In St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in his parents cellar, Khonnor or Connor Kirby-Long, born 1986, creates experimental electronic music, from low-tech instruments such as a cheap microphone and an old computers.
Under the name Maher Shalal Hash Baz, the eccentric Japanese potter and former cult member Tori Kudo makes navish pop music that is always on the verge of falling into a thousand pieces.
Danish sound group Efterklang may sew their own album covers, but at the same time create magnificent atmospheric pop music with the help of a Greenlandic choir.
In Salisbury, England, visionary Mike Alway tries to turn back the clock to 1968 to correct all the aesthetic mistakes pop history has made since then.
In a suburb of Tokyo, Kama Aina wants to recreate the music that no one cares about: the one that is created unconsciously in everyday life when no one else is listening. Saya in closely related Tenniscoats is living proof of his theories.
Argentina's Juana Molina was a celebrated comedian and popular actress until one day she decided to devote her life to low-key electronic folk pop in her home far from the hustle and bustle of Buenos Aires.
