposed to. LAALLS has always had a deep passion to drive the culture forward. An admirer of the art of DJing and an ear to the ground, it wasn’t until LAALLs moved to LA in 2019 that she learned the craft and found a way to share music on a bigger scale. One fourth of fierce DJ collective Ladies of Leisure, as a solo DJ LAALLS has played some of LA;’s most cherished and forward-thinking underground parties including Lights Down Low, Fast at Work, The Basement (LA), Rhonda, Sensory Signal, Sisters of Sound, In Between, and We Own the Night. Over the years, LAALLS has supported Bonobo, VTSS< Adam Pitts, Mike Servito, Partiboi69, Seven Davis Jr., Mella Dee, and has featured on NTS ,Rinse FM, Dublab, Foundation FK, and Bean Radio. Most recently, LAALLS was invited to play the debut edition of Echoes Festival (Midnight Lovers & Sunday Sessions) and LA's HARD festival. "