John Elliott (aka Imaginary Softwoods) is a singular visionary who defies categorization, known for his collaborative work in the seminal kosmisch/ambient synth band Emeralds, with Drew Veres as Outer Space, as well as for his own solo projects. John’s oeuvre as a musician, visual artist, and curator are unmatched and significant. Since 2010, he’s overseen his personally curated imprint for vinyl, CD and digital releases, which is known as Spectrum Spools. He has created more than 40 widely distributed musical releases that have traversed the legacy of 20th Century Classical electronic music, refracted through the lens of his own idiosyncratic musical vision. He has also collaborated with legendary American electronic music pioneers such as Tony Conrad, Alan Howarth, and David Borden. In 2013, he performed and was interviewed in the modular synthesizer documentary, I Dream of Wires. His works have been praised by national and international publications like The Wire, Spin and Pitchfork Media. Winner of the prestigious Cleveland Prize, John is ever-evolving as an artist, performing live at events such as Detroit’s legendary No Way Back, Japan’s Labyrinth Festival, Berlin Atonal and many more.

Cameron MacNair is an audio programmer and composer based in Seattle. His work often explores the juxtaposition between acoustic and digital sound sources using custom digital signal processing. He holds a Master of Science degree in Digital Composition and Performance from the University of Edinburgh. Tonight he will perform a new composition for piano and electronics.

Curated by Chloe Harris for Nonsequitur’s NonSeq series.