THE CREATIVE WELL

@meldesound (@leejduck)

After the death of his myspace-era electronic metalcore band, Lee Duck found himself on dark, underground dance floors. He now makes music as Melde, a techno project inspired by hypnotic rhythms, dark soundscapes, and progressive song structures. In 2025 he is focused on building out his first releases and a live/dj set heavily informed by his work designing visual experiences for top industry talent. 

@impulsivesounds

Ruslan, creator of the impulse, a musical project which seeks to blend the sounds of life in Los Angeles; a melange of hip-hop, electronic, rock, and progressive musical styles. The goal with the impulse is to find musical modes of raw expression through which discovery of complex or even primal feelings and thoughts can occur, and to allow the creative mind to flourish by dissolving the walls of genre, style, and label, so that any thought, any impulse, can be expressed, felt, comprehended, and understood. The goal with my musical endeavors is to take myself and others on a journey of the human experience living in a city as robust, diverse, and challenging as Los Angeles, and to see how changed we may be as we come through the other side of that musical wormhole. Think "Ride The Spiral To The End" meets "You Bring Me Closer To God" meets "Rolling Down The Street, Smoking on Indo" kind of energy.

@neesanmusic (@aprilcentrone)

April, co-founder of the New York Arabic Orchestra, has dedicated her career to teaching and sharing Arabic music, incorporating it into music therapy and healing practices. Her work includes collaborations with Carnegie Hall, Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Connect, and Paul Simon’s Music Fellowship, as well as music therapy tours with the U.S. Embassy of Malaysia. April has produced events at venues like the United Nations Assembly Hall, composed for films such as Disney+‘s Attack of the Red Sea Sharks, and led major projects including the BAFTA-nominated soundtrack for Assassin’s Creed: Mirage with her company, 10PRL Productions. She has toured globally with artists like Ziad Rahbani, Marcel Khalife, Emel Mathlouthi, and Saint Levant, performing at Coachella, Lincoln Center, Globalfest, and festivals worldwide. In 2025, she debuts NEESAN, an original music project showcasing her mastery of percussion, drumset, oud, saz, and buzuq.

@warhov

I am a Dominican and Puerto Rican electronic music DJ/Producer from Harlem, New York. I produce melodic and progressive house that is heavily influenced by the sounds of the Afro-Latin diaspora and inspired by the music I was raised on like Bachata, Salsa, Hip-Hop and RnB. I have been DJ’ing for over 10 years and am a former co-founder of an events company that was featured in publications such as Remezcla and The New York Times. I also have a very needy dog named Pepper who is a huge Knicks fan.