Luca Sigurtà founded in 2012 the label Kinky Gabber. On stage he uses tapes, analogical sources and electronic stuff of any sort. Alexander Turnquist is a guitarist/composer who uses his 12 string acoustic finger-style approach in creating very dramatic and emotionally engaging music. Loren Dent is a Brooklyn-based aural architect, musician, and producer. Having cut his teeth as a founding member of the critically acclaimed orchestral rock group, Purchase New York, his solo efforts (often years in the making) incorporate humming static, chasmal feedback, and sonic objet trouvés all meticulously assembled into a warm, " joyous drone".

Quiet In The Head is the ongoing musical project of guitarist Seamus Maynard and violinist Jonathan Talbott. Their original acoustical music has evolved over many years of playing together and is always an exploration of texture and melody. There are echoes of familiar influences such as tango, middle eastern and eastern european gypsy music but ultimately searches far and wide for new sounds. With special guests Otto Hauser on percussion and Jonah Thomas on cello.

Daniel Bachman is a 22 year old musician born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He has been playing what he describes as "psychedelic appalachia" since he was a teenager, releasing small run editions of tapes, CDs and LPs for the past three years, with a sound that evolved from drones and banjos to a now guitar centered focus.Ian McColm is a drummer, guitarist, and composer from Alexandria, VA. Aside from his work with ambient guitar duo Nagual, he has appeared on releases from Feeding Tube and Marmara Records and shared stages and bills with likes of Rufus Reid, Aaron Dilloway, Chris Corsano, Robert Turman, Home of Easy Credit, MV/EE, Ben Greenberg, Daniel Bachman, and Sylvaine Helary.

A fresh and folky singer-songwriter, Betsi Krisniski is coasting through open mics, coffee houses and musical gatherings every which way of her Hudson Valley hometown. Smooth vocals, witty lyrics and intricate fingerpicking detail her songwriting and song-singing, and have been compared to the likes of Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco and Alison Krauss. Stephen Bluhm combines lots of styles, including punk, songbook standards, synth pop, disco and folk. Jake Perry & Bluhm will DJ the afterparty, playing rare 45s of Philly soul, disco & more!