Daniel Fishkin’s ears are ringing. Daniel’s lifework investigating the aesthetics of hearing damage has received international press (Nature Journal, 2014); as an ally in the search for a cure, he has been awarded the title of  “tinnitus ambassador” by the Deutsche Tinnitus-Stiftung. He is the only luthier that studied directly with the daxophone’s inventor, Hans Reichel. Daniel’s instruments have traveled the world, including Canada, Norway, Germany, France, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Australia. He is the first USA-based artist to receive the P.I.G. Prize (2021) from acclaimed fashion designer Henrik Vibskov. Daniel received his MA in Music Composition from Wesleyan University, and earned his PhD in Composition and Computer Music at the University of Virginia. He teaches at Ramapo College of New Jersey, where he is Assistant Professor of Music Production. His current favorite wood is prunus serotina, or black cherry.

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Femi Shonuga-Fleming is a Providence, RI–based architect and sound artist from New York working with handmade electronic and acoustic instruments to examine the cybernetics of gender, race, and culture through site-specific ritual performance. His work explores the intersections of acousmatics and cultural anthropology through architectural design as a radical and experimental practice. He is particularly interested in generative systems, spatial audio, sonic acts as ritual, and the poetics of sound technology. Femi approaches architecture as a political intervention enacted through vibration, embodied experience, and spatial interaction. Since 2018, he has performed solo and collaboratively under the moniker “sadnoise.” Notable performances include the Sonic Acts Biennial (2026, NL), Waterworks Festival (2024, MA), and Ende Tymes (2022, NY), among others.

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