ideasforconversations
Hardware dance duo wiring glitch-pop hooks into live analog motion
Based in New York City, United States
Spring-loaded beats, bright synth arpeggios, clipped vocal fragments and abrupt glitch edits give their tracks a handmade, slightly emo pull. Mollie Gilbertson and Emerson Fossett perform through hardware including an OP-Z, synthesizers, sequencers and an SP-404, so expect a compact live set rather than two laptops running stems.
More about ideasforconversations
The duo emerged from New York's overlap of DIY electronic shows, indie-pop and emo bills. Their 2026 debut EP No Bad Words appeared physically through Crane Operator, Orange Label Records' experimental-electronic imprint, framing them as a live-wired alternative to software-polished club pop.
A story
They met while making sandwiches at an expensive grocery-deli; the art-installation set that started their rehearsals was cancelled, but another show arrived one week later.
Playing
- 2026-11-06 · Pitchfork Avant-Garde · Badaboum · Badaboum
Labels
Start here
- No Bad Words (2026) · Crane Operator
Six concise examples of their bright, hardware-built dance music. - 14c4 (2026) · somanyideas
The clearest entry into their clipped melodies and restless programming. - promise [i4c] (2025)
An early sketch of the duo's vocal-chopped, emotionally direct approach.
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