If you're just finding my music for the first time, I play mostly on a nylon string acoustic guitar. The slaps, clicks, scrapes and other percussion notes you will hear are part of my unique play style.

Creating Cacao Dance, An Ecstatic Journey + Wilde at Heart Gathering.  8.18.18 // 9.8.18

Former Co-Organizer of Ecstatic Dance Philly. 

Community Organizer, Herbalist, Thai Bodyworker, Permaculturist. Currently rewilding the banks of the Conestoga River and creating skillshares, workshops, dance, sound journeys and cacao ceremony in the greater Philadelphia area.

Ryan Gregory Tallman is an innovative electronic composer and sound artist whose work explores the boundaries of perception, space, and time. Utilizing electric guitars, field recordings, sampling, and modular synthesis, Tallman crafts intricate aural sculptures that challenge and redefine the listener’s experience of sound. His compositions blur the line between the organic and the synthetic, creating immersive sonic landscapes that are both evocative and thought-provoking.

A graduate of Mills College, Tallman earned his MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media in 2009. During his time at Mills, he studied under pioneering figures in experimental music, including Pauline Oliveros, Fred Frith, Roscoe Mitchell, and Maggi Payne, whose mentorship profoundly shaped his artistic approach and technical expertise. 

With a prolific output spanning over 20 full-length solo albums and 13 EPs and singles, Tallman has established himself as a relentless explorer of sound. His latest EP, Desolation Waves, released on October 24th, 2025, on his independent label, Existential Tension Recordings, showcases his mastery of texture and spatial design.

Rooted in experimentation and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of electronic music, Tallman’s work continues to captivate audiences and critics alike, solidifying his place as a distinctive voice in contemporary electronic

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