ZAVOLOKA
(a.k.a Kateryna Zavoloka) is an experimental electronic music composer and graphic designer from Kyiv, Ukraine. Zavoloka mainly explores digital and analogue synthesis taking elements from Ukrainian folklore. Her collaboration album with AGF – “NATURE NEVER PRODUCES THE SAME BEAT TWICE” has received critical praise from all corners of the globe. Zavoloka has performed in festivals across Europe and is making her USA debut in February at the Unsound Festival in NYC.

http://www.zavoloka.com

Zenial (Poland)
Lukasz Szalankiewicz (alias ZENIAL) – residence now in Krakow : historian , sound desinger and contemporary electronic music composer. Member of the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music (PSeME).Participated in many international festivals (e.g. in Austria, Russia, Bulgaria, Germany,Holland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine,France,China,Hungary ,Belorus ,Romania, Lithuania,Israel, Kazachstan, Peru, Brasil, Argentina,Urugway).

Performed in Poland in Audio Art Festival, Unsound Festival , Wro Festival,Kordegarda Gallery (Warsaw), Contemporary Art Centre (Laboratorium,Warsaw), Contemporary Art Laznia (Gdansk) , Contemporary Art Gallery Arsenal (Bialystok) , Contemporary Art Gallery (Wroclaw) and many other places…

His practice extends to research audiovisuals performance and interactive installations…

Zenial’s performance presented in co-operation with the Polish Cultural Institute in New York.

http://www.zenial.audiotong.net/

The Makioki Sisters (DC)
Total Disco Destruction
http://www.myspace.com/makiokisisters

Tiny Concept (France)
One girl band sings sweet electro pop songs about robots and stuff
http://www.myspace.com/tinyconcept

Due to current travel conditions this show has been canceled.

February 8, 2010
Bossa
2463 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
Music: 9pm
Admission: $8

Mountains (NYC) Mountains is Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp, friends since their middle school days. The duo were brought together by mutual artistic and musical interests, and both ended up at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was during this time that they began exchanging musical ideas and compositions which led to them founding the Apestaartje label in 1999. As their collaborations and individual projects blossomed, they decided to create Mountains as a vehicle for live performance.

A love of sculpting sound in front of an audience is at the heart of Mountains. The group has 3 albums: their first self-titled release and second album Sewn were both on Apestaartje; the third, Choral, on Thrill Jockey. Mountains is often compared to artists such as Brian Eno and Fennesz, citing their extended melodies and their unique broad guitar work. Mountains seamlessly blend pastoral electronic sounds with field recordings and a plethora of acoustic instruments. The resulting soundscapes are broad in scope and rich in detail. The effect is incredibly sublime and hypnotic as the sounds slowly wrap themselves around each other and alter themselves in the mind of the listener. Choral, their third album, is a uniquely soothing and addicting listening experience and an aural crazy quilt: warm and inviting with many details to discover and explore. http://www.myspace.com/apestaartjemountains

Tape (Sweden)
http://www.tape.se/

Kuschty Rye Ergot (DC)
http://www.myspace.com/kuschtyryeergot