Batuhan Bozkurt (*1983) is a sound artist, computer programmer, performer, and designer of digital sound instruments based in Istanbul. www.earslap.com
Bryce Dessner (* 1976 in Cincinnati, OH, based in New York City) is a music curator and contributing composer for The Morning Line. He performs regularly as the guitarist for the rock band The National and has received widespread acclaim as a composer and guitarist for the improvising new music quartet, Clogs. David Sheppard is a sound designer, performer and composer. He is based in London where his partnership Sound Intermedia with composer Ian Dearden, is recognized as an important force in contemporary music production. Evan Ziporyn (* 1959 in Chicago) is a Composer / clarinetist. He is a founding member of the Bang on a Can All-stars, with whom he has toured the globe since 1992. He redefined the clarinet with his 2001 solo CD, “This Is Not A Clarinet.”
Cevdet Erek is a conceptual artist and musician from Istanbul (*1974). Member of ITÜ-MIAM and Nekropsi, appears as Cev Edit in beat based projects.
Mark Fell (* 1966 in South Yorkshire, based in Sheffield, UK) is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator of and researcher in contemporary computer music. Working primarily with computer systems, he produces installations, performances and recorded works that combine interests in philosophy and mathematics. www.markfell.com Roc Jiménez de Cisneros (* 1975 in Barcelona, where he lives and works) is an artist and composer. Since 1996 he is the core of computer music project EVOL. www.vivapunani.org
Ghostitigal, founded 2003, is the musical work of Einar Örn Benediktsson (*1962 in Reykjavík) and Curver (*1976). The duo is notorious for its genre-mix of abstract hip-hop, industrial, noise-electronica and jazz.
Bruce Gilbert (* 1946 in Watford / England) is a guitarist and one of the founding members of the experimental art-punk band Wire and a much recognized member of the experimental noise music scene. From 1991 onwards, Gilbert started concentrating on solo projects as an independent sound artist.
Carl Michael von Hausswolff (*1956 in Linköping, Sweden) has, since the end of the 1970s, worked as a composer using the tape recorder as his main instrument and as a conceptual visual artist working with performance art, light- and sound installations and photography.
Forian Hecker (* 1975 in Augsburg / Germany, based in Kissing and Vienna) is a music curator and contributing composer for The Morning Line. Working in performance, studio and installation, he frequently collaborates with academic researchers in auditory perception and computer music, as well as with other artists.
Erdem Helvacıoğlu (*1975 in Bursa, Tukrey) is a musician and composer with an international reputation for his electroacoustic music, and the way he combines solo guitar with live electronics. He composes for films, multimedia productions, contemporary dance and theatre, and has been part of the Turkish punk band Rashit.
Jónsi & Alex have been making music together since 2003, and in 2005 the pair started to create the visual art. They are also certified raw food chefs and have the dinky diplomas to prove it.
Mehmet Can Özer (*1981, based in Ankara) is a composer writing for both instruments and electronics. His instrumental compositions are played in many places. www.mehmetcanozer.com
Lee Ranaldo (* 1956 in Glen Cove, Long Island, NY) is a composer, visual artist, writer, and founding member of Sonic Youth.
Yasunao Tone (*1935 in Tokyo), active in the Fluxus movement since 1962 and a participant in music and performance groups such as Group Ongaku, Hi-Red Center, Team Random. Primarily a composer, Tone has worked in many media, creating pieces for electronics, computer systems, film, radio and television, and environmental art.
Chris Watson (* in Sheffield, UK) is a sound recordist with a particular interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and atmospheres. In 1971 he was a founding member of the Sheffield-based experimental music group Cabaret Voltaire. His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. www.chriswatson.net
Thom Willems (* 1955 in Arnheim, NL) predominately creates music for ballet. He works since 1985 with the choreographer William Forsythe, until 2004 with Ballett Frankfurt and from 2004 on with The Forsythe Company.
Jana Winderen (lives and works in Oslo) is a sound artist, curator and producer. She is concerned with finding sound from hidden sources; her work reveals the complexity of the unseen world beneath. www.janawinderen.com
Peter Zinovieff, originally a geologist then a pioneer in electronic music, owned the first private computer music studio. He has worked extensively with many composers and is also known as a designer of synthesizers made by EMS such as the VCS3.