IOSIS

IOSIS is the project of musician, composer and sound designer Alex Bissen. IOSIS creates gnarled soundscapes and lush atmospherics in the service of channeling ritualistic sonic experiences, primarily through hardware synthesis means and electroacoustic techniques. The music of IOSIS is built upon the foundational forms and textures found in drone, noise, and ambient composition, alongside more traditional compositional structures and considerations, employing instrumentation ranging from a vintage Roland Juno 6 to modern Eurorack modular systems to a contact-microphone-enabled Tibetan singing bowl. IOSIS is an emotionally transmutational artistic practice, evolving as an entity of constant experimentation and redefinition of boundaries both within the studio and in the live performance space.

IOSIS is the recipient of a 2024 McKnight Composer Fellowship and a 2018 ACF Minnesota Emerging Composer Award.