Shakeeb Abu Hamdan is a musician and visual artist based in Paris. He performs with an unorthodox setup of drums, bells and cymbals which he augments and amplifies with surface transducers, microphones, pitch and rhythmic modulation effects and modified megaphones. His performances are structured but leave space for generative accidents and improvisation in response to the instabilities of feedback manipulation and the unpredictable interactions built into his instrumental system. He has recently shown work and performed at Beirut Art Center, Real No Real Festival in Madrid, GMEA - Centre National de Création Musicale d'Albi, Fylkingen in Stockholm, Les Instants Chavirés in Paris and Cafe OTO, London.

Tarek Atoui (b. 1980, Beirut; lives and works in Paris) is an artist and electroacoustic composer whose practice explores sound through dynamic installations, experimental acoustic environments and collaborative performances. Working with composers and craftspeople across cultures, he invents sculptural instruments that test the acoustic properties of materials such as bronze, water, glass and stone. Using custom-built electronic instruments, Atoui references social and political realities, engaging local communities and inviting audiences into multi-sensory environments. He has recently exhibited at IMMA Dublin (2026), Hangar Bicocca, Milan (2025) and Kunsthaus Bregenz (2024). His works are held in major collections including the Pinault Collection, the Guggenheim and Tate.

Elvin Brandhi is the pseudonym of musician and vocalist Freya Edmondes (b. 1996, Wales). Her music-driven nomadic lifestyle has led to collaborations in multiple contexts, including current collaborations Yeah You, A|||oy with KMRU, Pollution Opera with Nadah El Shazly and PLF, a trio with Lukas König and Peter Kutin. Her music is kaleidoscopic, idiosyncratic and fragmentary. There are frenetic sounds of various sources, looped samples, glitches and Edmondes’s voice, sampled and manipulated in many ways. Her voice is at the heart of the tracks, ranging from aggressive to pensive, forming an orchestra of affective vocal noises. The work is always site-specific, using field recordings, conversing with the psychogeographical frequencies of the time and space in which she creates.

Li-Chin Li (b. 1988) is a Taiwanese sheng soloist, composer, improviser and interdisciplinary performer who graduated from the Department of Chinese Music at Tainan National University of the Arts, with a strong foundation in both classical and Chinese music traditions. Li was formerly a sheng musician with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. As a soloist, she collaborated with conductors including Shao-Chia Lü, Tung-Chieh Chuang, and Shu-Han Yang, as well as ensembles including the Taipei Chinese Orchestra, Ensemble Cairn, LINEA, Lapland Chamber Orchestra, and Trickster Orchestra. She has participated in numerous residencies and programmes in the field of experimental and contemporary arts. Since 2019, she has been involved in the long-term international research project sheng! l’orgue à bouche, led by Tout Pour la Musique Contemporaine (TPMC). She is also a collaborating musician in IRCAM’s art-and-science project SoMax2, continuing to explore the sheng’s sonic possibilities in contemporary contexts.

Sarah Ourahmane (b. 1998) is a British-Algerian-Malaysian musician, composer, sound artist and researcher. She graduated from the Superior Music Conservatory of Catalunya in 2022 with a master’s in film composition, recording with Bratislava Symphony Orchestra for her graduate piece. Her practice spans classical contemporary composition, electronic music, performance and improvisation as a vocalist and cellist. Her works have been released on 3024 and commissioned by BBC, Sound and Music, Sculpture International Rotterdam, OGR Turin and Delfina Foundation with exhibitions at Huddersfield University and Forma Arts Media, and performances at Toynbee Studios, Arab British Centre, Casa Montjuïc, MACBA and the Venice Biennale.

Pike (b. 1997, London) is an active performer and producer in the UK underground. He has developed a unique sonic fingerprint indebted as much to UK bass as to alt-rock, dub and avant-garde electronics. He has released through 12th Isle, Scenic Route and Pain Management, aired on NTS Radio and performed internationally. Collaborative work has brought his percussion and electronics to the studio and stage with a wide roster of artists, including Blackhaine, Space Afrika, Coby Sey, Devon Rexi, Charlie Osborne, and Raisa K etc. Pike’s debut solo EP Fallen Angel/Concrete Dub was released in 2025, with a follow-up due for autumn 2026.

Shannon-Latoyah Simon (b. 1992, Northampton) is a classical guitarist specialising in new and experimental music. She is also an angelic reiki master teacher, galactic reiki practitioner and sound healer who brings deep devotion to her practice, using the breath as an archival instrument and a vessel of remembrance. Her work is deeply rooted in embodied listening and sonic awareness. Using field recordings, organic material and an alchemy of instruments she creates immersive ambient soundscapes, crafting sonic environments that blur the line between the cosmos, ancient and future worlds. Simon is an associate lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London and a Black studies/music PhD student at Nottingham University.

Swilipino is a creative identity and food project initiated in 2018 by Tintin Jonsson, a photographer-turned-chef seeking a new creative outlet and a deeper connection to her dual heritage. Through her Swedish-Filipino lens, Jonsson cooks Filipino-inspired dishes that reflect both personal memory and cultural exploration. Drawing from the rich, multicultural foodways of Mindanao, where her mother is from, Jonsson blends traditional Filipino flavours with touches of Swedish nostalgia, creating what she playfully refers to as ‘Frankenfood’, food that sits joyfully between worlds.