Starry Venus creates music that bridges the cosmic and the earthly, blending organic and digital sounds into transformative, multidimensional experiences. Her soulful compositions, crafted with handpans, synthesizers, piano, and vocals, are born from pure, intuitive channeling, inviting listeners to connect with their authentic selves. Rooted in Sedona, Arizona, and inspired by a lifetime of spiritual exploration, her work transcends genres and expectations.
Starry Venus comes from an educated background in jazz and a career of musical evolution as a touring and recording artist with Kira Mele. As a producer she fuses her spiritual journey with diverse sonic landscapes to build a sound that is intended to activate our deep levels of soul embodiment and expanded consciousness connections.
Also a visionary filmmaker, Starry Venus’ multidisciplinary background in performance art, visual art, music, film, and screenwriting converges to create immersive cinematic experiences. Her internationally award-winning directorial debut, Starborn, exemplifies her commitment to pushing creative boundaries and exploring the essence of creation.
Starry Venus invites you to release limits, embrace the moment, and open your heart to the infinite possibilities of love, life, and the universe.
With Soul out now, we took some time to hear from Starry Venus. Read below to learn more about Starry Venus, the story behind Soul, and what’s to come.
Hi Starry Venus! Let’s start with how did you get your artist name?
It’s actually my real name, on paper. I went through a lot of transformation in my life to where I feel fully comfortable now. People just started calling me Starry, and then I realized that’s who I am. That’s where I connect, where I relate. Venus is Creation, and beauty. It’s a way of bringing that here and always staying connected to it. It’s also fun, and makes people smile.
How would you describe your sound to readers who may not be familiar with you?
It exists beyond genres in a way where I feel like I’m weaving symphonic elements and layers together to create something that’s organic and electronic. Melodic and pop-based meets etheric, spiritual and grounded. I translate a lot of it through designing and playing live on synthesizers and electronic handpan. It’s a synthesis of the natural and the digital. I don’t really have a name for it, yet.
Do you have any hobbies outside of music? What do you do to stay creative?
I’m always doing something. Filmmaking is a huge passion of mine, which is developing alongside the music, working with the visual medium as well as the audio. I love to garden, get into the landscape and create beauty around me with flowers and birds, to be with plants and nature. I’m also a landscape architect and designer. I love to explore beautiful places. I’m usually picking up a new instrument and learning, I just got a harp which is fun, and a ukulele last year. I’m enjoying learning the depths of kundalini yoga, it’s surprisingly grounded.
What’s one of the proudest moments of your music career so far?
Getting the song ‘Stars’ to sound the way that I wanted it to, the way I could hear it.
What would you say are the greatest lessons that you’ve learned so far?
I’ve been learning that that there are a lot of things that you could give up on, or that many things may not go the way you anticipated, but ultimately the lesson is to never give up on yourself, and what is means to keep your spirit alive and thriving. Learning to focus on that and cultivate it becomes the pathway to living the life that might be desired and returning things that may have been considered lost. Ultimately, it’s not about what you ‘believe’ in or want, it’s about waking up everyday and believing in the spirit within and how that creates the reality we want.
Now onto your release, Soul. What inspired this project?
It was time. It was post-Covid reality, I was going through some events in my own path while I had been doing some smaller performances in Sedona, exploring different kinds of soundscape work with people and on the land. I knew that it was beyond an inspiration to record the songs. It was literally the time to get into the studio and record it. So, I went for it.
What is the overall theme of Soul?
Venus is representative of love, longing, fulfillment, beauty, not just as a Goddess but as an energy. An energy that I want in my life, I want in other people’s lives, I want on the Earth, I want in a conversation, a thought, a sound. In the different songs, I’m weaving this in, in ways that answer that for my own soul, and bring a piece of it in. I placed my own longings for this into the work, the sound, the songs, the composition, the production. Hoping that if it answers something for myself and fills in that gap that my soul longs for, then perhaps it might do that for someone else. The overall theme of Soul is about connection and connecting to a deeper place in our soul and the reality around us. It’s through the lens of that Venusian magic.
What was the creative process like, and how long did it take you to complete Soul?
Once I started the recording in the studio, it took a little over a year with a lot of things in between in ways that I didn’t expect. That created a pacing that allowed me to stay in a zone where I didn’t overproduce the work and really got to sit with it so that every layer and sound and part had enough space around it to be very intentional with what it’s doing sonically. It was an interesting creative process because it was more like the way an artist might create a painting over time. I was working on it every week, but also had a few months with other things happening, and I realized that everything that was happening in my life became a part of the music.
Is there a specific song on Soul that speaks to you the most? If so, what is it called, and what is it about?
For me, it’s ‘Stars.’ It speaks to what I feel living out here in the desert in a way that feels like my past, my present and my future. That song can take me anywhere. It’s about that longing for something so beautiful and perfect and sacred to be present, even if that means it’s another universe. We’ll find a way to bring it here.
What messages do you hope fans take away from your music and from Soul?
I hope they take away the messages that music doesn’t have to be labeled or a certain genre, or sound any particular way. It’s an experience, and I hope that people are having an experience listening to this music that takes them deeper into a place where they can feel their own connection to spirit or creation a little more, and enjoy it, and appreciate what instruments and sonic landscapes can do. They blend different ways to create different experiences. I hope people feel a little more depth, more connection to whatever it is that matters, while knowing that music can be anything.
What’s next for you? Are you working on any upcoming projects, or do you have any upcoming shows that we should be on the lookout for?
I’m working on getting provocative dance mixes together and music videos that are more like short films that go with the songs, so I’m in a lot of production work at the moment. As a filmmaker, I’m excited for a feature film that I’m developing, and I released a microfilm called Starborn earlier this year that’s been doing well on the international film circuit. Music and film are very fluid for me, both getting out into the world at the same time. I will be doing live shows, am creating a live experience, most likely early next year, but there may be a few this fall.
Where can we follow you on social media?
https://www.instagram.com/starryvenus.world
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Mu6T6mgeRe5Dmpez5Zb6n
Before you go, let’s ask you some random questions:
What is a fun fact about you?
I like to ride motorcycles.
What is your favorite food?
My favorite food is Lilikoi from Hawaii.
Thank you for the great interview; wish you much continued success!
