Elena Stepanova (aka E. Lynn S., Etherstrings, Helga's Ephemeris, Argonika) is a sonic/visual arts/music practitioner, writer, and researcher[1] from Moscow, Russia. Her educational background includes studying music composition and electroacoustic music at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2011, she graduated from the SAE Institute/Middlesex University (UK) with a master's degree in Creative Media Practice. This website is dedicated to Elena's creative projects.
Elena's musical and literary interests include writing electronic music and fiction. #ambient #soundart #electronica #fantasy #magicalrealism #psydrama.
Among her musical works there are Ephemeris Suite, the aleatoric instrumental sound collage, Runology (a compilation of electronic experimental tracks which Elena wrote, recorded and mixed between 1999 and 2006), "Avoid The Wrong Shadows" and "Dance With The Ghost" suites as well as other compositions. The Runology CD was released in 2012 and is available on Amazon.com.
Check also Argonika section for the info about the project (early '00s). Genre: chill-out, trip hop, dance.
Some of Elena's recent projects, including SygmaLyrae.proj, came to fruition through work in her online collaboration studio, www.1000tracks.net.
- Elena Stepanova is an independent researcher in the field of Electronic Art Music/Sonic Arts, electronic music composition, music-oriented youth subculture (including but not limited to the Western European counterculture of the 1960s), and virtual creative communities. She has been conducting academic research since 2009.
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