Excepter is an improvised-electronic performance group devoted to the destruction of boundaries between the psychic friends network and reality television. They formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2002.
Lindsey Stirling (b. 21 September 1986 in Orange County, California) is a violinist, dancer and composer based in Utah. A former member of the rock band Stomp on Melvin, Stirling began releasing videos on Youtube in 2007 and in 2010 competed on "America's Got Talent". Her appearance on "America's Got Talent" gained the attention of cinematographer Devin Graham, with whom she has collaborated on several videos since 2010. Her YouTube channel has become extremely popular and has received upwards of 100 million views.
Lyrics Born (a.k.a. Asia Born) is Tom Shimura (b. 1972), originally from Berkeley, California, though through his childhood he lived in Tokyo, Japan, and Salt Lake City, Utah. He began his hip hop career while at college at UC Davis, where he was a DJ at the college station KDVS. He is a founding member of the group of artists known as Quannum Projects. He is also one half of the group Latyrx with fellow MC Lateef The Truth Speaker.
Kevin Drumm is an experimental musician based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Emerging from the city's improvised music scene, in the 1990s he became one the world's pre-eminent prepared guitar players. Years active from 1991. Drumm's work expanded to include electroacoustic compositions and live electronic music made with laptop computers and analog modular synthesizers. He has collaborated with many artists working in similar fields, including Japanese guitarist Taku Sugimoto, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jim O'Rourke...
The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation is the experimental Ambient/Noise/Drone/Jazz alter ego of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, the self-acclaimed
Kisschasy is an Australian alternative rock band formed in Victoria, Australia in 2002. Since forming, their line-up has consisted of lead vocalist Darren Cordeux, bassist Joel Vanderuit, guitarist Sean Thomas, and drummer Karl Ammitzboll. The band has released three studio albums, two of which are gold certified, two extended plays, a documentary DVD and a compilation album in their 7 year career, selling in excess of 90,000 records.
Brian Tichy (born on August 18, 1968 in Denville, New Jersey) is a drummer, guitar player, vocalist and songwriter. Since 2009 he has been the drummer for Foreigner. Tichy began playing drums at age eight and started playing guitar at age 12. His earliest influences include Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Aerosmith, AC/DC and Van Halen. After attending Berklee College of Music from 1986-1990, Tichy has toured/recorded with a multitude of artists including Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne, Seether, Velvet Revolver, Foreigner, Pride & Glory, Glenn Hughes, Sass Jordan and Slash's Snakepit.
'We use Sound and Rhythm as a medium to explore the feeling of fear growing deep inside of you. You'll go through different emotional stages with the analog effects. The drumming will make your heart beat faster:"like in a horror movie when the car won't start, you give it one last try".' Etienne Jaumet: theremin, space echo RE201, toy piano, ARPprodGX, Roland SH101, Prophet 600, 808 Roland...
CosmicNeman: drums, percussions, tape recorder, analog delay Ibanez UE305, toy piano and screaming...
There are at least three bands with the name "Pivot": 1) Pivot (Australia) is equally influenced by synthesizer luminaries Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre, Warp label mates Autechre and the post-punk new wave of Talking Heads. Comprised of Sydney’s brothers Pike, Laurence and Richard, and Perth electronic wunderkind Dave Miller, Pivot’s debut on Warp Records, 'O Soundtrack My Heart' came out in August 2008. The first single ‘In The Blood’ came out in May 2008, followed by 7" tour single and video clip for title track 'O Soundtrack My Heart', October 2008.
Yevgeny Sudbin is already hailed as potentially one of
the greatest pianists of the 21st century - The Daily Telegraph In the midst of a 7-year and 14-album collaboration with BIS Records, his recordings have met with overwhelming critical acclaim. The International Record Review stated that Sudbin's Rachmaninov recording "confirms him as one of the most important pianistic talents of our time.