Moss Kissing is a musician, performer and an audiographic researcher based in Lisboa. His live shows draw from a diverse range of sources; dubstep and techno form the basis of his sound and performance art and underground metal infuse his stage presence. Primarily, his work aims to stimulate dancing and movement, acting as a conduit back to the feelings he has experienced in queer spaces, raves and festivals. Self-described as Scott Walker with Breakbeats, there is an element of tongue in cheek in his work, yet he is completely serious. As for production, Moss uses an audiographic approach. Using sounds from his environment and from the people who populate his life, to create ruminated textures that combine with complex rhythms and throbbing bass.
Abdu Ali is a Baltimore based music artist, producer, poet, and multidisciplinary artist who works in sound, video, social practice and performance. Their work often interrogates ideas of race, gender, and sexuality that manifests as poetic inquiries of identity, promoting liberation from oppressive ideologies and encouraging self-determination. Their work also centers promoting authentic Black queer legacies and narratives as our histories are often subjected to distortion and erasure. Performing across the United States and Europe, through their energetic visceral live shows, spiritualizing audiences, they have been anointed as a cosmic, punk, and soulful tempest on stage.
Kamari Carter is a New York-based artist primarily working with sound, video, installation, and performance. His practice circumvents materiality and familiarity through a variety of recording and amplification techniques to investigate notions such as space, systems of identity, oppression, control, and surveillance. Driven by the probative nature of perception and the concept of conversation and social science, he seeks to expand narrative structures through sonic stillness.
Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez likes to make it nice. He plays big big beats. Sometimes he goes too fast, but usually pretty slow. He likes it when things come together. He’s very attached to stuff but he’s working on it. He plays the cello and the computer and writes words. Mostly, he’s a lucky boy. jakesokolovgonzalez.com