Terre Thaemlitz | An award winning multi-media producer, writer, public speaker, educator, audio remixer, DJ and owner of the Comatonse Recordings record label. Her work combines a critical look at identity politics — including gender, sexuality, class, linguistics, ethnicity and race — with an ongoing analysis of the socio-economics of commercial media production. He has released over 15 solo albums, as well as numerous 12-inch singles and video works. Her writings on music and culture have been published internationally in a number of books, academic journals and magazines. As a speaker and educator on issues of non-essentialist Transgenderism and Queerness, Thaemlitz has lectured and participated in panel discussions throughout Europe and Japan. As of January, 2001, he resides in Kawasaki, Japan.

Christine Sun Kim | Born in 1980. A sound artist who is congenitally deaf. Growing up, as she acquired American Sign Language and English, she became aware of her relationship with sound and its social currency, and tried to identify the parameters of each language and how they interrelate with social behavior. She has been developing her art practice as an attempt to shift her relationship to sound away from society’s strictures; that is, rather than making what are generally perceived to be “correct” sounds, she produces and translates sounds based on her own perception, borrowing other people’s voices in order to have one. Her desire to legitimate her perceptions drives her interests in linguistic authority, the process of translation, and the deconstruction of preconceived ideas about sound. Based in Berlin and New York.

34423 (Miyoshi Fumi) | Electronic musician born in Ehime and based in Tokyo. Having been familiar with recording devices and instruments since childhood, she started to create her own unique sounds. Her aggressive sounds and vivid visual images that contrast with her appearance have drawn attention, which led to her international debut with Tough and Tender (kaico) in 2013. Since then, she has been active taking part in large-scale festivals in Tokyo and collaborating with YU-KA TANAKA, to whom she entrust the visual aspects of her activities, and released Masquerade (kaico) in February 2015. She has also composed for films including a horror movie Eyes based on a novel by Koji Suzuki and directed by Yohei Fukuda and Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu directed by Yuwa Tanaka.

Katsuhiro Chiba | Electronic musician born in Iwate, Japan. Specializes in digital acoustic processing and Max (a program development environment used by musicians). He released innovative glitch sound software “cyan/n” in 2003, and started to perform live using the software. Having released two full albums and one mini album, he has been taking advantage of software that he develops to create uniquely transparent and melodious electronic sounds. Recently he also created apps, and his iPhone app “hibiku,” of which theme is reverberation, took first place in the app market ranking in Japan in 2013.

edIT | Before he was edIT, indie hip-hop artist Edward Ma began his career in the late ’90s as the Con Artist. During his stint as the resident DJ at Konkrete Jungle Los Angeles, Ma worked with Hive, Daddy Kev, James Tai, Busdriver, P.E.A.C.E., and Mikah 9; he also hosted a regular program on Dublab Radio. When not performing, Ma acted as producer and engineer for other musicians such as Sole, the aforementioned Busdriver, Aloe Blacc, Emanon, and Dr. OOP under the Con Artist moniker. The name was retired in 2003 and replaced with edIT while Ma was completing his first solo album. In 2004, Crying Over Pros for No Reason was released on the Planet-Mu label. Rather than rest on his laurels, Ma continued to explore his craft, creating remixes and mashups that gained him further recognition in the world of electronic music. Fans and fellow DJs weren’t the only ones to take notice — in 2006, Urb magazine named Ma one of their “Next 100” artists to watch. Certified Air Raid Material, the follow-up to Crying Over Pros for No Reason, was released in the autumn of 2007. Outside of his work as edIT, Ma has created ad music and jingles for Face the Music. These compositions have appeared in commercials for Scion, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, and Calvin Klein, among others.

Matt Karmil | He was born near the giant pre-historic glockenspiel / mythical neolithic monument known as Stonehenge. Today he produces and plays a particular form of playful and moody dance music for some of the world’s finest record labels and dance floors. Years of djing, record collecting and working as a producer-engineer in London, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm led to him finding a new home in Cologne by 2012. Matt soon befriended the tight-knit yet open-minded community of music lovers centred around the legendary Kompakt imprint. It was these newfound friends that convinced him to release the music he was making, up until that moment for his own enjoyment only. Matt’s current releases diverge wildly, ranging from the easily accessible and dance floor friendly “Dans-Maxi Från Nacksving” on Stockholm label Studio Barnhus, to his experimental and insular untitled second album on Bristol’s Idle Hands.

kyoka | She works as a musician/composer in Berlin and Tokyo. Grew up in Japan, she had piano, flute and syamisen lessons during her childhood. While listening to and recording radio shows and tuning sound of the radio to tape, she became attracted by the tape recorder and bass sound. In 1999, she started to explore the potential of synthesizers/computers and began a trip as a backpacker with her small synthesizer. Traveling in the USA, Spain, France, the UK etc and improvising with local underground artists, she learned about differences in expression that stem from personality, regionality and musicality. In 2008, she released her first three EPs from onpa))))), Berlin, and in 2012, she released a 12-inch iSH from raster-noton led by Alva Noto and Byetone as the first solo female artist on the label’s roster. At Plissken Festival, she won the second best act in the two-day period over Deadbeat, Fuck Buttons, etc (the best act was Shackleton), and in Japan she has performed at such occasions as Sonar Tokyo 2012, FREEDOMMUNE 0 ONE THOUSAND 2013 and The Star Festival.

