Born and raised in San Francisco and currently based in Los Angeles, Lara Sarkissian is an electronic musician, sound artist and founder of record label btwn Earth+Sky. She is a broadcaster on NTS Radio; a home for her narrative-style programs showcasing dance/electronic from around the globe, Armenian archival deep dives, and music from the underground that is reflective of her collaborations. Sarkissian formerly ran experimental electronic dance platform CLUB CHAI, and has also released with labels Tresor, Knekelhuis, Rocky Hill Records and All Centre. She has performed for venues and platforms Tresor, Public Records, Hyperdub, Unsound Festival, MoMA PS1, and Roskilde Festival.

Sarkissian has developed her unique approach to electronic composition over years of relentless experimentation across various disciplines — producing AV installations and scoring film and video projects that have been exhibited at La Biennale di Venezia, Centre Pompidou, Montréal’s Musée d’art contemporain, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Music Center Los Angeles and Berlin’s Gropius Bau alongside residents Brian Eno, Holly Herndon, and more. In recent years, Sarkissian has been able to advance the theory behind her art, publishing conversations with ethnomusicologists and unveiling her methodology in guest lectures at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music.