Embracing the notion of hybridity, Sounding Out California is a NEXMAP initiative that fosters the production of contemporary music. Five selected composers living and operating in California were invited to master an existing pre-recorded acoustic, electronic, or electro-acoustic work.

1) Hideko Kawamoto - Night Ascends from the Ear Like a Butterfly

2) Kevin Shea Adams - Currents

3) Damon Waitkus - Aphasia

4) Cheryl E. Leonard - Uzumaki

5) Marielle Jakobsons (aka darwinsbitch) - Already Forming Lake