Ryan Gan (Insufficient Despair)
Insufficient Despair aka Ryan Gan (b. 1976 Chicago, Illinois), a noise/experimental music artist based in Torrance, California. Centered in no-input mixing, storytelling, and voice, Gan is influenced by feedback innovators Nakamura Toshimaru and David Tudor as well as the Los Angeles Noise scene. He has organized and performed in shows at Coaxial Arts and Torrance Art Museum. He has also performed at CalArts, High Desert Soundings, The Handbag Factory, Santa Ana Noise Fest, Club Blob Tub, The Beatnik Lounge, and Suspirum Art Space. Lately Insufficient Despair has been exploring chamber noise--improvisation with other noise artists in a group format.