Going through the lineup right now (paused at Lucrecia Dalt). Random thoughts below.
Really loving Faten Kanaan’s stuff, whom I haven’t heard of before. Kinda newage-y, circling synths, very organic, kind of all over the place timbraly.
I’m excited to see GAS, hopefully with a big, fancy sound system.
There seems to be some interesting ZZK-related stuff and other Central/South American dance music, which I’ll probably check out some of (Debit and Ela Minus who I’ve come across so far). I’m not a big dance music person, but I don’t think I’ll get the opportunity to see a lot of this stuff again, based on geography.
Aaron Dilloway’s latest record on spotify sounds kind of like experimental noise with pop elements. I think this kind of thing can be interesting and engaging live.
Airspace was interesting drone and the blurb said it will include analog visuals of some sort.
Craig Leon seems like some classic electronic pioneer I had never heard of before. Sounded cool to me.
Lucrecia Dalt’s record Anticlines is good. Kind of experimental percussive stuff on top of spoken word.
Kelly Moran is a pianist composer I didn’t know about. The spotify blurb said she played with OPN. The stuff I heard kind of sounds like Tim Hecker to me (so not just straight piano, but like processed and ambient stuff).
Eli Kessler sounded like Flying Lotus or music on Brainfeeder, but a little more composer-y, if that makes sense.
Dorit Chrysler sounds like cold wave music with theremin (which the bio said she is well-known for).
Drum & Lace’s music seems sort of “Lines-y” to me. Kind of IDM glitchy beats with drone-y orchestral-ish stuff on top.
Lightbath’s music I like, he does ambient modular stuff.
