PRESS QUOTES
Flaunt Magazine
“With hypnotic vocals and catchy beats, Gess can easily entice any listener towards the dark side. “
Billboard
“Gess' dark, atmospheric beats make every song he creates feel as if it ends too soon, transporting the listener into a detailed soundscape of his painting.”
Billboard
“This LA based talent has been low-key delivering some solid solo tunes for a minute, and this moody late night banger is further evidence that he stays serving us nothing less than top quality.”
Paper Magazine
“the Los Angeles-based queer artist's sound is slicker and tighter, trading in smoky synth drones for sparse guitar plucks, with trance-inducing drums running in the background.”
Collabs/Placements
Collide
Shea Coulee x Mykki Blanco
Producer/co-writer
Premiered on VH1’s RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars season 5 and has accumulated 2 million streams and climbing.
YOUR NAME
Shea Coulee x Sam Sparro
Songwriter/
Premiered of VH1s Rupauls Drag Race and reached over 800k streams in its first month.
Out Magazine x McDonalds
Composer/music producer
2022 Out-100 Honoree videos in collaboration with McDonalds.
FINESSE - SHORT SERIES
Composer/Music Producer
Bushwick Film Festivals Programmers choice award winner. Composed music in episodes 1-5.
Goose Island Commercial
Composer/Music Producer
Rewind
Shea Coulee
Producer/Songwriter
The official music video by VAM Studio caught the attention of The Grammys and has over 300,000 streams.
MTV’s MADE
Music Producer for episode turning soccer team into cheerleaders.
GESS Releases
CLOUDS
‘Clouds’ released in 2019 premiered in GayTimes UK and has garnered over 1 Million streams.
PLASTIC
Plastic was release on May 20 2022. Its a dark, smoldering beat with lyrics touching on vengeful feelings that develop towards an ex.
Tangerine EP
GESS’ most recent release “Tangerine” is a 3 song summer project similar to Khalid or Kehlani. It was debuted live at LA Pride Festival and featured in Paper Magazine and Spotify’s Pride Italy Playlist.
Performance Reel
BIO:
Gess is an r&b/pop artist, songwriter, producer who creates contemplative alt r&b delivering what has been called “a heartbreaking and sexy exploration of self.” His sound can be compared to Banks, Sabrina Cladio, Alina Baraz, Khalid.
GESS hit the scene in 2018 and in that time he has accumulated 4 million streams on Spotify and appeared on Billboard 9+ times, with work featured on 4 of their LGBTQ playlists. His latest EP “Tangerine” premiered in Paper Magazine and was debuted live at LA’s Pride Festival with Christina Aguilera.
Hes written alongside Sam Sparro (Black and Gold), Mykki Blanco and Shea Coulee (Rupauls Drag Race Winner) Most recently, their song “YOUR NAME” produced by Sam Sparro premiered on VH1.
GESS has performed at major venues throughout California including the notorious Viper Room, Soho House, as well as renowned queer events in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Amsterdam. Most recently he played LA Pride, Venice Beach Pride and contributed supporting vocals at Chicago Pride’s Main Stage.