Noah Slee is an artist for whom the term "community" is a defining factor in his creativity. Be it in the relatively recent sense of belonging found as part of the free-thinking, queer community of Berlin, the community he is forever tied to through his Tongan roots, or the artist community he cultivates with newly minted event series "Higher Grounds", which strives to support home-grown Berlin talent.

Known for slick and evocative vocals, Slee was well and truly put on the map with the release of 2017 debut album Otherland (Wondercore Island / Majestic Casual), for which he was rewarded two prestigious Pacific Music Awards in 2018.

Fast forward a couple of years, a few international tours, and tens of millions of streams later and Slee continued pushing boundaries with his 2019 EP TWICE - crafted largely by Slee himself with help from his Berlin dynasty of trusted creatives but also showcasing talent from all corners of the globe.

Where Otherland tentatively touched on refractory notions of heritage, identity, sexuality and grief as Slee wrestled with place as something internal and unstable, TWICE (which boasts features from Ru Paul co-signed, Queerty nominated duo FHAT, prolific Australian all-rounder Oscar Key Sung and guitar virtuoso Beau Diako)shouts from the rooftops, in the glorious splendour of a peacock spreading his tail.

Slee's personal growth is tangible in his art - most noticeably in his forays into directing and producing his own videos - from merely appearing in "Radar" (2017), performing a traditional dance in self-produced "..and so, we move to Otherlands" (2018), to taking centre stage in roaring 80's dance-inspired "Do That" (2020) flanked by voguing dancers and inspired by ballroom culture. This is an artist finding his voice in the most joyous way possible, as he gets closer to the person he needs to be.