Nalepa, musician for The Rising Tide

Nalepa     Original MusicAn electronic musician, multimedia artist and mad scientist collector, Nalepa combines deep dub bass, glitchy breaks, bioacoustic atmospheres and beautiful sinewave melodies to create his patented brand of ambient glitch dub. Known for his vast and eclectic array of artistic collaborators, cultivated and acquired through years of producing spectacular audiovisual events and sharing bills with some of the world's best electronic musicians, Nalepa is considered a key node in the west coast audiovisual scene, and holds the appropriate title of Flavorpill's "beat guru".

Nalepa has performed at The Do Lab Stage at Coachella 2007, produced tracks with legends such as Bill Laswell and Pharoah Sanders, rocked it at Flavorpill's Friday's Off the 405 series at the Getty Museum, and shared a bill with Amon Tobin, Cut Chemist and DJ Spooky at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Celeste Lear, musician for The Rising Tide

Celeste Lear     Original ScoreSophisticated, moody and on the cutting edge. Celeste Lear, vocalist, guitarist and music programmer, produces downtempo and trip hop inspired electronica with wicked beats, luscious layering and meaningful lyrics for today's modern listener. Granddaughter of the 8-track inventor and deaf in one ear, Celeste is an artist with an intriguing background and an unquenchable thirst to create inspiring and groundbreaking new music.

This hot up and coming electronic music programmer, vocalist and skilled guitarist has recently emerged from Los Angeles' underground music scene with a unique and cutting edge sound all her own that truly depicts today's modern woman in the music industry. An independent label owner, a music producer with a degree in sound engineering and a passionate and skilled musician to match, with years of theory training, Celeste is a DIY artist with a drive to match any artist on a major label.