Ben Vida has been writing, recording and releasing records for over ten years, both with such bands as Town and Country, Singer and DRMWPN as well as solo under the name Bird Show. He has released records with many labels including Thrill Jockey, Drag City and Kranky and has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. 2008 brings the release of Untitled, the third album under the Bird Show moniker. Joining the group for this outing are Greg Davis, Robert AA Lowe, Michael Zerang and Adam Vida. Upcoming projects include works for solo analog synthesizer and the first Bird Show Band release featuring Josh Abrams, Jim Baker, Dan Bitney and John Herndon.
M.V. Carbon is a cellist, composer and improviser who plays and sings through tape loops, pedals and circuits. She occasionally incorporates film imagery into her performances. She is part of the electronic duo, Metalux. Her work has been released on 5RC, Load, No-Fi, and Atavistic, among others.
Aki Onda is an electronic musician, composer, and photographer. Onda was born in Japan and currently resides in New York. He is particularly known for his Cassette Memories project – works compiled from a “sound diary” of field-recordings collected by Onda over a span of two decades. Onda’s musical instrument of choice is the cassette Walkman. Not only does he capture field recordings with the Walkman, he also physically manipulates multiple Walkmans with electronics in his performances. In another of his projects, Cinemage, Onda produces slide projections of still photo images set to live guitar improvisation. Onda has collaborated with artists such as Michael Snow, Ken Jacobs, Alan Licht, Loren Connors, Oren Ambarchi, Noël Akchoté, Jac Berrocal, Linda Sharrock, and Shelley Hirsch.