Christer Fredriksen

Y2K18 Artist, Y2K23 Artists

Norwegian guitarist Christer Fredriksen is an ambient solo jazz guitarist filled with wonderful space and melody.  After years of session work Christer has mainly focused on his solo-project, resulting in four self titled albums.

Utilising loops, ambience and the jazz idiom as an anchor, Christer creates a vast improvisational soundscape.

liveclip: https://youtu.be/g9NZzvQO728?si=kWu3qtOmqIK5H68K
web: https://www.christerfredriksen.no/
latest album: https://ramblerecords.bandcamp.com/album/mauve

 

Grant Stoner

Artist, Y2K18 Artist, Y2K24 Artist

I’ve been looping for at least 10 years. I enjoy how it enables a “one man band” person like me to bring that to a live situation.

I grew up back east, but have resided in California for the last 25 years. I’ve always been into music. I’m primarily a guitarist, but I attempt to play everything. I’ve been recording for as long as I’ve been playing, all kinds of music, all kinds of instruments. The possibilities are endless.

ANI

Artist, Y2K18 Artist, Y2K24 Artist

ANI (Amy Lee), a San Francisco Bay Area native, has been doing improvised music since early childhood. Who knew that piano lessons and jazz band would have gotten crossed with her second love: computer technology. But she’s left the comfort of Cubase and Renoise in her home studio to play live sets with ultra-portable iPads, iPhones, and synths. Her music is a blend of beats, chord progressions, and wild synth solos. Every performance is unique and never to be repeated again. She is NOT a DJ.

Her appearances include Y2K Loopfest, NW Loop Fest, and CODAME events. She is also a coordinator of the San Francisco Electronic Music Meetup.

Additionally, she works as a software engineer and created a pretty rockin’ iPad app: sBASSdrum Drum and Groove Machine