Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is a classically-trained American composer, performer, and producer from the Pacific Northwest. Her music is a form of auditory interpretation, powered by curiosity and her toolkit of modular, analogue, and rare synthesizers (including her signature Buchla), orchestral textures, and voice. Since her first self-releases in 2012, she has explored the endless possibilities of electronic instruments and the relationship between sound, shape, color, body movement, and expression. Spanning releases on Western Vinyl, RVNG Intl., Ghostly International, Nettwerk, Domino and her own multidisciplinary project, Touchtheplants, her work has drawn acclaim from all reaches of the experimental music world, including NPR, The New York Times, The Wire, and Rolling Stone. The latter named Smith's 2017 LP The Kid their avant-garde album of the year. Her collaborations include projects and reworks with Danny Elfman, Emile Mosseri, Suzanne Ciani, Joe Goddard, Max Richter, Fourtet, Robert Koch and commissions for Apple, BBC Orchestra, Epcot Center, Google, Redbull, Meow Wolf, Amazon and others.