Mikooshka aka Michael Simpson, musician and designer, has created an organic mix of new sounds he refers to as “world-tronica.” The sound is a left-field blend and incorporates elements from reggae, latin, hip-hop and house. Mikooshka has been writing and producing music since the 1980s, when he honed his song-writing abilities while fronting a series of guitar-driven power-pop bands. Always a self-starter, he produced underground zines and interviewed indie music luminaries such as: Henry Rollins, ALL, Fugazi, 7 Seconds, Doughboys and The Wedding Present. 
Mikooshka plays bass and keys, programs, samples, records and performs live with super-future tools like Ableton Live. “Coconut Radio” is a featured song and video from “Construct Deconstruct Reconstruct,” a 7-song EP Mikooshka released in August 2009.

Ulysses Castellanos is an artist, musician and DJ from Toronto. He is a multi-instrumentalist proficient in bass, guitar, Cuban percussion and vocals. Ulysses is a member of the Quadrasonic DJ collective, which features a DJ “orchestra” made up of four DJs spinning records simultaneously on eight turntables connected by four mixing boards, in an immersive environment made up of dozens of film projections on multiple screens. He is a member of the Q4 Orchestra, which has featured guest musicians such as Angelo Moore of Fishbone, Ivana Santilli, Lil’ Jazz of KOS, and has played with Nelly Furtado, Esthero and the NYC “House Diva” Denise Bingham. He is a member of Barrio Lab and Latin Roots Latin Jazz Orchestra. He is also the Co-founder of legendary Toronto band Project 9, which has opened for the likes of Bootsy Collins and Mr Bungle. Ulysses is a co-founder and bassist of seminal Toronto Punk band Los Cholos, as well as Catatonix. As a member of Quadrasonic, and together with Deejays and composers Boris and Alvaro Castellanos, Ulysses is a contributing member of The Sounds of Science DJ workshop at Ontario Science Centre. The workshop focuses on teaching the art of Deejaying and music production to at-risk youth. Ulysses has mixed visuals and Deejayed at many important Toronto clubs, including Bauhaus, The Drake Hotel, The Gladstone Hotel, Revival and Babaluuu. His latest musical venture is The Chico Ramirez podcast, created with Alvaro and Boris Castellanos and available on iTunes.

Rise Ashen – Musician, DJ, Remixer and BBoy Eric Vani (a.k.a. Rise Ashen, a.k.a. Rough N Ready) has devoted his life to the study of sound and movement. From his early years as a bboy in Montreal in the late 80′s to his studies at Fanshawe College (North America’s Oldest Recording School) and the Banff Centre for the Arts, Eric’s focus has been on applying hi-fi knowhow to underground music. His record collection spans Rai, Ancient Music, Traditional and Popular African, South American and Asian music, with NUJAZZ as is his primary focus. As a DJ, he blends it all in a worldy mash and is always the sweaty and dynamic life of the party. He has remixed Bebel Gilberto and Duke Ellington, has collaborated with Juno award winner Miguel Graca, Fred Everything, Trevor Walker, Blissom and Teknostep among others and his music has appeared on the compilations of renowned DJs like Rainer Truby and Roger Sanchez, and has been played by the likes of Masters at Work, Gilles Peterson, Maurice Fulton, Bonobo, 0db, Jimpster and Ted Patterson. You can check out his releases on Afroart, Gotsoul, Dub Fu and Defected among many others (he has about 35 12 inches out now and 7 artist CDs, not to mention countless mixed CDs and a few CBC radio shows called A NU JAZZ ORDER). He believes music and dance are essential to human culture and that united, artists can lead humanity towards a more enlightened way of living. “We need to make a shift towards long-term thinking”