The Board

I am leif olson aka lokey that strange bass layer. I've been creating and performing improvised, glitchy bass music, lush downtempo soundscapes, and odd techno explorations for over a decade, using an ever-evolving custom-crafted ableton performance rig to conjure new and original music from the world around me. Based out of calgary, I love nothing more than to encourage the creation and performance of local live music. I perform and celebrate live improvised music at every opportunity.

Mat is a producer, live performer, sound designer and hardware enthusiast. He has been creating music for nearly two decades after having been initiated into the once prolific tracker\demoscene, having been heavily influenced by 80s new wave, 90s acid, house music, industrial and cyberpunk sub-cultures. He is a multi-genre artist, having produced synthpop, IDM, breakcore, techno, synthwave, and future funk. Mat is a strong proponent and cultivator of live hardware performance, forging an intimacy with the music based in the direct physical connection between the emergent perception of sound within his consciousness and biorhythmic instincts. Mat is also a co-founder of the annual Alberta Electronic Music Conference.

Ryan Hall is a registered professional urban planner with over 15 years of experience with the City of Calgary. He specializes on complex arts and cultural plans and affordable housing policy. As an electronic music artist he is known as Soulier.  He also sits on the board of directors for the Indigenous Gathering Place.  Music has been a huge part of his life since his childhood, and he continues to perform, produce, and contribute to the arts scene with his involvement with the Calgary Animated Objects Society, the Calgary Folk Festival, and Oscill8.