Floating, light weighted music that beautifully combines clear melodic pulses with soothing rhythmic patterns. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (US) creates colorful, harmonic works inspired by early electronic music pioneers like Suzanne Ciani, Laurie Spiegel and Terry Riley. Her solo-debut album, Euclid (2015), explored some of the main sonic features found in Smith’s work: geometric shapes, playful sonic puzzles and warm synthetic sounds.Western Vinyl will release her upcoming album, EARS, on April 1st.

During the festival, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith will both perform on the Friday and give a unique masterclass on the Saturday. During the masterclass,Smith will present a hands-on demonstration of Buchla synthesis composition. Shewill perform a breakdown of a few songs and talk through her process followed by answering questions of the audience.