Baltra has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 37 episodes and was first played on 27 January 2016.

Raised in Philadelphia but currently based in New York, Baltra has spent the last decade honing a sound that’s rich in romance and melancholy.

Releasing his first music in parallel with the lo-fi house explosion of the mid-2010s alongside artists such as Mall Grab, Ross From Friends and DJ Seinfeld, Michael racked up millions of plays on YouTube and other streaming services with definitive releases on Step Rec., IDNK (I Do Not Know), Tape Throb Records, Shall Not Fade’s sub-label Lost Palms, Of Paradise…