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Watch two videos of San Francisco based composer Holly Herndon performing live.

(Use the numbers to flip through the videos.)

Herndon's debut Movement, a record of android dancefloor fillers, processed voice and abrasive computer music, was released on RVNG Intl last month. She is currently working on her doctorate at Stanford University in the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. She plays Berlin's CTM festival at the end of January and Cafe Oto in February.

A feature on Herndon appeared in The Wire 345.

Adrián de Alfonso: Pleamar

Watch a short film that accompanies three tracks from sound artist and musician Adrián de Alfonso’s new album Viator.

goat (jp): Joy In Fear

Watch a 16 minute concept film of tracks from Joy In Fear, the 2023 album by Japanese rockers goat (jp)

Steph Richards “Power Vibe”

The US trumpeter shares a supernatural LA noir created with the help of generative AI for a track from her latest album Power Vibe

Xhosa Cole All Roads

The saxophonist shares a film in which he dances with his two brothers beneath Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction

ECHOS: L'Ocelle Mare “Objets Chargés”

French label and platform Murailles Music shares the first episode in a new series of music documentaries highlighting the unique methodologies of artists on their roster

Galya Bisengalieva “Chagan”

Directed by artist Nicol Vizoli, the video for composer Galya Bisengalieva's “Chagan” reflects on the haunting nature of a radioactive lake in Kazakhstan