Quiet Light

Quiet Light is the name singer-songwriter Riya Mahesh uses as her stage name. She plays intimate songs that feel direct, delivered in a soft voice that projects a sense of vulnerability. Her songs have a strong folk flavor, sometimes performed in bare-bones production, other times with a strong electronic layer, whether used as a filter to get specific sonic effects, or to set the mood, or to provide a basic scaffolding for her melodies. She adds more layers to her music sometimes by incorporating snippets of recorded conversations and have them weave in and out of her songs. Her 2025 album Pure Hearts cranks the electronic component up to the next level, exploring a territory that mixes ambient and electronic pop.