Ryosuke Kiyasu (Tokyo, Japan) is an internationally acclaimed snare drum soloist, active since 2003. He has performed in 60+ countries, energetically displaying deconstruction of the drummer and the instrument.
Globe Discount Center (Shanghai, China): Consumer-gear driven AV failures. Cables lead nowhere or don’t get plugged in. Things break. There are voices.
Toothsayer (Seattle): Quartet combining two duos, Strange Bedfellows and Till the Teeth.
Strange Bedfellows are found in the crawlspace between ancestral ritual and becoming the inner child who just wants to play with toys and friends. A duo linking Adam Levitt and Silas Morrow, formed over a close friendship that turned into practice sessions. Strange Bedfellows makes use of saxophone, flute, violin, percussion, synthesizer, metal objects, toys, found discarded objects, and small consumer electronics. Most objects have been passed on or gifted by loved ones and everything else was discovered in random but significant heartfelt circumstances.
Till the Teeth is an interdisciplinary art collective founded by Jonathan Rodriguez and Sandesh Nagaraj. Grounded in the cultural and contested landscapes of the U.S.-Mexico border and southern India, Till the Teeth serves as a lens for framing sonic and spatial ecologies, using improvisation, ritual, and metamorphosis as central methodologies. Their practice embraces a rasquachismo ethic—making do with available resources—alongside experimental approaches that interrogate the boundaries of music, performance, and art-making. By activating found objects, field recordings, and reimagined instruments, Till the Teeth explores sound as an unpredictable, ephemeral, and communal medium for resistance and renewal.