![]() ![]() He runs music-making workshops, showing 10-year-olds in Rotherham and 100-year-olds in Parisian care homes how to sequence and manipulate sounds, and even built a custom instrument to provide his grandmother, who has late-stage Alzheimers, with some music therapy. Treanor’s interested in using the software tools he develops to facilitate access to music-making for those who might not otherwise be able to take part. The abstruse, polyrhythmic electronica that Treanor records with these instruments stands on its own two feet as some of the most stimulating electronic music out there - but that’s not the only reason he deserves a spot on this list. ![]() Working with Max/MSP, Rian Treanor builds bespoke devices - drum machines, sequencers, chord generators, modulators - that, in his words, “explore extended rhythmic techniques and tools to enable spontaneous and impulsive pattern modulation in live performances”. Much like the equally ambitious cadre of artists working in the PC Music collective, she’s dissolving the boundaries between high-brow and low-brow, the avant-garde and chart radio, while exploring notions of gender identity and expression at the same time. ![]() Vocals are now taking centre stage in her own releases, while her unearthly production has brought a new dimension to music from Sia, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande. Where her earlier tracks wrapped mutant synth tones around deconstructed drum patterns and wall-shaking bass, her recent work exists at the crossroads where the frameworks of experimental electronica and pop music collide. Arca’s music is unapologetically weird, and all the better for it. ![]()
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