Amanda Mustard
If you don’t recognize this Baltimore-based composer and electronic musician, you may still have heard his score arrangements defining Eric Andre’s latest Netflix movie, or National Geographic’s Icelandic documentary Time and Water, and many other film projects. His own music is just as climactic, full of delightfully strange sounds and effects that tickle the eardrums. Live, the avant-garde artist draws audiences into his world with participatory elements and a blend of electronic and analog playing that put the psychedelic melodies of chaotic dance track “Learning to Relax” and mantra-paced “When I’m Done Dying” into high-definition. – Caroline Drew