Manuel Mesquita, active since the mid-90s, sabotaging the rules just enough to remain unreadable. 💾

Vincent Eoppolo (Ioppolo) is an American composer from Wilmington, Delaware. Initially trained as both a Classical and Jazz guitarist, Eoppolo began composing and recording electronic music in the early 1980’s shortly after the development of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) and the introduction of affordable home computers and recording equipment. During the 1980-90’s Eoppolo’s fixed media compositions were regularly featured on university new music radio programs in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region. Additionally, Eoppolo’s works received recognition in music publications Keyboard Magazine and Computer Music Journal. In recent years, Eoppolo’s fixed media works have been presented at the New York City Electro-Acoustic Music Festival, Mise_En Place New Music Festival in Brooklyn, Utopie Sonore in Nantes, France and De Natura Sonorum in Rome, Italy. Eoppolo’s compositions have been released by Moscow based independent music label Meticulous Midgets and his works are regularly featured on new music radio and internet programs throughout Europe and North America.

Eoppolo’s music is available on all major streaming platforms such as Spotify, ITunes, YouTube and Amazon as well as Soundcloud.

Sangwon Lee, a composer and educator, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music Composition and Theory, augmented by a cognate field in Sound Design, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His academic journey commenced with a Master of Music degree in Music Composition from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he graduated with academic honors.

Throughout his academic and professional endeavors, Lee has garnered significant acclaim, receiving accolades such as recognition from esteemed competitions like the Musica Viva Electroacoustic Composition Competition in Portugal, the Destellos Electroacoustic Music Composition Competition in Argentina, the Ars Electronica Forum Wallis Selection in Switzerland, the 2 Agosto Composition Competition in Italy, the Frederic Mompou Award in Spain, the JURGENSON Composition Competition in Russia, the American Prize in the USA and Luigi Russolo Award in France. His compositions have graced renowned events worldwide, including the San Francisco Tape Music Festival, MA/IN Festival, Atemporanea Festival, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and SEAMUS conference, among others.

KOSTADIS is the experimental solo project of Kostadis Michail.  Spine-chilling soundscapes created by modular electronics, DIY junk contact mics, voices and ribbon devices. His multi-instrumentalism abilities have shredded via different bands like Lost Bodies, Wham Jah + Acid Baby Jesus

João Castro Pinto is a Portuguese sound artist, composer and sound designer interested in the art of composing silence with sounds.
    
He has graduated in Philosophy at the New University of Lisbon (F.C.S.H.) and is currently finishing a Ph.D. in Computer Music @ U.C.P. / C.I.T.A.R. - Research Centre for Science and Technology of the Arts.

João Castro Pinto is a composer released and endorsed by MISO MUSIC PORTUGAL's - MIC.PT (Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre) & MISO RECORDS.

João Castro Pinto’s sound work ranges between: field recordings / soundscape composition, dense droning, noise, electroacoustic, acousmatic & experimental electronic genres. 

J. Castro Pinto attended masterclasses in electroacoustic music composition with Francis Dhomont, François Bayle, Barry Truax, John Chowning, Simmon Emmerson, Trevor Wishart, Morton Subotnick, Annette Vande Gorne, Adrian Moore, etc...

His music has been distinguished and awarded in prestigious acousmatic music competitions, such as Banc D’Essai at INA-GRM (Selected Artist, France, 2016), Destellos (2nd Prize, Argentina, 2024), Métamorphoses (Belgium, Finalist, 2024), MA / IN (Italy, Finalist, 2024), among others. Castro Pinto was also distinguished with several national awards, including the “Jovens Criadores 99” competition (music section) and the Ernesto de Sousa Fellowship 2001 (8th recipient of the fellowship). International distinctions include several artistic residencies.

João Castro Pinto has presented his works in over 60 festivals throughout Europe, the Americas, and Asia, including: INA-GRM Multiphonies / Banc D’Essai (France), L'Espace du Son Festival (Belgium), Ars Electronica Forum Wallis Festival (Switzerland), MANTIS - Electroacoustic Music Festival (England), Sound-Image Electroacoustic Music Festival (England), ICMC – International Computer Music Conference (USA), Experimental Intermedia Foundation (USA), REF – Resilience Festival (Italy), Matera Intermedia Festival (Italy), Poetronica (Russia), Epicentroom – International Audiovisual Festival (Russia), ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music’s World Music Days Festival (Estonia), Soundkitchen (England), Radiophrenia Festival (Scotland), Eufonia Festival (Germany / Portugal), Visiones Sonoras (Mexico), Perspectivas Sonoras (Mexico), MUSLAB – International Exhibition of Electroacoustic Music (Argentina), Espacios Sonoros (Argentina), La Hora Acusmática (Argentina), Sur Aural Festival (Bolivia), Audio Art Festival (Poland), Wien Modern (Austria), Interpenetration Festival (Austria), PNEM Sound Art Festival (Holland), SICMF – Seoul International Computer Music Festival (South Korea), Dotolimpic – Festival for Improvised and Experimental Music (South Korea), Musiucacoustica Hangzhou (China), Música Viva (Portugal), Serralves em Festa (Portugal), Aveiro Síntese (Portugal), Dar a Ouvir (Portugal), Lisboa Soa (Portugal), among others.

He frequently collaborates and performs with renowned Portuguese and international artists from the sound art, experimental, and improvised music scenes, such as: Hanna Hartman (SE), Tom Hamilton (EUA), Karlheinz Essl (AT), Koji Asano (JP), Bernhard Loibner (AT), Michael Fischer (AT), Vienna Improvisers Orchestra (AT), Jorge Sánchez-Chiong (VE), Roel Meelkop (NL), Jos Smolders (NL), Pavel Zhagun (RU), Alexei Borisov (RU), Boris Hauf (AT), Clemens Hausch (AT), Philippe Lamy (FR), Gilles Aubry (CH), Thollem McDonas (EUA), Nathan Fuhr (EUA), Sei Miguel (PT), Variable Geometry Orchestra (PT), Carlos Zíngaro (PT – via [des]integração), Rafael Toral (PT – via VGO), Coti (GR), D’Incise (CH), John Grzinich (EE), Ernesto Rodrigues (PT), Manuel Mota (PT), ANISOTROPUS (PT), Anastasis Grivas (GR), Red Trio (PT), Blaise Siwula (EUA), Jeremy Bernstein (EUA), Kurt Ralske (EUA), among many others.

Castro Pinto’s music has been presented in various installations and released on over 20 recordings, by labels such as: Influx / Musiques & Recherches (Belgium), Unfathomless (Belgium), Meakusma (Belgium), Miso Records (PT), Hemisphäreの空虚 (Australia), Grimaces Éditions (Switzerland), OtO (Japan), Triple Bath (Greece), Sirr-ecords (PT), Creative Sources Recordings (PT), Grain Of Sound (PT), Crónica Electrónica (PT), Variz (PT) and Useless Poorductions (PT).

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