Ah-Reum Lee | A musician and media artist from Seoul, South Korea. She is a founding member of the experimental psych-rock band Juck Juck Grunzie, formed in 2007 in Seoul. Performing as the band’s lead vocalist and synth player, Ah-reum has recorded two records with her band and has toured internationally in Asia and Europe. Juck Juck Grunzie’s music marries irregular rhythms with psychotronic soundscapes grounded with a driving punk-rock ethos. In addition to her music Ah-reum has recently been busy developing new media art projects which incorporate sound sculpture and video.

nanonum | Sound artist / designer / programmer. Works on a freelance basis. Attempts to create musical expression based on semiotics and phonemic structures using signal processing through Max and programming. Among his works are NNNMNMNL released from +MUS; track contribution, visual and art direction for coppe’ (mango + sweetrice); remix for Czech experimental ambient unit “Gurun Gurun” and participation in Bunkai-Kei records’ compilation.

NOEL-KIT | Creates quiet and gorgeous tracks making full use of old-school synthesizers and samplers as well as MAX/MSP programming. As the half of electronic improvisation duo DUB-Russell, he has appeared in events including SonarSound Tokyo and remixed Jeff Mills’ track. Also works as the mechanic of a mysterious and soothing vocaloid girl Funwari-chan and as Tengu Magazine. As a solo artist, he has released In Praise of Shadows (Bunkai-Kei records) that was inspired by Junichiro Tanizaki and the techniques of ink painting as well as Steamfunk and TOKYO NOISE (Bandcamp).

Nyolfen | Started to perform mainly in Tokyo in 2006. His compositions range from electronica, minimal and experimental to piano works. Selected in Ken Ishii Remix Contest on Sound & Recording Magazine in 2009. As the earth dances, his second album released from Denryoku Label in May 2010, was featured in the J-Indies ranking of Tower Records Shibuya, and his conceptual EP fourpoles released from Bunkai-Kei records in June 2011 was acclaimed internationally. In 2012, he released his third album Pulse (PROGRESSIVE FOrM) in July, Eclipse EP (Denryoku Label) and contributed tracks to a collaboration project by Bunkai-Kei records and Intel Gridplay in November.

Phasma | Released Mirage EP from Bunkai-Kei records in June 2011. In addition to the sound design for Gridplay — A Social Music Playground Powered by Intel® and participation as a featured artist in kidkanevil’s album My Little Ghost released from PROJECT MOONCIRCLE, Berlin, he has contributed a number of tracks and remixes for compilations. Also actively performing live, he has appeared in such events as OUT OF DOTS, CHANNEL, 2.5D and RAINBOW DISCO CLUB. Currently a mechanic of Funwari-chan, a project with NOEL-KIT. Funwari-chan has released seven EPs and one album, thrown a release party at SuperDeluxe, performed in SADD SOUND in Taipei, composed for UNIQLO CSR MOVIE, collaborated with earth music & ecology Japan Label, remixed for Buffalo Daughter and produced music of an exhibition by hatra, a hoodie brand.

Marina Rosenfeld | A composer and artist based in New York. She has created large-scale works at the intersection of performance, installation and music composition since the mid-nineties, including a noted series of conceptual “orchestras” and a customized P.A. system that she has composed for and deployed in monumental sites internationally, from New York’s Park Avenue Armory to Western Australia’s Midland Railways Workshops. A pianist and composer by training, Rosenfeld has also performed as an experimental turntablist since the late-nineties, working mostly with hand-crafted dub plates, alongside collaborators from Christian Marclay to Warrior Queen to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Rosenfeld’s work has been presented at numerous biennials, festivals, and museums, including solo projects for NY’s Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum (including Whitney Biennials 2002 and 2008), Stedlijk Museum, Tate Modern, and Wien Modern, SPOR, Vancouver and Holland festivals, among many others. She teaches at Bard College, where she has co-chaired the MFA in Music/Sound since 2007.

hiromi sunaga | Electronic music / video artist living in Berlin. Started analog recording and video production in 2007, working mainly in Tokyo. Produces acoustic works that utilize places / open spaces, where ambient sounds and drones exist, with her theme of “reflecting on the acoustic memory, overlapping and melting beauty.” Hosted an ambient event called “Shadow of Stars” at an old church in the suburbs in May 2011. Took part in Hz-records’ compilation album amorphous in 2012 and BULLET’S 15th Anniversary! compilation 02 in 2014. Currently planning to release a LP from a Japanese label CMFLG.

James Talambas | A composer, producer, dj, and installation artist. He owns and operates New Media Recordings, a production company and creative venue on the south side of Fort Worth. Talambas does original scores and sound design for a number of films, and has recorded, produced, programmed, and arranged for a variety of local, national and international artists in a myriad of genres. Talambas consistently employs technology, improvisation and space into the pieces he composes, creating site specific, and musician specific electro-acoustic works.

TOKiMONSTA | Los Angeles native, TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) is known for her unique take on indie electronic / r&b / dance music. Her classical upbringing and eclectic music taste has allows her to create vast textural soundscapes — a reverberation that fuses vintage sensibilities with progressive inclinations. She is notably the first female to join Flying Lotus’ crew / label BRAINFEEDER, and has been featured on various large-scale radio programs such as: BBC Radio1 (UK), NPR (USA), BBC World Service (UK), J Wave (JP), Studio Brussels (BE), Radio Nova (FR), KCRW (LA) to name a few. Subsequently, DJ Mag, Pitchfork, The Guardian, XLR8R, Paper, LA Times, Dazed and Confused, SPIN, Wax Poetics, MTV, VIBE, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Sound and Recording and more have covered her. LA Weekly ranked her as 2010’s #1 female DJ in Los Angeles, and Resident Adviser did a full feature on her for their “Breaking Through.” Her performance is engaging as well as intricate — using new technology with pieces of musical and multimedia gear. Some notable past performance occasions were: Red Bull Music Academy in London, the first electronic music themed train tour Full Flex Express, Golden Voices’ first ocean cruise festival SS Coachella, Sonar Barcelona, DEMF, WMC, Electric Zoo, SxSW, Camp Bisco and Decibel Festival. Currently she is on Fovere Tour across North America.