Lauren Sarah Hayes is a Scottish improviser, sound artist, and scholar who is recognised for her embodied approach to computer music. Her music is a mix of experimental pop/live electronics/techno/noise/free improvisation and has been described as "voracious" and "exhilarating". Her performances stretch, transform, and sculpt sound by manipulating, remixing, and bending voice, drum machines, analogue synths and self-built software live and physically. Her shows are highly gestural, exploring the ephemeral and fragile relationships between sounds, spaces, and audiences. Over nearly two decades, she has developed and honed her live electronics improvisation system, an instrument that allows her to playfully navigate between the realms of responsiveness and unpredictability in both her solo performances and numerous collaborations.

Jerod S. Rivera is a musician based in Oakland, California, with a focus on modular synthesis and electronics. With a background in drums and experimental composition, Rivera approaches his work in a do-it-yourself mentality and is completely self-taught. In 2021, Rivera self-released his debut full-length album, Virgo, which was held to critical acclaim. During the pandemic, Rivera teamed up with Daniel Letson, aka DJML/Motoko & Myers, and formed Later Version. In 2023, Later Version partnered with Third Place Records in London to release the Swim Domain EP. In 2025, Rivera embarks on a new chapter with his work, self-releasing his sophomore album, Dot Dash. In Dot Dash, Rivera takes his sound a step further, adding new methods of working and collaboration. The lead single, “Seamstress Clock,” features the poetry of Cat Lauigan, the Buchla 200e, and various vintage synth textural motifs. The track draws inspiration from Robert Ashley, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Jay Clayton.

Claude Monet is the newest of many projects Los Angeles based musician Albert Peacock IV has presented in the Californian musical underground over the last decade. While Peacock is best known for their work in post-rock outfit Punxsutawney, Claude Monet was born from the ashes of the notorious Santa Cruz audio/visual duo Volvo240DL (featuring Peacock and SF-based artist Grace Cofrancesco), as well as Peacock’s prior solo noise moniker, KittyNinetyEight. This work as Claude Monet paints an even darker picture of mental and political decay through a violent, absurdist and, at times, humorous lens. Using found sound composition, field recording and a fleet of half-broken tape machines and microphones , cohesive yet frantic compositions begin to emerge and self-destruct in real time.