Veronica Vasicka Lecture ( Montréal 2016), Red Bull Music Academy

New York native Veronica Vasicka has unearthed countless analog synth wave gems and singlehandedly revived a forgotten musical subgenre with Minimal Wave Records, the label she founded in 2005. And, with Minimal Wave subsidiary Cititrax, a new generation of likeminded composers have found a home for their DIY releases. Vasickas influential sound was partly cultivated via online station East Village Radio. (She was the stations first program director. ) And her reputation cemented with the release of the