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Always an innovator, Laurie Anderson spoke with Jana Hunter, from the band Lower Dens, on the final day of Moogfest.

Catalan choreographer Moon Ribas is the co-founder of the Cyborg Foundation, an international organization that aims to help people become cyborgs, defend cyborg rights, and promote cyborgism as an artistic and social movement. 

Dawn Richard during Day 3 of Moogfest.

YACHT performing during Day 3 of Moogfest.

Gary Numan during Day 3 of Moogfest.

Dorit Chrysler is one of the few Theremin virtuosos and she joined Mark Mothersbaug DJ Lance Rock for the Yo Gabba Gabba! set at Moogfest.

Mark Mothersbaugh performs during the Yo Gabba Gabba! set at Moogfest.

Since she started as a member of Danity Kane, the singer-songwriter has had solo success, releasing her sophomore album, Blackheart, last year.

From Detroit, Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee are Adult.

A native of Toronto, Tory Lanez brought his hip-hop prowess to the fest.

Harrison Mills (aka CatacombKid) and Clayton Knight (aka BeachesBeaches) record together as Odesza.

Grimes turned "cutting-edge experimental ideas into a pop spectacle," according to Chris Weingarten. "Between the huge crowd, the massive bass and the dancers, everything about her set looked like a pop show, but the sounds were as out-there as many of the weekend's chillier, more expressionistic acts. You could hear the cold, harp-like, synthetic-sounding synths that power […]

GZA had a two-night residency at the fest.

Vocalist/composer Tara Busch and filmmaker Maf Lewis are I Speak Machine. Together they make "brooding soundtracks and horror/sci-fi films, creating audio and visual in unison and giving both elements equal prominence."

The morning after of Sleep Concert.

Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans of YACHT.

Bernie Worrell during Day 2 of Moogfest

Popular kids show Yo Gabba Gabba! invited "both adults and children to experiment with new sounds."

Comprised of musicians Nicole Miglis, Trayer Tryon, and Zach Tetreault, Hundred Waters cascades acoustic and electric.

Blood Orange's Dev Hynes.

Nick Sanborn is one-half of Sylvan Esso, and he's now released Penumbra, Sanborn's debut EP under the name Made of Oak.

Gary Numan played albums like 1979's The Pleasure Principle and 1980's Telekon in full. As Chris Weingarten explains in his recap: "His synths were full and warm and precise, but the stiff, strutting New Waver android behind hits like "Cars" and "We Are Glass" has been seemingly juiced by the mutual appreciation with tourmates Nine Inch Nails. […]

Modular Marketplace art installation

A cyborg musician, Onyx Ashanti's "non-stop experimentation and exploration of sound and form is powered by his 'Exo-voice' sonic prosthesis, an instrument he created that fuses technique and technology into a full-body musical system, playable with hands, arms, mouth and body."

Hailing from Sapporo, Japan, Qrion is currently preparing to release her first full-length album later this year.

"Using Mammal Music, you become a wilderness DJ by combining musical loops, natural sounds and animal calls to make unique musical mixes" was an especially whimsical way of saying: "The museum put some whale sounds into a sequencer."

An immersive all-night show, Robert Rich's concert was a "synthesis of found sound, prepared drones, and live instrumentals at very low volumes, very slowly" that took place from midnight to 8 a.m. the next morning.

Laurel Halo has worked with artists such as John Cale, Julia Holter, and NH’Koxyen/Terepa – and now hosts a monthly show on Berlin Community Radio – DJ'd on May 19th, 2016.