Robert Marleigh · Camerado Media
Needle on the Rim
A New EP · 2026
Robert Marleigh · Camerado Media
A New EP · 2026
Needle on the Rim is the inaugural jazz volume of The Shared Frequency Initiative — a production series designed to synchronize artists across geopolitical divides.
Recorded remotely with contributors from Cambodia, Thailand, New Orleans, and Italy, the EP was assembled while regional borders remained physically closed — a quiet act of creative defiance.
A fusion of timeless Great American Songbook standards, bold cinematic reinterpretations, and a neon-lit noir aesthetic evoking mid-century Saigon.
Velvet-toned vocal jazz meets a speakeasy reimagining of Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun, and an original spoken-word title track channeling Burroughs and Chandler.
Genre: Vocal Jazz · Cinematic Noir · Future Noir
Critical Acclaim
One of the most compelling collaborative projects of the decade.
Michael Filip Reed · Indie Boulevard
Vintage aesthetics meet modern perspective in magnificent fashion — equally timeless and original.
Damo Howard · Plastic Magazine
Captures the essence of a simpler time — an airy, hopeful breath of warmth and wonder back to modern music.
Rebecca Cullen · Stereo Stickman
Literary noir turned into sonic performance. Genuinely colossal.
Michael Filip Reed · Indie Boulevard
An artist who exists in a space where time folds in on itself.
Damo Howard · Plastic Magazine
Finds its own artistic and confident pathway of integrity.
Rebecca Cullen · Stereo Stickman
A sound that feels at once reverent and subversive — geographically untethered yet stylistically intricate.
Damo Howard · Plastic Magazine
A record that feels less like a song and more like a scene — something visual as much as sonic.
Plastic Magazine
Curators & Listeners
Elegant, deep, and very in-tune voice makes your interpretation of this great classic flawless.
Kellermann Music · Spotify Curator
An ingenious way of developing the melody and music design. Professional arrangement and pretty nice mixing production.
Nazz Mal · Spotify Curator
The vocal approach feels quite distinctive and unconventional, which gives the track a unique character.
Jazz Amplified by Playlist Paradise · Spotify Curator
I actually like the brass color and period texture — a very neat, inspired cover of the original.
MelancholySeason / lissa · Spotify Curators
Robert’s versatile voice and original musical arrangements give these classics a 21st-century rebirth. The closing track is an extraordinary, picturesque curiosity.
Kevin Sysyn · Performer-songwriter, Kidsonthebridge.org
Done in the Jack Kerouac version of reciting Beat Poetry over Jazz improvisation. Like ‘Kookie’ on 77 Sunset Strip.
Gerard · Musician & Listener
A pretty solid and interesting record. I particularly like the arrangement of Angel Eyes — great noir wordplay.
Jules Ryan · Jazz Musician
It takes me back to a time when life was more simple.
Mark Rowley · Rowley Productions
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Musicians & Credits
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