bernard gal

The Austrian artist, composer and musicologist Bernhard Gal has become internationally known as one of the most prolific sound artists of a younger generation. During the past ten years Gal has created around 50 sound installations and media art projects, combining sound, light, objects, spatial concepts and video projections into intense and often site-specific interdisciplinary art works. He also composes music for acoustic instruments and electro-acoustic music, as well as performing live as a (laptop) musician.

audrey chen

is a chinese-american musician and performance artist born outside of chicago in 1976. using the cello, voice and analog electronics, chenŐs work focuses on the combination and layering of traditional and extended techniques. a large component of her music is improvised and her approach to this is often extremely personal and visceral. her performance work incorporates sound, movement and simple visual/sculptural concepts. chen performs solo and in collaboration with a wide number of musicians and dancers. some current projects include duos with gianni gebbia, tatsuya nakatani, alessandro bosetti and nate wooley. the SILO trio with nate wooley and leonel kaplan. and Trockeneis with andy hayleck, dan breen, catherine pancake and paul neidhardt. chen has performed in europe, russia, australia, new zealand, china, japan, taiwan and the USA. She is currently based in Baltimore, MD USA where she is member of the red room and high zero collective, an on-going series and festival devoted to experimental music.

byran eubanks

is originally from the Pacific Northwest of the US. He works with the Soprano Saxophone and an electronic instrument incorporating open-circuits and samplers. He has presented concerts across the US and Europe in real-time and improvised settings. He has collaborated extensively with Joseph Foster, Andrew Lafkas, Jean-Paul Jenkins, Leif Sundstrom (GOD), and Doug Theriault, among others. His solo work is a process-oriented, static music and he is also developing and presenting multi-channel sound installations exploring these themes and materials. He has released recordings on Rasbliutto Recordings, a label he co-founded in 2001, as well as Jyrk, Creative Sources, EMR, and Little Enjoyer. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

joe foster

plays trumpet, electronics, and non-instruments