Greg Davis is an American electronic musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose work bridges electro-acoustic soundscapes, instrumentation, field recordings and computer music. His music frequently operates at the intersection of drone, ambient, generative synthesis, psychoacoustic exploration, and sample-based abstraction. In 2017, Davis expanded his physical footprint in music retail and curation by opening the Autumn Records brick-and-mortar shop in Winooski and the vinyl subscription service Outer Sounds. Returning to his foundational love of hip-hop, Davis records and produces beat tapes and full-length albums under the alias Asterisk, including the 2025 collaborative album No School, featuring a roster of independent MCs.
Saapato is the music project of upstate New York-based sound artist Brendan Principato. His work explores the intersection of ecology and music, weaving manipulated field recordings with lush electronic soundscapes that invite listeners to reconsider their place within nature.
He has completed multiple artist residencies with the National Park Service and Alaska State Parks, including a 2023 residency near Juneau documenting whale and bird migrations and a 2022 residency on Fire Island, New York. He has served as the film composer and field recordist for documentaries produced by Scientific American and The Nature Conservancy. His site-specific sound installations were most recently presented at Experimental Sound Studio's Sonic Pavilion 2025 festival in Chicago.
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