August 17th at the Red Room! 10 bucks!
Matthew Ryals (he, him) is an award winning synthesist and composer-improviser based in New York, NY. Primarily working with a modular synthesizer, his music encompasses improvisation, generative composition, chance, cybernetics, unfixed forms, and experiments in manifold archiving. His uniquely tactile approach to the modular synthesizer embraces unusual & extended techniques. Recent accolades include receiving a ’22-’23 New Music USA Award & ’21 IEA Electronic Media Residency.
Matthew has released on Oxtail Recordings, sound as language, SØVN, 3OP, dingn\dents, & other labels. He’s the co-curator of the Brooklyn-based experimental music series, Artifact.Cleveland-based harpist, improviser, and composer, Stephan Haluska (he/they) draws from the instrument’s unique textural, percussive, and physical qualities. Through an advanced vocabulary of extended techniques, preparations, and electronics, Stephan seeks new ways to expand his sound palette, as heard on releases on Infrequent Seams and Constellation Tatsu. As managing director, Stephan leads Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP), dedicated to strengthening the artistic engagement of the Northeast Ohio community by championing the creation and performance of new and experimental music. Stephan is on faculty at Case Western Reserve University, where he teaches digital music composition.
Opening for them, Mike Allender live in quadrophonic with projections by John Gillis.
