Spotlight Floodlight

Spotlight Floodlight is the experimental music project of Peter Adams, a pianist, keyboardist, and electronic musician based in Los Angeles. Originally from Lexington, Massachusetts, Adams has worked as a session keyboardist with notable artists including Rickie Lee Jones, Josh Groban, Tears for Fears, and Belinda Carlisle. Under the Spotlight Floodlight moniker since 2009, his solo work has evolved toward increasingly minimal and experimental compositions, combining felt-treated piano with modular synthesizers, violin, and cello. His recent albums "Aviary" (2024) and "Montebello" (2022) explore the intersection of acoustic piano composition and electronic improvisation, creating contemplative soundscapes that blur the boundaries between traditional and avant-garde music. His modular synthesizer performances have been featured at Desert X, MexSynthCO Guadalajara, and various Los Angeles venues.

Putney Swope

Putney Swope is a Los Angeles-based experimental music artist who released the album "Strange Music For Strange People" in 2023. The project creates unconventional, genre-defying electronic music with surrealist song titles and an eccentric artistic approach.

Mocha Jay

Event organizer, multi instrumentalist, activist, photographer, and college artist. (She/They)

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DISKQ

DISKQ is an la based synth artist and maker who crafts experimental techno music with a focus on dawless performances. inspired by digital culture, nature, and play, she often blends IRL with the virtual, taking her setup outdoors. she’s showcased her work at NAMM, where she introduced the myTRACKS groovebox for kids, and recently live-scored Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare at the Philosophical Research Society. over the years, DISKQ has collaborated with brands such as Novation, Arturia, and Elektron. currently she’s exploring MIDI-based visualizers and 3D-printed prototypes, like the VOIDCAT: midi-reactive cat ears that merge cute aesthetics with analog technology.

StrangeStrains

StrangeStrains (Mario Hernandez) is a Los Angeles-based hip-hop producer, rapper, and visual artist from Pomona, California. Known for his experimental approach that blends beats and rhymes with elements of dub, trip-hop, and psychedelic sounds, he creates music that deliberately evokes "strange or unusual emotions." As a member of the hip-hop collective Murder Van alongside IdeAlone and Ben0rr, StrangeStrains crafts his signature sound using hardware samplers and drum machines, particularly Elektron gear, where he also serves as the US Product Specialist for Elektron Music Machines. His work spans from gritty instrumental hip-hop to genre-blending remixes, with releases available across streaming platforms and Bandcamp.

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