noise

Mitchell Brennan is a noise artist based in Melbourne VIC. His current work is based in the manipulation and collage of recorded sounds as well as tapes, mics and ceramics. 2010 has seen Mitchell playing shows in Brisbane, Lismore, Newcastle, Sydney and Adelaide as well as Melbourne both solo and in collaboration. Ongoing collaborators include Fjorn Butler (Butler/Brennan Duo), Mark Skelton (Incompetent Cervix), Cooper Bowman (Mitchell Brennan & RSI), Lachlan Gale (Hrvatska) and Lara Soulio. Mitchell was also one-third of the now defunct Newcastle based trio Brassskulls.

Kurt Vile & the Violators are a rock band from Philadelphia PA, United States. The band draws influences from lo-fi, psychedelic and classic rock. Founded by frontman Kurt Vile (guitar, vocals), the band currently consists of Jesse Turbo (guitar, slide), Mike Zeng (percussion) and Adam Granduciel (guitar, bass). Kurt and Adam have played music together ever since the early 00's with each one contributing to the other's projects, most notably in The War on Drugs which is fronted by Granducial.

Thurston Moore is an American musician best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth. Moore was born in Coral Gables, Florida and was raised in Bethel, Connecticut. Although he enrolled at Western Connecticut State University, he opted to move to New York City instead. There he learned to play guitar from Glenn Branca and soon co-founded Sonic Youth, serving as the band's guitarist and lead vocalist.