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Koumis started her career at The Echo Nest, a startup acquired by Spotify in 2014 to build its recommendation system.

While we’re milling around in the hall waiting for Rayana Jay’s set to start, Koumis leans into french doors at the back of the conference room to listen for a second.

Rayana Jay at a SoFar Sounds show in Chinatown Athena Koumis: Fresh Finds I met Athena Koumis on a Saturday night outside an office building in Chinatown, for a SoFar Sounds show happening on the fourth floor.

My first question for Koumis is, “Why are you here?”

Her song “Sleepy Brown” was one of Koumis’ weekly 1,000 tracks, and she started it off on two smaller low-fi hip-hop and “jazz vibes” playlists.