New Queer Sound/Media showcases work by queer musicians, media artists, and performers. The June 2026 edition features three solo sets, by Bob Ostertag, Amanda Chaudhary, and Bill Hsu.


Bob Ostertag has been playing and recording music, and writing journalism and books, since the late 1970s. He has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center (New York), Hiroshima Museum of Art, and Institute for Contemporary Art (London). His musical collaborators include the Kronos Quartet, John Zorn, Mike Patton, Justin Vivian Bond, Fred Frith, and EDM DJ Rrose.

He was an original member of the media guerrilla group The Yes Men. He directed, edited and produced Thanks to Hank, a documentary on the unsung hero of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. He works with Manos Amigues, an LGBT-run soup kitchen in Mexico City, and Kebaya, a shelter for victims of sexual violence in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

More info: https://bobostertag.com/

Amanda Chaudhary is a composer, bandleader, electronic musician, jazz keyboardist, and visual/sound artist. She blends experimental electronic sounds with jazz, funk, dance music and other idiomatic styles into her visually captivating performances. Amanda has performed, recorded, or collaborated with such diverse artists as Amy X Neuburg, G Calvin Weston, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Rent Romus, Tom Djll, Moe! Staiano, Vacuum Tree Head, and David Wessel. She is also the author of the popular video channel CatSynth TV, where she discusses music, art, culture, and, of course, cats.

More info: https://amandachaudhary.com/

10 INPUT "Do you like modular synths? (Y/N) ", A$
20 IF A$ = "N" OR A$ = "n" THEN GOTO 100
30 INPUT "Do you like strange and exotic sounds? (Y/N) ", B$
40 IF B$ = "N" OR B$ = "n" THEN GOTO 100
50 INPUT "Do you like syncopated rhythms? (Y/N) ", C$
60 IF C$ = "N" OR C$ = "n" THEN GOTO 100
70 INPUT "Do you like jazz harmonies and riffs? (Y/N) ", D$
80 IF D$ = "N" OR D$ = "n" THEN GOTO 100
90 PRINT "Then you will love this bright, mysterious"
95 PRINT "and enchanting set by Amanda Chaudhary!"
100 END


Bill Hsu works with electronics and interactive video. He has collaborated with Peter van Bergen, John Butcher, Tom Djll, James Fei, Matt Heckert, Matt Ingalls, and other musicians and artists.

More info: https://billhsu.net/
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New Queer Sound/Media showcases work by queer musicians, media artists, and performers. The June 2026 edition features three solo sets, by Bob Ostertag, Amanda Chaudhary, and Bill Hsu.


Bob Ostertag has been playing and recording music, and writing journalism and books, since the late 1970s. He has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center (New York), Hiroshima Museum of Art, and Institute for Contemporary Art (London). His musical collaborators include the Kronos Quartet, John Zorn, Mike Patton, Justin Vivian Bond, Fred Frith, and EDM DJ Rrose.

He was an original member of the media guerrilla group The Yes Men. He directed, edited and produced Thanks to Hank, a documentary on the unsung hero of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. He works with Manos Amigues, an LGBT-run soup kitchen in Mexico City, and Kebaya, a shelter for victims of sexual violence in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

More info: https://bobostertag.com/

Amanda Chaudhary is a composer, bandleader, electronic musician, jazz keyboardist, and visual/sound artist. She blends experimental electronic sounds with jazz, funk, dance music and other idiomatic styles into her visually captivating performances. Amanda has performed, recorded, or collaborated with such diverse artists as Amy X Neuburg, G Calvin Weston, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Rent Romus, Tom Djll, Moe! Staiano, Vacuum Tree Head, and David Wessel. She is also the author of the popular video channel CatSynth TV, where she discusses music, art, culture, and, of course, cats.

More info: https://amandachaudhary.com/

10 INPUT ""Do you like modular synths? (Y/N) "", A$
20 IF A$ = ""N"" OR A$ = ""n"" THEN GOTO 100
30 INPUT ""Do you like strange and exotic sounds? (Y/N) "", B$
40 IF B$ = ""N"" OR B$ = ""n"" THEN GOTO 100
50 INPUT ""Do you like syncopated rhythms? (Y/N) "", C$
60 IF C$ = ""N"" OR C$ = ""n"" THEN GOTO 100
70 INPUT ""Do you like jazz harmonies and riffs? (Y/N) "", D$
80 IF D$ = ""N"" OR D$ = ""n"" THEN GOTO 100
90 PRINT ""Then you will love this bright, mysterious""
95 PRINT ""and enchanting set by Amanda Chaudhary!""
100 END

Bill Hsu works with electronics and interactive video. He has collaborated with Peter van Bergen, John Butcher, Tom Djll, James Fei, Matt Heckert, Matt Ingalls, and other musicians and artists.

More info: https://billhsu.net/
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Kole Galbraith is a multi-disciplinary artist who focuses on sound, audio-visual, and found-object installation. Based in Seattle, Washington, Kole Galbraith has been active in the underground experimental music community for the past decade performing throughout the West Coast of the United States and Europe. Sonically his sonic studio compositions are informed by early 20th century French musique-concrète, metal, jazz and contemporary composition. Thematically, the compositions are influenced by interior Salish folklore, and contemporary indigenous experience. Galbraith mixes using materials found in nature with electronic techniques to uncover both latent sonic capabilities and to uncover latent histories. Galbraith has released albums on his own label, Obscure & Terrible, and other labels such as SIGE and Titania Tapes. Galbraith has worked with musicians including Lori Goldston, Greg Kelley, Jessika Kenney, Steve Moore, Raven Chacon, Warren Realrider, Nathan Young, Jason Lazer, Patrick Wurzwallner, Maja Osojnik, morher and Noel Kennon.

EERIERMOR is the solo project of Kevin Gan Yuen (b.1981), a Asian American Bay Area-based multidisciplinary artist and designer. Active since 2005 and better known for his work with Sutekh Hexen and the globally published design studio VIRALOPTIC. Initiated in 2021, EERIARMOR explores psychoacoustic impressions through immersive soundscapes built from granular synthesis, guitar, and field recordings, focusing on themes of memory, transformation, and the tension between beauty and brutality.

Kamran Shafii (Persian: کامران شفیعی) is an Iranian sound artist working in electroacoustic music. His recent work focuses on anthropogenic sound and complex auditory experiences, drawing on his interest in psychoacoustics and acousmatic theory.

Shafii has produced multichannel installations and performed internationally alongside artists including Lea Bertucci, Kevin Drumm, RM Francis, Daniel Menche, and Marcus Schmickler.

https://kamranshafii.com/
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The World Sinks Except Japan--percussionist/sound-designer Matt Stines and guitarist Josh Pollock (Gong, John Cale, Acid Mothers Temple, Gary Floyd, Van Dyke Parks)--was created to find the musical intersection point of Miles Davis, The Melvins, and Pink Floyd. This is the Record Release Party for their debut album, "In A Soylent Way", which also features guest marimba player Dennis Young of legendary NYC no-wavers Liquid Liquid, as well as local stalwarts Jeff Hobbs (clarinet, cornet) and Carolyn Davis (alto flute). Joining them will be audio advenurists Thomas Carnacki (featuring Cheryl E. Leonard).
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