Brooklyn-based percussionist, composer and improviser Deric Dickens divides his time between the improvised, creative music scene and the indie rock scene in NYC. Dickens has toured and recorded for many years with Robinella (Columbia Records) Daniel Carter, Jaimie Branch, John Ralston, Russ Lossing, Caroline Davis, Erica Dicker, Sara Schoenbeck and Brad Linde, and has worked on soundtracks for James Schamus’ Indignation, D.W. Young’s Too Cold to Swim, as well as many other indie films and T.V. projects. 

Deric has forged many long term musical relationships and has been a founding member of bands such as Brad Linde’s Team Players, DAD’s, Dix Out, John Ralston, Urbane Outfit and Arms Bent Thrice, a graphic score ensemble. He has performed at major venues throughout North America, Europe and Asia and currently leads his groups Speed Date, Rocket #9, The Dickens Campaign, Left Bomb Bay, and co leads Arabic for Beginners, Zero Point with Marius Duboule and Daniel Carter, Big Trouble W/ Eva Novoa.

Aaron Quinn (Stamford, CT 1986) is a composer/performer living in Brooklyn, New York. As a performer, Aaron has given concerts internationally and has collaborated with a wide range of ensembles, including Realicide, Fields and Planes, Liver Quiver, and Team Players and artists such as Wadada Leo Smith, Ted Brown, and Miho Hazama. Notable performance and premiere locations for Aaron's compositions include the Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institution and The Manhattan School of Music.