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SUPPORT THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE! Est 2021. Recording studio/live performance venue located in Idyllwild, California. Bookings available

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It’s the end of an era. It took a lot to make this dream into reality and yes, there’s disappointment that the vision didn’t have a chance to be realized. The only regret is that I held back, waiting for things to be perfect. I was focused too much on our limitations. This place was singular. And yet, even becoming a church wasn’t enough to save it from the fate of a million other music establishments. Thank you for the good times and the memories. Much love 🤟

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There’s a lot to be said for community and for sharing space with people you genuinely care about.

It’s something I didn’t do much of over the past 15 years of my life. I got caught up not only in building businesses and raising a kid, but also in a relationship that, in many ways, left me feeling unfulfilled. Because of that, I quietly withdrew. I didn’t allow myself to live as fully as I could have.

Now, I finally get to.

As I’ve been saying yes more—going out, connecting, and expanding my world here in this little mountain town—I’ve been reminded how beautiful it is to spend time with people I’ve known for nearly two decades, yet somehow never truly shared life with. Tonight at Audiowild’s final show was one of those reminders.

I’m so grateful to @brian.puke.musick for creating such a magical space where people could gather to share music, laughter, and joy. It’s bittersweet that it’s closing just as I’ve begun stepping back into community, but I’m incredibly thankful I got to experience it and that the last show was @pentagramsanddaisies ❤️‍🔥🎶❤️‍🔥

One of the most beautiful things I’ve discovered is that when you begin opening your heart and allowing yourself to fully live, people often meet you there. They reflect that openness back to you in the form of kindness, encouragement, hugs, laughter, and love.

Thank you to everyone who shared this evening with me—for your warm words, your beautiful hugs, and for reminding me that community is one of life’s greatest gifts. ❤️

#CommunityMatters #ChooseWonder #HeartWideOpen #LifeAfterStartingOver #idyllwild

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Every Thursday this month! Who knows if we’ll still be around in a few weeks, so we might as well have fun, right?? I also managed to get the livestream working again! 😲 8pm doors, bring your own instruments, if you can’t find the place then look for the fourteen foot alien 👽 @audiowildstudios @churchofdivinevibes

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Fun times in Idyllwild. Thanks as always to @doomdeath for another spectacular @idyllwildexperimentalmusicfest. And was a pleasure to meet the cats. #idyllwildcalifornia

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Artist Spotlight:

The Zero Collective w/ Nicki Chen

Specializing in experimental/avant guard/cathartic expression; The Zero Collective ( @thezerocollective )is an ever evolving/expanding roster of artists that have collectively been releasing an original composition everyday since November 22nd, 2011.

This iteration will feature the incomparable Nick Chen on Electro-Acoustic Viola to infuse a deep sense of intricate expression & gentle ferocity to this year’s experience amidst the trees of Idyllwild.

The Daily Drops is a series of releases rooted in the conceptualization that “you are what you do, so do what you love”; shifting the focus of the artistic process to that of making it, as opposed to an end product.

Now nearing the middle of the fifteenth year of this artistic cycle: The Zero Collective yearns to expand further into & beyond the current limitations of its grasp; toward an ever evolving palette of experience, expression & expansion.
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Hi I’m Nicki ( @viola.wav ),
Music is my homing signal, reaching out to old souls and those ready to look within. This is my way of finding soulmates. I’m a violist that uses improvisation to embrace instability and search for forgotten experiences and hidden energy. I invite the audience to join me in surrendering to the process of peeling back armor to reveal raw emotions without fear of judgment or imperfection.

I’m excited for to see and hear what Jess & Nicki have in store for us at this year’s IEMF!

Photo credits: @diag0nalstudio / @grimn0de
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#TheZeroCollective
#NickiChen
#experimental
#electronic
#electroacousticviola

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One week to go! It’s all happening next Saturday…don’t forget your dancing shoes.

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Artist Spotlight:

John Wiese

John Wiese ( @sad_psychics ) is a Los Angeles based artist and composer whose work has played a significant role in contemporary experimental music for more than two decades. Emerging from the Southern California underground, his practice reflects an anti-institutional and formally open spirit where improvisation and collage become methods for rethinking sound and performance. Through recordings, installations, solo works, and collaborations, Wiese has developed a highly recognizable approach built from electronic textures, compressed sonic intensity, and abrupt structural shifts that challenge distinctions between composition and raw sensory experience. His performances create immersive environments that move between precision and instability, drawing connections between noise, contemporary art, and expanded forms of improvisation.

I’m super excited to see John perform. It’s been many years, and he’s constantly evolving, so I can’t wait to see what he brings to the stage this time.

