Leigh Landy is the Director of the Music, Technology and Innovation – Institute for Sonic Creativity (MTI2), De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Leigh Landy’s compositions, most of which are sample based, include several for video, dance and theatre and have been performed around the globe. As a scholar he has presented keynote talks on every continent. His publications focus primarily on the studies of electroacoustic music. He is editor of “Organised Sound” (Cambridge) and author of nine books including “What’s the Matter with Today’s Experimental Music?” (Routledge), “Understanding the Art of Sound Organization” (MIT), “The Music of Sounds” (Routledge) and most recently “Experiencing Organised Sounds” (Routledge, 2023). He directs the ElectroAcoustic Resource Site (EARS) projects and is a founding director of the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network (EMS). John Richards is a Teaching Associate in Music Technology Department of Music, University of Nottingham, UK. John Richards explores Dirty Electronics focusing on shared experiences, social interaction and critical making. He is concerned with the performance of large-group electronic music and DIY electronics, and he has come to consider these activities as a holistic action. It is a fluid, live practice associated with the ideas of workshop-installation and performance- installation. His work pushes the boundaries between music, performance art, electronics, and graphic design and is transdisciplinary as well as having a socio-political dimension. He has also written numerous texts on DIY practices, performance of electronic music, and object-orientated and material approaches in relation to sound art.