Almost two decades into his career, Lionel Williams is an enduring fixture of the psychedelic scene. He unveiled his Vinyl Williams alias in 2007, immediately establishing the blueprint for a sound that shimmers like bioluminescent glitter. 

With releases on labels including Chaz Bear’s Company Records, Requiem Pour Un Twister, and Harmony Records, Williams translates vast, galactic concepts into cosmic sonic textures. It seems fitting that Williams is the inventor of a system for understanding relationships called Musical Astrology — an app that allows you to hear the music of your birthdays, as well as the precise musical pitches of the planets in relation to Earth, on any given day. His new album(s) Polyhaven / Portasymphony (Harmony Records) is set to be released on June 13, 2025.

Vinyl Williams’ latest single is the upbeat “Eden,” a bouncing celestial track that seems Williams paint with bright hues in a new video while representing real locations such as: Bixby Park in Long Beach, CA, Bargi Shiv Mandir in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, in addition to the Portal Of The Folded Wings in Burbank, CA, Tikal in Northern Guatemala, and the Quetzalcoatl Nest by Javier Senosiain in Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico City.