I urge you to check out John’s music and support the artist directly!

johnwiese.bandcamp.com
john-wiese.com

Photo credit: Suraj Patra
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#JohnWiese
#IEMF2026
#experimental
#noise
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Artist Spotlight:

@sharkiface

Sharkiface is a solo electronic musician and sound artist from Oakland, CA. She uses an interdisciplinary approach to create live textural incantations. Layering live samples, textures, and rhythms, her mostly improvised sets are made with an extremely tactile and rare synthesizer (the Ciat-Lonbarde Tranoe Ambrazier), sampler, and manipulated voice. Sharkiface also plays in the dark wave, synth duo Jeweled Snakes. Since 2000, Sharkiface — a long-time participant in the Bay Area noise scene — has been in projects such as Caroliner, Crack:WAR, Pigs in the Ground, and Tarantism. She also started and co-ran Life Changing Ministry, West Oakland’s noise chapel. “sharkiface’a music is original, dark, hypnotic and uncompromising and beautiful.” RATSKIN Records

It’s a privilege to have Sharkiface perform at the 3rd annual IEMF and representing the East Bay!
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#Sharkiface
#IEMF2026
#electronic
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Artist Spotlight:

@kennethjamesgibson

A prolific musician, composer, and producer, Gibson has spent more than three decades exploring the outer reaches of ambient, experimental electronic, psychedelia, Americana, dream pop, and avant-garde sound. From his early days with Furry Things and Eight Frozen Modules to projects including [a]pendics.shuffle, Bell Gardens, Toler Gibson, and Almost An Island, his career has been defined by constant reinvention and fearless creativity.

His collaborations have included Brian McBride, Jack Dangers, Douglas McCarthy, Damian Lazarus, and Paul Carman, while his music has appeared in film, television, and commercial campaigns for brands including Samsung, Hyundai, and Infiniti.

Based in Idyllwild and operating his own label, Meadows Heavy Recorders, Gibson continues to create immersive, emotionally resonant music that defies categorization. Whether crafting expansive ambient soundscapes or pushing the boundaries of electronic experimentation, his work remains both deeply personal and endlessly exploratory.

I’m honored to have Kenneth, one of Idyllwild’s most adventurous musical voices, perform at the 3rd annual IEMF at @audiowildstudios

www.worldofkennethjamesgibson.com
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#KennethJamesGibson
#IEMF2026
#electronic
#ambient
#drone

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Artist Spotlight:

Laura Shumate

Laura Shumate ( @mslashu ) is a sound artist and electronic musician based out of Los Angeles. In her work Shumate manipulates commonplace sounds and compelling melodies into dissonant forms juxtaposed through sweeping drones and intricate play with tones and textures. Through this approach, Laura underlines a perceptual imbalance within the human condition, leaning into the innate need to find balance, setting and resetting this visceral disproportion through the tactic of synthesis. In her play with sound, the dissonant becomes harmonious, and sonics traditionally perceived as unwelcome become inviting and transcendent. Using modular and traditional synthesizers, samplers and drum machines, the outcome of her realization is one of complete immersion into an ecstatic realm of sound.

Laura is also the host of Indoor Cats, broadcasting online every second Wednesday on @dublab

I’m thrilled to have Laura perform at the 3rd annual IEMF happening at @audiowildstudios on Saturday June 27th.

I highly recommend checking out Laura’s music and supporting the artist directly!

laurashumate.bandcamp.com
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#LauraShumate
#IEMF2026
#electronicmusic
#drone
#synth

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Artist Spotlight:

@haana_lee_

haana lee explores the introspective and corporeal possibilities of music, sound, texture, and time as a self-taught musician and undisciplinary artist. Using electric organs as their raw sonic material, they then add layer upon layer of sonic textures, improvising sound design with analog effects that allow for the creation of micro polyrhythms and a pronounced stereo image. They look at each performance as an intangible site-specific sonic sculpture created in collaboration with the specific instruments, machines, speakers, performance space, and audience of the moment. This approach to live music attempts to interpret the physicality of haana lee’s background as a producer and DJ in experimental and electronic scenes normally fitted to a club atmosphere, to a more restorative and intentional practice to be shared in spaces of reflection.

I was introduced to Haana’s music just before last year’s fest, and I was immediately captivated by her beautifully layered compositions. I’m thrilled to welcome HAANA to perform at the 3rd annual IEMF at @audiowildstudios

I highly recommend checking out Haana’s music and supporting the artist directly.

haana-lee.bandcamp.com/music
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#haanalee
#IEMF2026
#electronic
#ambient
#drone

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Hallelujah!!! 🙌 We finally got our exempt status notification from the state tax board! The Church of Divine Vibes now has both state and federal tax exempt status and is an officially recognized church. 🙏
Thank you to our board, consultants, and to our many supporters for making this happen! Music is literally our religion and it is our sacred duty to protect it - as well as its creators, performers, and teachers - at all costs. If you’d like to learn more, please reach out!
#musictherapy #musiceducation #musicindustry #musicismylife #worshipmusic

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