bee mask is the project of the cleveland native chris madak. using oscillators built into glass jars, synthesizers, guitar, processing and other methods of electronic experimentation, this dude brings next level white light sounds similar to that of phill niblock, tony conrad, or even the mellow aspects of ash ra temple.
http://www.deception-island.com/beemask/
Outer Space is a project run by John Elliott of <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Emeralds" class="bbcode_artist">Emeralds</a>, which is based out of Cleveland, Ohio.
Louisiana-bred, Brooklyn-based recording artist Julianna Barwick crafts ethereal, largely wordless soundscapes, all of which are built around multiple loops and layers of her angelic voice. Barwick, who credits a rural, church choir upbringing for her unique sound, begins most tracks with a single phrase or refrain, then uses a loop station and the occasional piano or percussive instrument to build the song into a swirling mass of lush, ambient folk.
Thrones is the solo project of bassist Joe Preston from Portland, Oregon, United States. Thrones began in 1994 with an untitled cassette on the Punk in My Vitamins? label. They soon released the Reddleman single. In 1996, Thrones signed to Communion Records to issue the full-length album Alraune. Thrones then signed to Kill Rock Stars and released the single The Suckling. In late 1997, Preston began a recording project under the working title White Rabbit, White Rabbit, White Rabbit. The project was eventually released as two 12 inch EPs; White Rabbit in 1999, followed by Sperm Whale in 2000.
Bonnie Mercer garners the most attention for being a part of the three-piece psych-sludge rockers Grey Daturas.
Sam Hamilton is an experimental musician and artist from Auckland, New Zealand. He is an regularly active generator of quintessential cognitive junk that wofts somewhere beyond the point of meaning. His work ranges the gamut between joyful meaningless free noise rock through to orchestrated live Expanded Cinema explorations manipulating yesterday's film equipment and techniques or even 35mm films to investigative field recording adventures into the sound environments of the Amazon rain forest...
Boris are a Japanese experimental rock band formed in Tokyo in 1992. The band's original lineup consisted of Atsuo, Takeshi, Wata, and Nagata who was the band's original drummer. After his departure, Atsuo took over drums and the lineup has remained consistent to this day. Boris draw influence from a huge variety of styles including, but not limited to, psychedelic rock, punk, sludge, doom metal, drone, pop, noise, shoegaze, and ambient. The band's name is taken from a song on Melvins' album, Bullhead.
http://canaworms.com
Patrick Kavanagh - guitar, keys, sampling, programming, vocal effects, loops and treatments.
http://www.myspace.com/twistedsubterraneandeathtrap
Experimental Industrial Deep Down-Tempo Dark Ambient Electro Dreamscapes;
Drones, Loops, Sluggish seething death throes of a monster stuck in molasses rhythm; An all-encompassing feast for the senses; caustic atmospheres build from pure frequency to delve headlong into hitherto unexplored realms of horror and delight.
Oren Ambarchi is an electronic guitarist and percussionist, based in Melbourne, Australia, though he was born in Sydney and lived there until the last few years, he has been performing live since 1986. His music often incorporates drones and loops, which he crafts into enigmatic sound worlds with very subtle melodies. His work focuses mainly on the tonal possibilities of the guitar, and is usually produced without the aid of a computer.
Marina Rosenfeld is an experimental noise artist. See www.marinarosenfeld.com for more. The new album 'joy of fear' was released on German Softl Music: www.softlmusic.com