LaFrae Sci a.k.a Frae-Frae is an internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer, entrepreneur, imaginationist, sound scientist, and Executive Director of New York City’s Willie Mae Rock Camp(williemaerockcamp.org). The through line in Sci’s work has been the philosophy that music is more than entertainment, and that Black music is inextricably linked to technology. Sci puts this philosophy into practice with her groundbreaking work at Willie Mae, and in her live performances that explore the African American ecstatic tradition, Dancefloor Liberation alaDetroit Techno, and Noise.

2200 LaFrae Sci a.k.a Frae-Frae

The through line in Sci's work has been the philosophy that music is more than entertainment, and that Black music is inextricably linked to technology. Sci puts this philosophy into practice in her live performances that explore the African American ecstatic tradition, dance floor liberation a la Detroit techno, and noise.

Sci is an internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer, entrepreneur, imaginationist, sound scientist, and executive director of New York City's Willie Mae Rock Camp (williemaerockcamp.org).

2300 Lil CISO

Lil CISO will be performing his entire Spotify catalogue and throwing in a freestyle.

Known for his effortless rhymes and clever wordplay, underground MC Lil CISO has battled many adversaries in the cyber trenches. With the release of his first hit single "Security God," he has taken the infosec world by storm, proving that no matter the topic, a good rapper knows how to tell a story.

2330 RADIO WONDERLAND

HOPE regular Joshua Fried aka RADIO WONDERLAND gives a taste of his new musical project combining furiously precise phase patterns with performance art, talks about his long disdain for gesture controllers, and explains why he is now using them anyway. Along the way, he'll surely touch on Max For Live (Cycling '74/Ableton).

It's become a HOPE ritual to dance to the live cut-up radio grooves and spinning Buick steering wheel of RADIO WONDERLAND. Joshua has remixed They Might Be Giants and partnered with John Flansburgh in the '90s duo Hello The Band. His music has been performed on many continents, by himself and by the likes of the Bang on a Can All-Stars.

0030 MrSynAckSter

MrSynAckSter will be performing live coded music. Enjoy the storm of improvised breaks, bloops, and bleeps. Take in the ethereal mix of 8-bit music, jazz, and drum and bass as it is improvised live. The sound of live code chopped into a maelstrom of grooves, cuts, and glitches.

MrSynAckSter has spent his entire life hacking computers and making mysterious machine bleeps and bloops. He journeyed to New York City from the depths of Florida in 2011 to pursue experimental jazz-noises. In the city, MrSynAckster found untold sonic anarchy in the NYC avant-jazz and experimental noise scenes. In 2012, he was awarded the Brooklyn College John Cage award for experimental music for his work with experimental game-based music.