Data Cult Audio

About:

The Waveskania project was created in the summer of 2019 by Ukrainian electronic DIY producer Katerina Yan. Her music resides at the junction of various genres. These influences includie intelligent techno, ambient, drone and electronica.

When creating her music, Katerina makes it a priority to research the various sources of sound. She examines their nature, their interaction and impact on the operation of the brain. She does this by scanning, sampling and running spectral analysis of environmental sounds, acoustic and electronic instruments, radio-noises, various software with subsequent DSP-processing. By doing so she has created of unique sound catalogs.

Links:

https://soundcloud.com/waveskania

https://www.facebook.com/waveskania

https://www.instagram.com/waveskania/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTWKGxQ6X7CWhEIizS1pMgQ

About:

Doll is the solo Power Electronics project of Xayla Daisy from Phoenix, AZ. Harsh, deeply personal, slow moving electronics with a focus on S&M, transgender sexuality, mental illness, and vanity.

lovedoll.bandcamp.com

Daisyelectronics.bandcamp.com

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Sarah Belle Reid is a performer-composer who plays trumpet, modular synthesizer, and an ever-growing collection of handcrafted electronic instruments. Her unique musical voice explores the intersections between contemporary classical, experimental and interactive electronics, noise music, and improvisation. She has been recognized for her innovative work in expanding the "possibilities of the humble trumpet into new territory by the application of innovative sensing technology and sound processing” (Sequenza 21), including the development of her augmented trumpet, called MIGSI. Reid's debut album for trumpet and interactive electronics, "Underneath and Sonder," was released on pfMENTUM in October, 2019. 

Links:

Bandcamp: https://sarahbellereid.bandcamp.com/

Patreon: https://patreon.com/sarahbellereid

Website: https://sarahbellereid.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/sarahbellereid

Youtube: https://youtube.com/sarahbellereid

About:

From the Bay and now in LA Ricky Tinez finds his inspiration in the late night underground scene. Taking inspiration from the warehouse district his deep house records can instantly show it through their sound & texture.

Links:

https://rickytinez.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/rickytinez

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4OAAbxtB6QEKaTDb-SEe-Q

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2DvaNQDOAnhR1MXCFF7T98?autoplay=true&v=A

About:

Kitty Spit is a well-known performer in the underground modular synthesizer scene in LA. Kitty Spit aka Skyler King is a life-long multi-instrumentalist (guitar, drums, bass & keyboards), who fell in love with electronic music at a young age, inspired by his father. Growing up playing with drum machines, synthesizer & effects pedals, the natural progression lead into modular synthesis & has become a main staple in his everyday life.

Links:

www.soundcloud.com/kittyspit

INSTAGRAM - @kittyspit

About:

Gabriella Isaac is a computer musician from Phoenix, Arizona whose work explores and creates physical ways of engaging with digital sound. Her background in classical piano and personal interest in punk music led her to study Digital Culture at ASU's School of Arts, Media + Engineering. She studied the computational creation of digital sound and received both her B.A. (2016) and M.A. (2018) from the program. Her current work uses the audio feedback loop that occurs between the microphone and speaker of her laptop as a source of musical material and as a physical point of engaging with the sound itself. “

Links:

https://soundcloud.com/gabriella-isaac

http://www.gabbyisaac.com

About:

Chris Meyer first learned how to play modular synthesizers as a teenager in the 1970s. He went on to be an engineer at Sequential Circuits (where he created Vector Synthesis), Digidesign, Marion Systems (Tom Oberheim), and Roland R&D US, teach synthesis at UCLA Extension, and write for magazines including Music Technology and Keyboard. More recently, he started Learning Modular as a way to teach others how to use modular synthesizers, and co-wrote the recent modular synthesis book Patch & Tweak with Kim Bjørn.

Chris freely mixes samples and synthesis, creating a hybrid blend of electronic music with influences from world music and spoken word. He previously released the ensemble album “Alias Zone: Lucid Dreams”, which won the AFIM award for best independent electronic instrumental/ambient album of 2002. After a long detour in the video and film industry, he is now making music again, both as a solo artist and with the ensemble Meridian Alpha. 

His Data Cult Audio set consists of a series of solo works Chris performed on his modular-based live performance system. There are four distinct sections:

00:00 Sleepless in Niger

11:45 Buddha of Compassion

24:43 The Train to Berlin

34:30 I Have Tried

The solo on “I Have Tried” was played by Jim Coker of Meridian Alpha.

Links:

https://learningmodular.com/

https://www.youtube.com/learningmodular

About:

Patrick O'Brien POB is a modular synth performer in Los Angeles. Patrick grew up outside of St. Louis, classically trained on both piano and trumpet, which comes through in his melodic performances. He's DJed in clubs, worked in radio and is currently working in television. He's part of the Modular on the Spot LA team and performs live regularly along the west coast. You can catch his performances, jams and demo videos on his social channels.

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/obrienmedia

https://www.instagram.com/pobenergy

https://www.bandcamp.com/pobenergy

https://www.soundcloud.com/pobenergy

https://pobenergy.bandcamp.com

About:

This Digital Landscape is comprised of Brooklyn-based artist, Trevor Clark and his Eurorack Modular System. He creates music for the long-winded listener and evokes deep contemplations through pounding rhythms and ever evolving digital and analog soundscapes. His debut album The Face You Wear // Is Not Your Own is available digitally and on cassette via Bandcamp.

In a modular system, as in life, moments are unique in and of themselves. A charge, turn, or push causes catastrophic reactions that disappear as quickly as they came. A modular system makes recreating performances nearly impossible, resulting in a unique performance each time it is interacted with. These tracks are a collection of moments captured within the modular system.

The first half of this set is inspired by David Foster Wallace’s 1996 novel Infinite Jest and the parabolic nature in which the plot unfolds, but ultimately does not resolve. The beginning and end are chaotic and mirror one another, while the middle is more sparse, but contains the true essence of the piece.

Links:

https://thisdigitallandscape.bandcamp.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwE_FoNLDdMOeQTkWwfKDZA

About:

Dudadius is the electronic project of scoring composer, Bryan Rheude. He calls it Electro Humanism, even if we’re not entirely sure what the hell that means. There’s an undercurrent of cinematic vibes to his music, probably owing to Rheude’s day job creating scores for film, tv, and adverts. The Dudadius releases under the Collisions Minimal series are one-off modular performances, the others are traditional productions using a combination of modular synths and vintage poly synths; bringing it all together in Ableton. During the last couple years he has focused on performing live with his

modular—driven by some of the Monome devices—including a real hoot at Moogfest this last spring. Dudadius also maintains an active Youtube channel, including a new series called Circuits with Feelings that features a combination of interviews and technical deep dives.

Links:

https://dudadius.bandcamp.com

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOrNss1QKPXC-ZFpm_YFIiTRU8gAnXL3x

https://open.spotify.com/artist/476BOCuCceYJUmKCETcEtYsi=J7F1tUJfQUWaqD3ThtgPbA

http://www.beekermusic.com

https://www.instagram.com/dudadius/