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Piotr Kurek (aka P.Qrek / Piętnastka; of Ślepcy / Suaves Figures / Abrada) is a Polish composer and musician, working and living in Warsaw. P. studied classical piano and played drums but is best known for his activity in dance theater and electronic music. Collaborated with various record labels including Ambush (London), Kool.POP (Berlin), Cock Rock Disco (Berlin), Klangkrieg (Berlin), Unknown Public (London), Crónica (Porto) and of course Sangoplasmo (Warsaw). Enthusiastic collector of all-size instruments and vintage studio equipment. Read more on Last.fm

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Yara Asmar is a Beirut-based musician, visual artist and puppet-maker. Yara incorporates a wide range of eclectic instrumentation into her performances, including the piano, accordion, metallophone and theremin. Read more on Last.fm

Georgian electronic music producer. https://www.facebook.com/RezoGlontiAuxField https://soundcloud.com/rezoglonti Read more on Last.fm

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Joshua Marquez is a Philadelphia-based Filipino-American composer, improviser, and sound artist whose music explores the liminal space between tone/noise and digital/analog as a means to investigate the complexities and duality of Asian American identity in search of connection during a diaspora. Searing a sonic imprint of cultural identity, his explorations of the noise spectrum represent alienation and assimilation through the fusion and fission of disparate timbres. Read more on Last.fm

Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles, who is perhaps best known for his extensive and incredibly intense work with the saxophone. Read more on Last.fm

Martyna Basta is a Krakow, Poland-based artist known for her diaristic sound that creates a delicate atmosphere blending lush and haunting elements. Classically trained in guitar, she left formal music education at the age of 18 and began focusing on synthesizers instead. Her approach to composition incorporates modulated voice, electronics, and field recordings. Her debut album, "Making Eye Contact with Solitude," released on the Slovak label Warm Winters, marked her as part of a new wave in the European experimental music scene. Read more on Last.fm

LA-based harpist & composer. As the daughter of a Belizean pastor, Hunter began her musical journey in the church where she played drums, guitar and sang in the choir. She continued on to study music at CalArts, where she studied vocal performance and was given her first harp lesson. Associating the instrument with fantasy, psychedelia, and dream worlds, Hunter became an immediate devotee, locking herself in a room for six hours a day to practice the instrument. Read more on Last.fm