TOM HAMILTON has composed and performed electronic music for over 50 years, and his work with electronic music originated in the late-60s era of analog synthesis. He is a Fellow of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and participated in a residency at the foundation’s center in Umbria. Hamilton’s performing and recording colleagues have included Peter Zummo, Bruce Gremo, Bruce Arnold, Anna Pangalou, Rich O’Donnell, Thomas Buckner, Al Margolis, id m theft able, and Thessia Machado, and he has also performed with Composers Inside Electronics. Hamilton has released 16 CDs of his music and his CD London Fix received an award in the Prix Ars Electronica He was the co-director of the 2004 Sounds Like Now festival, and he co-produced the Cooler in the Shade/Warmer by the Stove new music series in New York for 14 years. Hamilton is currently serving as the music director for five operas by (the late) composer Robert Ashley, and has been a member of that company for 30 years. His audio production is found on over 100 recordings of prominent contemporary musicians.

AL MARGOLIS was a leader in the 1980s American cassette underground through his cassette label Sound of Pig Music and was co-founder of experimental music label Pogus Productions, which he continues to run. Active under the name If, Bwana since 1984, making music that has swung between fairly spontaneous studio constructions and more process-oriented composition. Margolis continues to collaborate live with video artist Katherine Liberovskaya and performs as an electronic/acoustic duo with Tom Hamilton. Other recent projects include duos with Walter Wright (Elka Bong) and Tom Law (Duo Denum).