Nick Norton makes things out of sound. Electronica.org.uk calls him a “composer and sound artist to be reckoned with” and Last Day Deaf calls his music “absolutely captivating.” Nick grew up going to shows in the Ventura punk scene, playing guitar in bands, and spending summers on Catalina Island. He went to college at […]
This a new duo project between Matt McBane and Ian Dicke focusing on live synthesis in quadraphonic sound. Matt McBane is a composer, electronic musician, sound artist and violinist who has released albums on Cantaloupe Music and New Amsterdam Records. Bandcamp called his latest album, Buoy, “a stunning blend of neoclassical instrumentation and minimalist modular […]
Mark X Farina is a socio pop artist and reverse engineer. Work fast, cure slow, destroy before collecting dust. Studio practice uses alt mediums to create film, paintings and plant-based works. Born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania BFA Edinboro University – major: Media Arts / minor: Cinema MFA Otis College of Art & Design – Social Practice […]
Kevin Chan is a LA-born and raised artist. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University, Long Beach. CSULB was also where he was introduced to modular synthesizers and sound design, studying under Rychard Cooper. Kevin has also worked as a photographer and explores […]
Kayla McIntyre (Born Atlanta, GA) studied composition at Georgia State University, Media Scoring and Production at the Frost School of Music at University of Miami under Camilo Rodriguez and Carlos Rivera, and she received a Master’s in Screen Scoring from the University of Southern California. She has written for jazz bands, marching bands, wind orchestra, […]
Developed collaboratively by Essvus and J3M5, the work merges electroacoustic composition, noise, and IDM with circuit-bent electronics and modular synthesis. Essvus brings a practice grounded in synthesis, field recording, and live processing across digital and physical systems, while J3M5 approaches rhythm as an emergent property of unstable, hardware-driven architectures. Together, their systems interlock to produce […]
We are PhD students and affiliates of the Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology Program (ICIT) at the University of California, Irvine. A blend of instruments and live processing electronics to create whimsical soundscapes. Artist Location: Irvine, CA Social Media: PARTICIPATION Electronic Zot Parade Using a blend of musical instruments and live electronics processing via Ableton […]
Eden is the main spiritual alias of Abishai Smith (he/they), dedicated to bright, colorful sounds and atmospheres, sometimes conventional, other times, not, always an act of worship for the Holy Trinity. Artist Location: Torrance, CA Social Media: PARTICIPATION And the Birds Will Come This is an experiment involving no-input mixing board and field recordings of […]
Brian Black and Zane Alexander S. B. are founding members of the performance-art community called Division of Labor. They are interested in collecting audience input and translating it into a visual and audio formats. Brian Black is a multimedia artist with a focus on installation and performance art. Zane Alexander S.B. is a composer, performer, […]
Experimental electronic, noise, ambient, and sound art—all philosophical in some way. Its latest album takes us from birth and its “blooming buzzing confusion,” to our later hyper-individuated lives. Members of the Dept. of Electrophilosophy are philosophers/musicians Marc Bobro, Cedric Bobro, Malcolm Bobro, and the artist Elizabeth Folk. Elizabeth Folk an interdisciplinary artist and educator working […]