An interactive installation designer, live electronic music producer/performer, and event organizer. His custom work for museums, public spaces, and art events features emerging technologies to create an awe-inspiring, educational and playful environment for human connection. On stage, Rich Detonates Dance Tracks in live music performance, wielding his custom ControlliTAR to make contagiously funky dance music, live looped and electrifying, infused with exotic and nostalgic beats and bass blasted world flavors.
In the music studio, he crafts full spectrum sound designs from ambient, dub, techno and orchestral to esoteric sound effects and foley. He has performed at several large events & festivals including Maker Faire, SF MusicTech Summit, Lightning In A Bottle, Symbiosis, Sea of Dreams, Lucidity and Priceless, and been featured in publications such as CNET, Keyboard Magazine, Controllerism.com and the SF Bay Guardian & Chronicle.