Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
We were excited and proud to host our Fuse Fest: Cassette Culture Celebration on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, May 23rd from 12 noon to 8:00pm at the Old First Presbyterian Church (1101 Bryden Rd 43205). The festival included performances featuring experimental musician Dan Burke’s project (ORD) Illusion of Safety, electronic experimental musician David Reed’s solo project Envenomist (CMH), electronic experimental musician Jeff Chenault’s solo project Central Inhabitants (CMH), and electronic experimental musician Andy Izold’s solo project Full Load of King (CLE).
In addition to performances, the fest included a panel discussion with Jerry Kranitz (author of Cassette Culture), Jeff Chenault (The Electronic Music History of Columbus), and Daniel Burke, a film screening of William Davenport’s The Great American Cassette Masters, and a variety of music label vendors.
About the artists:
Jeff (Central) Chenault aka/Central Inhabitants has been involved in the Columbus electronic music scene since 1983. Jeff’s current audio projects include Skull Vacuum with Chris Phinney and Hal McGee, Fire Tone with Michael Thomas Jackson, Tactical Perversions with Matthew Soko, and Circuitry Room with former 10-Speed band mate Andy Izold along with longtime friend and collaborator Dan Rockwell. He is also working with French theremin player Jimmy Virani and percussionist extraordinaire Dave Cohen as The Escargonauts.
Full Load of King (FLOK) is the solo project of Andrew Izold. He resides in Akron, Ohio.
We were excited and proud to host our Fuse Fest: Cassette Culture Celebration on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, May 23rd from 12 noon to 8:00pm at the Old First Presbyterian Church (1101 Bryden Rd 43205). The festival included performances featuring experimental musician Dan Burke’s project (ORD) Illusion of Safety, electronic experimental musician David Reed’s solo project Envenomist (CMH), electronic experimental musician Jeff Chenault’s solo project Central Inhabitants (CMH), and electronic experimental musician Andy Izold’s solo project Full Load of King (CLE).
In addition to performances, the fest included a panel discussion with Jerry Kranitz (author of Cassette Culture), Jeff Chenault (The Electronic Music History of Columbus), and Daniel Burke, a film screening of William Davenport’s The Great American Cassette Masters, and a variety of music label vendors.
About the artists:
Jeff (Central) Chenault aka/Central Inhabitants has been involved in the Columbus electronic music scene since 1983. Jeff’s current audio projects include Skull Vacuum with Chris Phinney and Hal McGee, Fire Tone with Michael Thomas Jackson, Tactical Perversions with Matthew Soko, and Circuitry Room with former 10-Speed band mate Andy Izold along with longtime friend and collaborator Dan Rockwell. He is also working with French theremin player Jimmy Virani and percussionist extraordinaire Dave Cohen as The Escargonauts.
Full Load of King (FLOK) is the solo project of Andrew Izold. He resides in Akron, Ohio.




![Fuse Fest 2026: AV Odyssey: Matt and Nikki Swift
On the evening of Saturday, May 30th, we proudly presented a series of collaborative performances between projection artists and musicians and sound artists. Featured performances included collaborations between media artist C.G. [create good] Ryan and sound artist Ben New, media artist Krista Faist and musician Alex Burgoyne, and video artist Nikki Swift and media and sound artist Matt Swift.
About the artists:
As individual artists and a collaborative team, Nikki and Matt Swift have been creating various audio visual artworks for over 20 years. Their work ranges from the personal experimental documentary to highly structuralist exploratory workflows that break the very tools used to make their creations. More recent works have focused on the political, including the history of democracy and communication, the exploitation of the environment, and human memory versus technological recordings. This performance included some of these themes pairing the two artists together to create an ephemeral unique live performance containing audio and visuals produced from various sources combining the analog and the digital. Projection by Nicolettecinemagraphics. Fuse Fest 2026: AV Odyssey: Matt and Nikki Swift](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hqVZ1i0nmgc/mqdefault.jpg)



![Performance: Book 4
On the evening of Wednesday, August 14th we are proud to present Jamison Williamson (FL) and Patrizia Finzi’s (Luxemborg) free/doom duo Book 4, performance artist/experimental musician Njick Weckman (CMH), and experimental electronic musician Doug Leed (CMH) w/collaboration on visuals with Krista Faist (CMH).
About the artists: BOOK 4, a free/doom duo with bari sax player Jamison Williams, and electric bassist Patrizia Finzi, is a ritualistic commemoration, paying homage to British occultist and writer, Aleister Crowley…”The Magician works in a Temple; the Universe, which is [be it remembered!] conterminous with himself.” Performance: Book 4](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iKHCeTlnZN0/mqdefault.jpg)

