Austel is the musical moniker of UK artist, producer, and songwriter Annie Rew Shaw. Blending ethereal vocals with cinematic textures, Austel creates a distinctive brand of alt-pop that fuses electronic minimalism with indie-folk intimacy and emotive storytelling - inspired by artists such as Eva Cassidy, Bon Iver, Cocteau Twins, The National and Nils Frahm.
Following years spent working as a session musician performing at festivals such as Glastonbury and touring the UK, Austel released her debut EP Unfold in 2018, drawing plaudits from the likes of BBC 6 Music and The Line Of Best Fit. Her 2020 sophomore EP Cold Love drew further support from Fresh On The Net, O2 Music and BBC Introducing.
Austel’s 2024 debut album Dead Sea is a dreamy exploration of loss, recovery, and transformation. Self-produced and featuring collaborations with Grammy award-winning engineer Guy Massey, the record is the culmination of seven years’ work and artistic development. The lyrical content and album artwork - a salt sculpture created with Columbian artist Natalia Giraldo Giraldo - explore the poeticism of salt: its dual qualities of pain and healing. 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 artist project, Austel works as a songwriter, composer, producer, and mix engineer, having released several tracks with sync/trailer music agency Power-Haus (A&G) and collaborating with a number of emerging artists at her North London studio. Austel brings a detail-oriented, emotionally intuitive approach to each project, with a growing portfolio spanning genres and formats. She has a first-class honours MA in Creative Music Production and was longlisted for Breakthrough Producer and Self-Producing Artist of the Year for the 2024 & 2025 MPG Awards. Austel is a member of 2% Rising (a community for female and gender-expansive producers) and an advocate for safer, more inclusive practices within the music industry.
CONTACT
Austel: contact@austelmusic.com
Production / mix services: annierewshawmusic@gmail.com
RELEASES
Power-Haus, TOM-E, Austel, Tessa Obscura, Ros Stephen - The Storm (Single, 2025) - co-writer, artist
Power-Haus, BerlinAires, Austel, Lloren, Ros Stephen - Silent Fire (Single, 2025) - co-writer, artist
Power-Haus, TOM-E, Austel, Tessa Obscura, Ros Stephen - Lone Wolf (Single, 2025) - co-writer, artist
Leti - Kaleidoscope (Single, 2025) - producer, mix engineer
Lauren Ray - Losing Sleep (Quarter Life Crisis LP, 2024) - co-writer
Freyja Elsy - Over It (Austel Remix) (Modern Artifice: The Remixes EP, 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