Inspired by Sarah Record's heyday with a touch of the shoegazing bliss of Creation Records, Starry Eyed Cadet formed in San Francisco in the Spring of 2013. This Bay Area group is a mix of members from various musical backgrounds, as well as from established bands as Marine Life (Elefant Records), Julie Plug, The Parties (Rainbow Quartz) and Sweet Trip (Darla Records). Having been long time friends and fellow indie music lovers, it wasn't until an impromptu jam session on an uneventful Sunday evening that brought the band together. With all band members as active songwriters and composers, they describe themselves as "all over the place" but remain glued together by everyone's similar sound sensibilities. In 2014, they released their first demo single ‘On The Run’ which fortunately found its way to several indiepop blogs as well as numerous college and online radio stations, where it was well received. In late 2014 they completed their debut self-titled EP, where it caught the attention of Maz Hadid of NYC Popfest, and landed a spot on NYC Popfest 2015 lineup. At NYC Popfest, the band was introduced to Fastcut Records by fellow NYC Popfest performer and soon-to-be label mate Wallflower from Japan where they released their debut LP "Places We Don't Belong" in the summer of 2016. The band is Gil Castro (keys/vox), Rob Uytingco (drums/vox), Sally Jati (vox/guitar), Russell Gong (guitar)

Amihan is a poet, musician & community organizer born & raised in the City, reppin' the Excelsior. Amihan means east wind in Filipino, signaling harvest time in the countryside. Rooted in the element of air through the breathwork that is rapping & singing, her music fuses poetic flows with the chants of the people.

Bay Area quartet mayari is a math/post-rock band combining their love of rhythmic math rock, hardcore, and pop songs with experimental styles akin to Steve Reich and John Cage. Since 2019, the four members have focused on collaborative songwriting to form explosive sounds with pop song structures and continue to actively record their material and play shows.

Bersea grew up in a California and now works as a software engineer in Seattle. His music project is Bersea: https://soundcloud.com/bersea. He tries to create vulnerable earnest music, primarily in the electronic genre.

Noah Kawaguchi is a musician and writer from Ohio. He graduated from Oberlin Conservatory with a major in Jazz Studies and a minor in East Asian Studies. He is currently an MA student in Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University.

Scott is a flautist, electronic musician, and music technology researcher based in the Bay Area. His compositions incorporate influences from his African American and Okinawan heritage, and has worked with Bay Area musicians including Francis Wong. Scott is an Asian Improv aRts Fellow, and has recently graduated with his phD from Stanford University. Currently, Scott has been developing quantum computer improvisation systems for an album featuring BIPOC artists, bridging together Jazz Improvisation and quantum physics.