Myriam Boucher
Sound and video composer, and professor in digital/audiovisual music composition at the Université de Montréal (CA), Myriam Boucher merges the organic and the synthetic in her mesmerizing videomusic installations, immersive projects and audiovisual performances. Her sensitive and polymorphic work explores the intimate dialogue between music, sound and image, transforming everyday landscapes into fantastical, living phenomena. Elements in her skin-tingling pieces can move in synchronization with waves of sound, and very fluidly shift from solid to liquid, fragment to flood, plastic to plasmic. Her research in videomusic composition proposes a classification of image/sound relationships as a building block towards an eventual grammar of the genre. Boucher approaches video much in the same way as she did music composition, through a visual interface that sees her fleshing out digital timelines. Her research work is published by Routledge (UK).
Her research-creation activities integrate musical composition, improvisation, deep listening, sound ecology, site-specific creation and immersive experiences. Her research aims to understand and analyze the mechanisms of perception in audiovisual works and multidisciplinary concerts integrating sound, music, image, and performers, with the perspective that art is a practice capable of transforming reality and generating new forms of sensitive representations.
Jean-David Caillouët
Jean-David Caillouët is a French sound and visual artist. Mixing the old with the new, his work often combines together various disciplines such as film, music (acoustic & electronic), choreography and poetry in a live performance context.
He has performed internationally, playing well respected festivals such as Celtic Connections, the Edinburgh Fringe, , BEAST in the UK, the Big Mountain festival in Thailand or KLEX, SPECTRA and Sounbridge in Malaysia. As an instrumentalist and producer, he has collaborated with artists as varied as the composers Kimho Ip from Hong Kong, the multi instrumentalist Anant Narkkong, the composer pianist Anothai Nitibhon, Maestro Kee Yong Chong in Malaysia, Cape Coast based musician Kwesi Quayson, the acclaimed Scottish Indie band Aberfeldy and the Celtic singer Heather MacLeod, the artists from Panda Records in Thailand and the violinist poet Hayne Kim.
In 2014, He co-curated AS(EAR)N, an interactive installation project celebrating the rich cultural diversity of Southeast Asia from a sonic perspective. Exploring the boundaries between tradition and innovation, many of his recent projects combine thematic audio-visual collages with the new aesthetics of digital media. He currently lectures in music composition, multimedia and production at PGVIM in Bangkok,Thailand.
M. Hario Efenur
M. Hario Efenur is a composer, researcher, and multi-instrumentalist of Minangkabau ethnicity who resides in Lasi, West Sumatra. He produces a diverse range of musical works, spanning from body music to experimental music.
Hario founded the music group Candasuara, inspired by Silek, the traditional martial art of Minangkabau. Through this group, he explores and composes the body sounds in Silek into new, more performative and interactive music compositions. By integrating aesthetic, kinesthetic, and social interaction elements in every performance, Hario aims to provoke critical thought about the role of the body as a source of sound and artistic expression.
Hario is also involved in various collaborative projects that combine music and visual arts, as well as delving into the application of technology in music composition. His works have been showcased on national and international stages, reaffirming his contribution to contemporary music development while expanding the discourse on cultural identity.
Rani Jambak
Rani Jambak is a composer, producer, instrument designer and vocalist of Minangkabau descent from Medan. She explores electronic music and soundscape collected in various places in Indonesia. Rani’s musical works often talk about nature, socio-cultural and the relationship between humans and their ancestors through soundscapes. Her latest project, #FUTUREANCESTOR, is her way of finding her cultural identity as Minangkabau, tracing her traces of Minangkabau ancestry and nature. This project developed into designing an instrument called Kincia Aia, a traditional water wheel with pestles from Minangkabau and collaborative research with Naskah Sumatra from SOAS University of London to interpret Tambo Alam Minangkabau, a Minangkabau Manuscript from late 18th century.
In 2018, Rani launched an annual project the #FORMYNATURE, an environmental campaign through music and collaboration with Environmental NGOs such as PPLH Bohorok and Orangutan Haven.
Mwen
Mwen has been working creatively with sound as an artist, producer, composer, DJ and session musician for a number of years. More recently Mwen’s creative output expanded to include sound design and composing for theatre, live performance and film. Mwen’s creative practice melds the worlds of music technology, electronic music, live sound and performance.
Mwen’s compositions and productions have received airplay on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6, XFM, NTS, Rinse FM, been supported by DJs including Rob da Bank, Mary Anne Hobbs and Tom Robinson, and synced to TV and fashion film.
Currently, Mwen is based in London and DJs regularly on the London club scene. Mwen is also in-house Ableton tutor at Hub16 Studios in East London and a tutor at The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP).
In 2023/24, Mwen was an artist in residence at the University of Birmingham’s Music Department Sounding Change Artist Residency Programme.
Jim Osman
Jim Osman (Soborgnost) performs sci-fi dance punk at the intersection of minimal wave, disco dub, industrial, proto-house, drone, and noise.
Using a hardware sampler to emulate dub mixing and looping post-punk-style basslines with chuggy, lo-fi beats, the project adds warped analogue textures through cassette tape manipulation, electromagnetic frequency transmitters, shortwave radio, harsh noise generators, and dub sirens.
After debuting at last year’s BEAST/Sounding Change event, Soborgnost returns with a new iteration. Past performances include Café OTO and Supernormal Festival, with upcoming appearances at Acid Horse and Braille Satellite.
Otto Sidharta
Otto Sidharta is a composer of electronic music from Bandung – Indonesia, whose work explores the blending of the sounds of Indonesia and elements of traditional Indonesian music into electronic works.
His work frequently explores the relationship between sound and its environment, reflecting his long-held interest in field recordings. Sidharta has been involved in various projects that aim to highlight the cultural significance of sound in Indonesia, often recording in remote areas to capture unique acoustic ecosystems.
In addition to his compositions, Sidharta has served as an educator, sharing his knowledge of music theory, composition, and sound exploration with students. His studies abroad, particularly in Amsterdam, have enriched his musical perspective, allowing him to combine local traditions with international techniques. Sidharta has formerly served as Chairman for the Music Committee of Jakarta Art Council and the Indonesian Composers Association,
His portfolio of compositions also includes orchestral works, chamber music, and pieces that utilise traditional instruments, showcasing his versatile approach to sound.
Through his music, he emphasises cultural heritage, experimentation, and a deep appreciation for the auditory landscape.
Trevor Wishart
TREVOR WISHART: (b 1946) Composer/performer from the North of England specialising in sound metamorphosis, and constructing the software to make it possible (Sound Loom / CDP). He has lived and worked as composer-in-residence in Australia, Canada, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Mexico and the USA.
He creates music with his own voice, for professional groups, or in imaginary worlds conjured up in the studio. His recent work “The Garden of Earthly Delights” (2021) is a darkly comic take on the human situation using the voices of actors, singers and politicians.
He is also the principle developer of music processing software for the Composer’s Desktop Project. His aesthetic and technical ideas are described in the books On Sonic Art, Audible Design and Sound Composition.
In 2008 he was awarded the international Giga-Herz Grand prize for his life’s work, and in 2018 the British Association of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) Award for Innovation.