“A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean” ~ The Lorax

The industrial sounds of this working Los Angeles port does vary and waver. Very often the intrepid sea winds seem to carry that entire port clamor to an unknown elsewhere. This prevailing ocean blown air compresses as it finds its way over the landscape and through the trees… yielding background sounds that freely circulates. By inspection, some of the Points matured trees have a browbeaten bark and ever telling tilt.

“Cacophony consists of harsh often discordant sounds. These sounds are often meaningless and jumbled together. A Discordant series of harsh, unpleasant sound helps to convey disorder”.

Barnum's piece examines a linear juxtaposition of discordant sounds.

Then:
The works of the French composer Iannis Xenakis and American born John Cage were both innovative and avant-garde. They both profoundly influenced 20th century music.

Harold Greene, the noted furniture maker, is also a multi-instrumentalist. The long time San Pedro resident plays original contemporary jazz on the Chapman Stick, a ten-stringed instrument that is played by tapping on the fret board. He accompanies himself, with the aid of a loop pedal, on the cajon (box drum), bass and guitar; creating compositions on the fly while drawing from his roots in jazz, blues and Latin music.

TV-MA (Therisse Van-Mar Amunatigui) is a genderfluid composer, producer, and performer native to Los Angeles. Inspired by goth melodies, R&B, and weird electronics, TV-MA produces dark, catchy tunes and pushes them into the realm of experimentalism. They are currently playing shows around the LA area while writing their first EP (currently untitled). By day, they are better known as the music/post production assistant at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank.

(Costume, assemblage, simulacrum)

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

Terry Braunstein: multi-media and installation artist. Her work is currently showing at the Municipal Art Gallery in Los Angels as part of the COLA exhibition.
terrybraunstein.com

The Laptop Collective is a collection of composer/performer/sound artists who explore and explode the boundaries between contemporary sound art, computer music and interactive technologies. The ensemble brings together performers and composers in experimental sound practices and cross-disciplinary projects and concerts.

A consummate TechDweeb, visual artist and novatone "musician" univac continuously re-purposes the detritus of trickle-down technology and off-the-shelf toys and electronics in order to create circuit-bent audioVisual hybrids; causing the designers of the original items to shudder in disbelief.

“Som's music defines the intersection of classical, timeless forms and modern electronic sound technology.”
-Epitonic

Som performs as part of Rychard Cooper's Synthlab

Aka Andrew Reitsma is an artist who blends music and photography to synthesize life around him. His compositions are both improvisational and crafted. When asked how he feels about playing music, he says, "everything else goes away".

QRUX performs as part of Rychard Cooper's Synthlab

Jesse Nason is a California native that has been playing keyboards and drums in various bands in the OC/LA area, including Deccatree, AM and currently with Perfect Beings. He is a collector of sounds, and modular is the next target on the checklist. Some of his influences for synth based music are Tom Morello, Pink Floyd, Alessandro Cortini, Suzanne Ciani and Brian Eno. He is a fan of melody, drones, and noise coordination.

Nason performs as part of Rychard Cooper's Synthlab