Jeff Carey

Jeff Carey makes synthetic noise music with an physically controlled software based instrument of his own development called ctrlKey. His music is abstract and sculptural, full of shapes and gesture, colored by noise bursts, percussive glitches and shifting resonance. In recent work, he has incorporated lighting projection to explore the space between visceral and the external embodiment of sound. He builds physically controllable custom software synthesis instruments and is interested in exploring immediate and flexible sound production with virtuosity in electronic music.

"He's acting on raw instinct here - he refuses the clinical approach to programming software or composing music, and strives to throw himself bodily at his machines, replacing all mechanical moving parts with human flesh, blood, and bone. In pursuit of this all-organic goal, virtually everything else is jettisoned, starting with recognizable notes or melody." – Sound Projector magazine editor Ed Pinsent

He is an active member of Baltimore's music scene. He organizes local concerts for touring electronic musicians and is a co-curator of the High Zero Festival for improvised and experimental music and for the Diffusion Festival for electronic multichannel music.

Index[off], released on July 3rd is only available via https://jeffcarey.bandcamp.com/album/index-off

website: http://jeffcarey.foundation-one.org

merch: https://jeffcarey.bandcamp.com

Andrea Pensado

Based in the US since 2002, Pensado uses voice and electronics to make her music. Max is her main tool. The approach to both, programming and performance is highly intuitive. The harsh cut up noise result, mixed with the strong emotional component of her music, generates a deeply personal language which inevitably gives rise to intense responses in the most diverse audiences. Pensado performs extensively in the US and abroad. She also runs Sonorium, a series of experimental music based in Salem, MA.

website: www.andreapensado.com

www.sonorium.net

Bang! Bros.

World Record Breaking Free Drum Machine Duo With Sax On The Side: BANG! BROS. is Mark Johnson and ARKM foam pounding with all four hands and feet on outdated stompboxes and drum machinery, often joyously joined by Andy Allen on Saxophone and assorted reeds. The group was formed on the 4th of July 2012 and in 6 short months recorded 20 albums that were released on 20 different labels across the world. On December 12th, 2012 BANG! BROS. performed in 12 different cities in under 24 hours, breaking the world record previously held by The Flaming Lips. The sound is freely improvised, unafraid to stop and enjoy a trope or two... after pausing briefly, moving on to more scrambled eggs.

merch: https://bangofamerica.bandcamp.com

Jason Zeh

forthcoming

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Walter Wright

Walter Wright is an interdisciplinary artist, his practice includes computer programming, electro-acoustic music, and video performance. His focus is on "improvisation as a way of being present in the world.” He performs with several groups including BatsFrom Pogo, ELKA BONG, and ensemble inédit ?!. He plays an AVSynth, Bugbrand Board Weevil, contact mic, objects, drums and percussion.

website: https://www.facebook.com/walter.wright.965

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Shawn E. Hansen

Composer Improviser, Phonographer, Piano Technician Charlotte Street Foundation Performing Arts Fellow. EMS-Synthi Ciat- Lonbarde organ piano saxophone. Performs w/ NEAL WILSON (LA), painter LAUREL SPARKS (NY), films with writer CYRUS CONSOLE. Artistic director KJEA radio, a transmitted conceptual space begun 1984. Studied with MARYANNE AMACHER, RICHARD TEITELBAUM, GEORGE LEWIS, PAULINE OLIVEROS.

merch: https://shawnedwardhansen.bandcamp.com