Yeti Steady is the collaborative project of Eric Carranza (guitar) and Suwal Singh (tabla), often including a wide variety of guest artists/musicians. Their first appearance at Berlin will feature Matty Harris (saxophone) and John C.S. Keston (piano).

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St. Paul–based musical artist and producer Eric Julio Carranza has a diverse pool of projects to juggle (PRINTS, Akebono, Jest, etc.). He also records and mixes for other artists and produces music and sound design for mobile games, apps, ads, and more. Eric collaborates and performs with many creative musical artists, including Lady Midnight, BHMC, Airlands, Jacob Mullis, and Molly Brandt. His guitar surrealism has been heard at Berlin with many outfits, including Desert Noir, White Dune, Damage Controller, Akebono, and PRINTS.

Matty Harris is a Twin Cities–based woodwind player, composer, and educator who studied music at CalArts with avant-garde luminaries Wadada Leo Smith, Susan Allen, Vinny Golia, and Charlie Haden. Performing on 10 different woodwinds, Matty draws from a palette of tone colors for wide-ranging collaborations in the Twin Cities. In 2015, he released the experimental large ensemble LP Double Septet, and in 2018, his quartet—Nick’s Cousins—released Live at Jazz Implosion before touring Nepal to perform at Jazzmandu: The Kathmandu Jazz Festival. Matty’s current projects include Gold Minefield, Brass Messengers, and The Real Chuck NORAD.

John C.S. Keston’s background in music technology, software development, and improvisation leads him toward unconventional compositions that convey a spirit of discovery through the use of graphic scores, generative techniques, sound synthesis, experimental sound design, signal processing, and acoustic piano. Originally from the United Kingdom, he currently resides in Minneapolis, where he is a professor of digital media arts at the University of St. Thomas. He founded the sound design resource AudioCookbook.org, where you can learn more about his projects and performances.

Suwal Singh has contributed to the Minnesota music scene as part of SitarTabla (Eastern classical), MoMoSauce (Nepali music), and Jest (pop rock). He has appeared at Jazz Central Studios, Icehouse, the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Berlin, and KFAI.