MODULARFRIENDS.

An experimental modular synthesizer project dedicated to live performance. AGAVA brings together resonance, rough electronic textures, ambient soundscapes, noise and improvisation. Every set develops in real time, encouraging deep listening and a different experience each time.

Active in Tbilisi’s underground electronic scene, Eddie Strxm began exploring modular synthesis in 2018. His performances combine steady grooves with evolving systems, feedback patching and self-generating structures. Modular techno performed live, with room for unpredictable energy.

A filmmaker whose musical practice approaches sound as a journey of discovery. His experimental work combines the raw character of live instruments with samples and field recordings.

A Tbilisi-based guitarist and electronic music producer creating live, improvisational techno performances with modular synthesizer systems and drum machines.

The experimental solo identity of Levan Javakhishvili, associated with TOYSOP Records. Combining guitar and electronic devices, Marching Dog moves between psychedelic excursions, expansive atmospheres and more intimate sonic environments.

An electronic musician working with modular synthesizers across ambient, noise and experimental electronics. His sound explores unstable voltages, delicate textures and unexpected combinations, inviting listeners toward unfamiliar sonic environments.

Guri Goliadze is a cinematographer and experimental musician. Under the name Neroli Kid, he combines analog lo-fi elements with cinematic ambient soundscapes.

A multidisciplinary artist whose work extends from acoustic music into ceramics and experimental electronics. As a modular performer, Shota explores Moog synthesizers and collaborative, spontaneous music-making.

Shalva (Shako) Dzebisashvili is a Tbilisi-based musician and sound artist. His practice spans DJing, sound engineering, live ambient performance and music for installations, theatre and film. Field recordings and synthesis connect organic sounds with electronic textures.

A Georgian electronic artist shaping sound through voice, loops and synthesis. Her work moves between tradition and transformation, building personal, intuitive listening experiences through emotion, structure and presence.

An experimental project by Georgian artist Sandro Chinchaladze. TeTe Noise brings together cassette loops, analog electronics and field recordings in improvised sound collages that explore memory, decay and transformation.

Giorgi Tetsoshvili is a Tbilisi-based drummer, electronic percussionist and improviser. His performances explore lo-fi rhythmic fragments, noise and interaction, producing shifting, immersive sound environments.

A Tbilisi-based electronic musician, producer and sound engineer working with groove, texture and experimental sound design. He also founded SPECTRON, a platform for live electronic and audiovisual performance.

A music producer from Tbilisi and co-founder of the club Thili Orgia and Laboratory of Sonic Arts, according to the supplied artist profile. His work moves across experimental genres and different artistic media.

Nika Gogiashvili is a Georgian musician from Batumi. Originally active as a guitarist and session musician, he later moved toward electronic sound. As Wayward Atom, he explores modular synthesis through complex signal paths, rhythm, texture and live improvisation.

An electronic artist and live performer working with IDM, dark breakbeat and hardware synthesis. His sets draw on Moog instruments, melancholic analog textures, aggressive rhythms and improvisational sound design.

William Rader is credited in the Modular Friends 001 programme at Plant Lovers Tbilisi.

Mo.Van appeared as a guest in the Modular Friends 006 programme alongside Progenol, Masa Trippin and AGAVA.

Wrong Fingers is a Tbilisi-based artist with a background in acoustic music (piano, guitar and drums). He began exploring synthesis quite recently, focusing on live, process-driven sound while playing with Modular Friends. His sets are built from minimal ideas that evolve gradually through texture, repetition and subtle shifts.

Nicolás Melmann is an Argentine composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist based in Barcelona. He holds a degree in Music Composition from the University of Quilmes and a Master in Sound Art from the University of Barcelona. His work brings together acoustic instruments, electronics and field recordings in slow, immersive compositions that explore the temporal dimension of sound.

Working across electronic, electroacoustic and generative music, Melmann explores the social and poetic dimensions of sound. His practice includes sensors and hydrophones, data sonification, sound cartographies and installations, alongside music and sound for television, film, dance and theatre.

His work has been presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum, ZKM, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Seoul Museum of Art, MUTEK, Sónar and Gamma. He has held residencies at the Red Bull Music Academy, ZKM, AIR Niederösterreich, STEIM and Château Éphémère, among others.

Melmann has received recognition from the Goethe-Institut, the National Arts Foundation in Argentina, the Košice Biennial and Asylum Arts. His albums have been released by Umor Rex, Metamúsica, Vent Sounds and Estamos Felices. He has shared stages with artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, Robert Lippok, Nicola Cruz, Max Cooper, Matias Aguayo, Loscil and Lydia Lunch.

Música Aperta, released by Umor Rex in 2025, is an electroacoustic and audiovisual performance exploring the perception of time through string textures, bowls, pedal organ, tape and electronics. Its visuals draw on early microscopic films by Percy Smith. An interactive online version invites listeners to mix musical layers and create their own contemplative listening experience.

Nicolás Melmann joined Modular Friends 012 as an international guest at Plant Lovers Tbilisi.