Austel - aka Annie Rew Shaw - is a Devon-born London-based artist, songwriter and producer, crafting introspective, brooding music led by ethereal vocals and intimate lyricism.
Influenced by artists spanning from Bon Iver, Radiohead, Cocteau Twins and Jon Hopkins to Nick Cave, Joni Mitchell and Eva Cassidy, Austel fuses her background in classical music and indie folk songwriting with ambient textures, cinematic soundscapes and contemplative electronica.
Having cut her teeth as a session musician performing at Glastonbury Festival, supporting Fleet Foxes with Lyla Foy, and touring the UK with multiple bands, Austel began to develop her songs with a fresh lens, working with musician and technologist Adam Stark (MiMU Gloves, Rumour Cubes). Her 2018 debut EP Unfold received plaudits from BBC 6 Music, Killing Moon and The Line of Best Fit, while 2020’s Cold Love drew further support from O2 Music, BBC Introducing and Fresh On The Net. In 2022, Austel released reworks album Feathers, alongside her first poetry collection Morning Birds.
Austel's self-produced debut album Dead Sea was released in 2024 - featuring collaborations with Grammy award-winning engineer Guy Massey (The Beatles, Manic Street Preachers, Kylie) and renowned mastering engineer Katie Tavini (Nadine Shah, Arlo Parks, Bloc Party). Exploring the metaphor of salt’s dual qualities of pain and healing, Dead Sea is the culmination of seven year’s work. The Dead Sea is one of the harshest, lifeless environments on earth, but Austel finds that even in the most barren of places, we can begin to recover.
Alongside her work as an artist, Annie works as a producer and mix engineer, currently collaborating with a number of exciting upcoming artists. She was awarded an MA in Creative Music Production by ICMP, with a dissertation titled ‘Open The Gates: Deconstructing Patriarchal Paradigms in Music Production’, and was longlisted for Breakthrough Producer of the Year and Self-Producing Artist of the Year for the 2024 MPG Awards.
CONTACT
Austel: contact@austelmusic.com
Production / mix services: annierewshawmusic@gmail.com
RELEASES
Lauren Ray - Losing Sleep (Quarter Life Crisis LP, 2024) - co-writer
Freyja Elsy - Over It (Austel Remix) (2024) - remixer
Leti - I’m On Time (Single, 2024) - producer, mix engineer
Vida - Wasting My Feelings (Single, 2024) - producer, mix engineer
Heren Wolf, Inez, Austel - Let The Iris Grow (Single, 2024) - artist, producer, mix engineer
Vida - For Now (Single, 2024) - producer, mix engineer
Austel - Dead Sea (LP, 2024) - artist, writer, producer, mix engineer
Vida - Better Off (Single, 2023) - producer, mix engineer
Lionesses Be Brave - Be Brave (Single, 2023) - writer, co-producer
Treehouse - Autumn Street (EP, 2023) - producer
Dust In The Sunlight - Same World, Different Eyes (EP, 2022) - artist, co-writer
Rookes - Tiptoe (POPNOTPOP LP, 2022) - artist, co-writer
Austel - Feathers (Reworks LP, 2022) - artist, writer, producer
Dust In The Sunlight - Dust In The Sunlight (EP, 2020) - artist, co-writer
Austel - Cold Love (EP, 2020) - artist, writer
Austel - Unfold (EP, 2018) - artist, writer