Jared Zarantonello is a sound artist, music producer, music technologist and educator based in Louisville, Ky. Jared produces and performs music under the moniker “Yared Sound”, and is co-founder co-lead artist/educator at Rhythm Science Sound, where they work to cultivate and forward a liberatory and equitable dance music culture. Jared holds a Masters of Arts in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of East London, UK where their research focused on the role of music and technology in global diaspora communities.
Scz Zarantonello (pronounced seize) is a deejay, sound and mixed media artist, and educator based in Louisville, Kentucky. Scz is a co-founder of Rhythm Science Sound which focuses on education, creative place-making and artistic productions grounded in the liberatory tools of dance music cultures. They have Masters of the Arts in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of East London, where their research emphasized the importance of hip hop and storytelling as creatives tools used by refugee and new diasporic communities (particularly youth) to express agency and counter narratives.
Rhythm Science Sound (RSS) is a Louisville-based collective of sound artists, deejays, and music/tech educators who work to preserve, develop, and forward the culture of global dance music. They look to sound and movement, and the liberatory social, artistic, and educational spaces that can be created around them as a vital tool for enriching and strengthening our communities.