Sheryar Hyatt

I’m Sheryar Hyatt (aka Shades). Petals is my creative project. Everything I make is Petals.

The first instrument I’ve released is Folium, an 8 voice FM synthesizer that puts scales and tunings centre stage.

Before Petals I made music under a handful of aliases and performed under the alias Dalt Wisney.

I also happen to be a double immigrant. Pakistan > Turkey > Canada. In 2017 I was in Vancouver planning an audiovisual live show when I got severely ill.

Years of chronic illness, fatigue, pain, and severe environmental/food sensitivities then narrowed my life down to what could be done from a desk. Or on really bad days, from my bed. Music, art, and sound design stayed constant through all of it.

Luckily, remote work was becoming a thing, which meant I could have Ableton open while working. I have worked at various remote jobs over the years while battling illness.

Illness took me deeper into sound. Max/MSP and ~gen first, then C++ and DSP, and eventually I began building the instruments and devices I wanted to use. I also learned JavaScript and React along the way via freeCodeCamp. And levelled up a highschool era obsession with grids, UI design, Winamp Skins, and Macromedia Fireworks to modern UI design skills in Figma.

From 2023 to early 2026 I worked with Madrona Labs as a remote contractor doing sound design, composition, social media management, and creating learning materials for their instruments.

Some of that work can be heard in Flower Studies, a commissioned EP.

I eventually ported my ~gen experiments into madronalib, Madrona’s open source DSP library, and Petals took shape in early 2026.

I am also in the process of working on new music as Petals, mostly made with my own instruments and processes, which I am excited to share.

Memory Magnifier holds leftover work from the years in between. Leftovers from anonymous vaporwave and ambient tape releases, and unused commercial commissions.

Petals operations, logistics and people are in the hands of my dear partner, Kiraz Hyatt.

Email me at: shades@petals.fm if you want to get in touch.