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Steven Bernstein is a trumpeter/slide trumpeter, bandleader, arranger, and composer who lives outside of musical convention. He has released critically acclaimed CDs

Ikue Mori moved from her native city of Tokyo to New York in 1977. She started playing drums and soon joined the seminal no wave band DNA, with fellow noise pioneers Arto Lindsay and Tim Wright. DNA enjoyed legendary cult status, while creating a new brand of radical rhythms and dissonant sounds; forever altering the face of rock music. In the mid 80’s Ikue started in employ drum machines in the unlikely context of improvised music. While limited to the standard technology provided by the drum machine, she has never the less forged her own highly sensitive signature style.

John King can refer to at least three artists: 1) a composer of contemporary classical and avant garde music:
http://www.johnkingmusic.com/site/home.html
http://www.myspace.com/johnkingmusic 2) the lead guitarist for American rock band The Litter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Litter 3) a Canadian guitarist, also known as Papa John King; longtime associate of Long John Baldry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_King

Lukas Ligeti is a composer and percussionist. His work incorporates elements of jazz, contemporary classical, and various world musics. Lukas Ligeti was born in Vienna, Austria into a remarkable artistic family with ancestors such as violinist Leopold Auer (teacher of Heifetz and Milstein), architect/designer Marcel Breuer, and, of course, his father, the great composer György Ligeti. Lukas himself focused on writing and science during his school years, taking up the drums only after graduating from high school.