Slaylor Moon, nqthqn, Ayami Suzuki

Slaylor Moon (Canada/France)A former neuroscientist turned artist and musician, Sydney Koke (Calgary, Canada) is currently based in Paris, France. As a founding member of goth band Tristwch Y Fenywod and experimental improv collective Two Form a Click, she previously performed in experimental punk band Shearing Pinx and grunge band The Courtneys (Flying Nun, Waterslide Records, etc). In her experimental electronic project Slaylor Moon, she creates improvised compositions via intuitive abstraction of DIY samples and loops using DJ software and manipulated vocals. Her influences include musique concrete, experimental electronic music, old school rave, 70s industrial, noise rock, queer punk, and above all, no wave. For fans of Excepter, Sightings, Ruth White, Cabaret Voltaire, Drainolith, AWOTT, etc.https://mapledeathrecords.bandcamp.com/album/zone-of-pure-resistance==================================nqthqn (Australia/France)this solo guitar exploration finally asks the question, “well what if travis went out into the desert but never actually came back”?ry cooder twangs start to melt, warp, bend and fall apart into a pile of dead bones for the vultures to chew on as the narrative changes turns like a tumbleweed and landscape morphs into unfamiliar dream/nightmare terrain.No water. No hope. No growth.The rules are simple: No effects, clean, finding and unfinding sound in thesame space..Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Loren Connors, US Maple unplugged, Nina Garcia, Patrick Lombe, Mai Mai, Li Jianhong, John Fahey etcyou know the drill.. this is the oil.ROYA BLUES ABSTRAIT.==================================Ayami Suzuki (Japan)Ayami Suzuki is a Tokyo-based musician, artist and improviser. Her practice revolves around creating ambient soundscapes that incorporate her folk influences in a synthesis of songwriting and improvisation. Since returning to Tokyo in 2019 after several years of studies in Ireland and the UK, she has become an active performer, collaborator and solo artist. Her recent releases for Lontano Series, Healing Sound Propagandist, Ftarri and Cosima Pitz showcase her singular approach to vocal ambient music, often fusing her ethereal vocals with environmental sounds in a way that feels formless, immersive and expansive all at once.https://ayamisuzuki.jp/