Kalaido is the lofi outlet of Portland-based composer/producer Phoenix Glendinning. He creates his melodic, instrumental hip hop sound by blending an array of live instruments, field recordings, and VSTs, drawing on his background in soundtrack music to create original compositions around his beats.

He made his debut release Moonlit Tales with College Music in December 2018, and has followed that with a series of singles and remixes throughout the following years, contributing to labels such as United Common Records, Hip Dozer, Night Time Stories, and The Jazzhop Cafe. His second full-length release, Ghosts of the Floating World, released in April 2021 with 24/7 YouTube streaming icon Lofi Girl, and has since amassed over 25 Million streams on various streaming platforms.

In early 2022 Kalaido took to the stage for the first time in various cities across the USA West Coast, sharing the stage with artists such as Vicky Farewell, Kennebec, and Tristan De Liege, combining DJing and live drumming to bring new life to his compositions. In June 2023, a five-track EP entitled "View Through the Mist" was released via French beats dealer Hip Dozer, inspired in part by nature, traditional Chinese music, and the woodblock prints of Kawase Hasui.

In addition to Kalaido, Phoenix releases orchestral soundtrack music under his name Phoenix Glendinning, and has contributed original OSTs to video games Leaving Lyndow (2017) and Eastshade (2019), and has more projects currently in development. For more information on his composition work, you can visit his website here.