“AUTECHRE GUITAR IS ELEGANT AND CRYSTALLINE, A SET OF FASCINATING MINIATURES COMPOSED OF UNEXPECTED LINKS AND GAPS. IT’S AS CONFOUNDING AND CRAFTED AS AN ESCHER STAIRCASE.”
— DEREK WALMSLEY, THE WIRE

Shane Parish is a guitarist, composer, improviser, and interpreter whose work focuses on the translation of music across traditions, canons, and technologies. Known for his precise and expressive fingerstyle technique and his nuanced approach to transcription, Parish treats interpretation as a compositional practice, using existing works as material for structural and sonic transformation.

Wes Tirey is an Asheville-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, and collagist. His work has been critically praised by the likes of KEXP, No Depression, Uncut UK, and The Guardian. His latest album, "Wes Tirey Sings Selected Works of Billy the Kid," puts music and melody to a selection of poems from Michael Ondaatje's novel in verse "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid."

Bernard Welt’s poetry has appeared in art catalogs, and anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2001 and 2025, and many journals, including The Antioch Review, gargoyle, Allium, ROOF, and Sun & Moon. His poetry has appeared on course syllabi in North America, the UK, and Australia. His latest project is the text integrated in artist Colby Caldwell’s garlands (115) unfurled, an installation at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, on display through 2026.