Kelly Moran is a New York-based composer and pianist who has spent her career excavating the sonic possibilities of the piano. In the past decade, Moran has released numerous acclaimed albums that have challenged the piano’s traditional, classically-imposed school of thought with a more contemporary approach. Her unique strand of experimental piano compositions, which conjure hypnotizing textures and dramatic compositional arcs, have been included on year-end lists across classical, avant-garde, and metal genres.

Moran’s most recent album, Moves in the Field, was praised by the New York Times for being “a softhearted but steel-skinned set of 10 piano pieces that are as rapturous as a waterfall or as delicate as vapor. Her first album in six years, it is the redemptive conclusion in an extended span of personal tragedy and professional doubt, all ingrained in its sweeping songs.”

An accomplished and highly sought-after composer, Moran has collaborated with visionary contemporaries including FKA Twigs, Yves Tumor, The Avalanches, Kelsey Lu, Oneohtrix Point Never, and classical musician Margaret Leng Tan.

Shipwreck Detective (Devanand Bhat) is a San Francisco-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, and middle school art teacher. Bhat comes from a background of performing in bands spanning post-rock, hardcore, industrial metal, and downtempo electronic music. His solo work as Shipwreck Detective features synthetic and organic textures using analog synthesizers, tape recorders, samplers, drum machines, loopers, and a dense combination of effects processors to create deeply introspective atmospheres. Bhat’s latest single, “Pomegranate Kiss,” is his first multitracked release since his debut album, Midnight Lace, in 2018. He is otherwise known for recordings of his live performances, which vary widely in instrumentation and are largely improvised.

Bhat’s other current projects include Bay Area post-hardcore band Grimoires, as well as being primary composer for the science fiction literary performance series Club Chicxulub. He draws inspiration from nature, film photography, 90s trip-hop, all forms of speculative fiction, water color painting, and long walks.